AROD equals Circus Act

Jays new catcher, and former teammate Russell Martin greets Alex Rodriguez as the fans serenade with boos. (EDDIE MICHELS PHOTO)

Dunedin, Fla. — The Toronto Blue Jays beat the NY Yankees 1-0 yesterday at Florida Auto Exchange Stadium, but the story just starts there.

Media embattled Yankee Alex Rodriguez batted three times and boos and a few hoorays were heard from the 5,511 in attendance.  The first at bat brought the Rodriguez opponents to delirium as he struck out on three Daniel Norris pitches.  The second at bat was for the Rodriguez proponents are the veteran lined the rawhide hard off the right field wall. and yes at his age it was a single.  The third at bat was can of corn fly ball.

Jays Aaron Loup got the “W” to go to 1-0 on the season (EDDIE MICHELS PHOTO)

Russell Martin is not going to score here (EDDIE MICHELS PHOTO)

But Toronto left fielder Steve Tolleson scores here. It turned to be the game winning run in the sixth on Caleb Gindl’s single to right center for a 1-0 win over New York. After walking with two down Tolleson stole second to get into scoring position for Gindl’s base hit. (EDDIE MICHEL PHOTO)

But here, Toronto left fielder Steve Tolleson scores the game winning run in the sixth on Caleb Gindl’s single to right center for a 1-0 win over New York. After walking with two down Tolleson stole second to get into scoring position for Gindl’s base hit. (EDDIE MCIHELS PHOTO)

ARod, the good sport, signing for the fans (EDDIE MICHELS PHOTO)

NY YANKEES (0) AT TORONTO (1)

 NY YANKEES       AB  R  H BI  TORONTO          AB  R  H BI
 Ellsbury cf       3  0  1  0  Martin c          2  0  1  0 
 O'Neill cf        1  0  1  0  Thole c           1  0  0  0 
 Gardner lf        3  0  0  0  Travis 2b         4  0  1  0 
 Gamel lf          1  0  0  0  Diaz ss           0  0  0  0 
 Beltrán rf        3  0  0  0  Donaldson 3b      3  0  1  0 
 Dugas rf          1  0  0  0  Kawasaki 3b       0  0  0  0 
 A. Rodriguez 3b   3  0  1  0  Viciedo dh        4  0  2  0 
 E Jagielo 3b      0  0  0  0  Smoak 1b          3  0  0  0 
 Wade pr           0  0  0  0  Hague 1b          1  0  0  0 
 Young dh          2  0  1  0  Pompey cf         2  0  0  0 
 Higashioka ph-dh  1  0  0  0  Tolleson lf       0  1  0  0 
 Pirela 2b         3  0  0  0  Gindl rf-cf       3  0  2  1 
 Castillo 2b       1  0  0  0  Alford pr-cf      1  0  0  0 
 E. Rodríguez c    1  0  0  0  Pillar lf         2  0  1  0 
 Arcia ph-1b       2  0  0  0  Carrera rf        1  0  0  0 
 Roller 1b         2  0  0  0  Goins ss-2b       3  0  1  0 
 Tr. Garrison ph-c 1  0  0  0  
 Figueroa ss       2  0  1  0  
 Culver ss         1  0  0  0  
 TOTALS           31  0  5  0  TOTALS           30  1  9  1

 NY YANKEES                000 000 000 --  0
 TORONTO                   000 001 00x --  1

 DP--NY YANKEES 1. LOB--NY YANKEES 7, TORONTO 9. 
 2B--Figueroa, Gindl, Martin, Viciedo. SB--O'Neill 
 1 (1), Alford 1 (2), Tolleson 1 (1). CS--Ellsbury,
 Goins.
                                   IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR
  NY YANKEES
 Rogers                             3   4   0   0   0   3   0
 Martin                             1   1   0   0   0   2   0
 Burawa                             1   1   0   0   1   1   0
 Webb (L,0-1)                       1   2   1   1   1   0   0
 Vargas                             1   1   0   0   1   1   0
 Moreno                             1   0   0   0   1   2   0
  TORONTO
 Norris                         3 1-3   3   0   0   1   4   0
 Infante                          2-3   0   0   0   1   0   0
 Delabar                            1   1   0   0   0   1   0
 Loup (W,1-0)                       1   0   0   0   0   0   0
 Drabek                             2   1   0   0   0   3   0
 Jenkins (S,1)                      1   0   0   0   0   1   0

 WP--Infante, Drabek. HBP--E Jagielo by Jenkins. 
 PB--Thole. SO--NYY: Gardner 2, Beltrán, Castillo, 
 Pirela, Culver, Gamel, A. Rodriguez, Roller. TOR: 
 Travis, Martin, Smoak, Donaldson, Alford, Thole, 
 Gindl, Hague, Viciedo. BB--NYY: Young, E. 
 Rodríguez. TOR: Tolleson 2, Thole, Kawasaki. 
 T--2:39. A--5,511.