As Kei Igawa bounces back, Yankees enjoy a perfectly rainy day

A day that was almost washed away by rain turned out to be a positive one for the Yankees. Kei Igawa threw a pair of 1-2-3 innings while Billy Traber struck out the side as four Yankees hurlers combined on a rain-shortened, five-inning perfect game in a 2-0 victory over the Blue Jays.

"That's my third," joked Joe Girardi, who caught David Cone's 1999 perfecto and was in the dugout for David Wells' 1998 gem. "This was a great day. It looked like we weren't going to get much in and we got to see a lot from our lefties." "It wasn't in the World Series," quipped Yogi Berra, who caught Don Larsen's 1956 classic. Igawa, who was hit hard on Friday in his outing against the University of South Florida, retired all six batters he faced, striking out two. Of his 18 pitches, 13 were strikes, an encouraging sign for the lefthander. Continue