Gary Majewski walked Melky Cabrera to start the top of the eighth. He then came back and blew away Jeter and Giambi, making both look bad on strike three. That brought Alex Rodriguez to the plate with the score tied at 1. Alex blasted one to the wall in left center to score Cabrera from first and give New York a 2-1 lead. He's 2 for 2 with two walks today, and it's the second day in a row in which he broke a tie with an extra-base hit.

Update: Wang walked the first batter of the eighth. Ron Guidry came out and talked to him, and appeared to say, this is yours to win or lose, there's no relief today. Jaret Wright was throwing in the pen, but that has to be a side session. Wang walked a second batter in the inning, but got out of it when Melky ran down a Vidro bid at extra bases into the left-center gap. Wang then bats in the ninth, meaning it's his game to complete. He's thrown 96 pitches, 63 for strikes.

Update: Wang loses it in the ninth. With one out, Marlon Anderson singles, the Ryan Zimmerman blasts one over the left field fence. The pitch never sunk, and Zim got all of it. Wang pitched a great game, but one mistake late cost him. It's only the fifth home run allowed by Wang this year.

Zimmerman came into the game hitting .345 in June, but that was his first homer of the month.