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NEW YORK -- Before this season, J. Jered Weaver Jersey .A. Happ had a career record of 62-61 with a 4.13 ERA. This year, hes putting up Cy Young Award numbers.Happ won his career-best 11th consecutive decision to become the first 17-game winner in the majors, pitching the Toronto Blue Jays past the New York Yankees 7-4 on Wednesday.Hes just turned into a better pitcher. Hes more of a command guy, Toronto manager John Gibbons said. Hes got a great feel. Hes doing a tremendous job.Melvin Upton Jr. hit a three-run homer and Darwin Barney had an early two-run double for the first-place Blue Jays, who hold a slim lead over Baltimore and Boston in the AL East. Russell Martin added three hits, including an RBI single off CC Sabathia, as the Blue Jays took two of three in the series, delighting a vocal contingent of Toronto fans at Yankee Stadium.Happ (17-3) pitched into the eighth inning and extended the longest active winning streak in the majors. He struck out nine, walked one and yielded solo homers to Gary Sanchez, Starlin Castro and Chase Headley.If you can try to limit them to solos, you give yourself a chance. Thats kind of what happened today, Happ said.Signed as a free agent in the offseason to a $36 million, three-year contract, Happ has won five straight starts. The 33-year-old lefty, who hasnt lost since June 6 at Detroit, is 3-0 in four outings against the Yankees this year.Hes dominant, teammate Josh Donaldson said. Hes just been doing his thing, day in and day out. Hes just been great.Happ hides the ball well and has a sneaky fastball that he moves all around and can elevate to get strikeouts. His big season is a continuation of his success down the stretch last year, when he went 7-2 with a 1.85 ERA in 11 starts after getting traded from Seattle to Pittsburgh.Hes a pleasure, man. Hes an absolute pro. As consistent as you can get, said Martin, the Blue Jays catcher. Hes got good stuff and hes aggressive, doesnt walk many guys. When they get runs, they have to earn them.Happ was lifted after Headleys infield single with one out in the eighth. Joaquin Benoit gave up an RBI single to rookie Aaron Judge that made it 7-4, but Roberto Osuna struck out Didi Gregorius on a 97 mph fastball with two on to end the inning.Osuna got four straight outs for his 27th save in 29 attempts.Martin hit an RBI single in the fifth that put Toronto ahead 4-2 before Upton broke it open with an opposite-field drive to right, the latest right-handed Toronto hitter to take advantage of the short porch at Yankee Stadium over the past two days.It was Uptons first home run for the Blue Jays since they obtained him from San Diego in a trade July 26. He began the day batting .190 with two RBI in 58 at-bats for Toronto.Been waiting for it, and it finally happened. Obviously, it feels good, Upton said. Just trying to get going and help this team.Sabathia (7-10) lasted six innings in a bizarre outing. The big lefty struck out seven of the first 13 batters and finished with 12 strikeouts, his most in four years. But he was charged with a season-high seven runs and nine hits while losing his fifth straight start against Toronto.Theres no reason we shouldve given up more than four today. We had a tough day defensively that cost us, New York manager Joe Girardi said.Sabathia became the first pitcher in Yankees history to strike out at least 12 and allow seven earned runs.Yeah, its crazy. But Ill be back out there in five days and be ready to go, he said.DONALDSON DAY TO DAYDonaldson, last years AL MVP, was removed after six innings. The team said he jammed his right thumb in his final at-bat, a groundout to second.He couldnt hold the bat, Gibbons said.X-rays were negative and the slugger is day to day, according to Gibbons, who said Donaldson had a similar injury earlier this season and it didnt last long.Donaldson said he hopes to play Friday in Cleveland.Its obviously not the first time its happened this year, but it got me pretty good and I didnt want to do any further damage, he said.Donaldson was the DH, with Barney playing third base.TRAINERS ROOMBlue Jays: After going through a full pregame workout with the club Friday in Cleveland, theres a good chance CF Kevin Pillar (sprained left thumb) will head to Florida this weekend to play a couple of minor league rehab games, Gibbons said. The team hopes Pillar will be ready to come off the 15-day DL next Tuesday against the Angels. ... RF Jose Bautista (sprained left knee) is feeling better and theres an outside shot hell be ready to come off the DL after his 15 days are up on Aug. 25, Gibbons said.Yankees: LF Brett Gardner (ankle) was back in the lineup after missing four games. Gardner batted leadoff as Girardi rested CF Jacoby Ellsbury, C-DH Brian McCann and 1B Mark Teixeira against Happ.UP NEXTBlue Jays: Following an off day, Toronto begins a three-game series Friday night in Cleveland. LHP Francisco Liriano faces Indians RHP Trevor Bauer (9-5, 3.97 ERA). Liriano is 0-1 with a 5.40 ERA in two starts for the Blue Jays since they acquired him from Pittsburgh at the Aug. 1 trade deadline. He is 6-12 with a 5.46 ERA overall.Yankees: New York plays 12 of its next 15 games on the road, starting with a six-game West Coast swing. After an off day, RHP Masahiro Tanaka (9-4, 3.40 ERA) pitches Friday night at the Los Angeles Angels against RHP Jered Weaver (8-10, 5.32). Yangervis Solarte Jersey . Belfort (24-10) needed just 77 seconds to down Henderson in the headlining bout of Saturdays "UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Henderson" event at Goiania Arena in Goiania, Brazil. The fight served as a rematch of the pairs 2006 meeting, which Henderson won by decision. Jhoulys Chacin Jersey . The International Olympic Committee released the official list of bid cities on Friday after the deadline for applications had passed. The candidates -- all previously announced in their own countries -- are: Almaty, Kazakhstan; Beijing; Krakow, Poland; Lviv, Ukraine; Oslo, Norway; and Stockholm. http:///...-spangenberg-jersey/ . - Derek Wolfe says hes finally healthy after suffering a seizure in November that doctors now believe was related to the spinal cord injury he suffered in the preseason.With England and West Indies going head-to-head in Sundays ICC World Twenty20 final, Sky Sport experts Bob Willis compares the sides, including captains Eoin Morgan and Darren Sammy. The openersSince the inception of T20 cricket, Chris Gayle has clearly been one of the most exciting players. He probably comes off just under 50 per cent of the time, which, for a batsman of that style, is a pretty good record. England have got to be very careful how they bowl to him - I would urge them to bowl really full and straight as if David Willey tries to swing the ball and gets it slightly wrong it could set him on his way. The numbers from Chris Gayles innings against England in Mumbai On current form, Jason Roy would be Gayles direct comparison, with the England man playing two brilliant innings and almost singlehandedly taking his side past New Zealand in the semi-finals. The other two openers, Alex Hales and Johnson Charles, are lesser lights at the moment.Hales is still bubbling under but has formed a good partnership with Roy - a tandem that is probably just ahead of West Indies. Charles has license to play his shots and scored a half-century against India but England will think they can keep him relatively quiet if their bowling is up to scratch. The middle orderOn their day, England possess more x-factor in the middle order than West Indies. Clearly Eoin Morgan, a real feast or famine player, is in one of his slumps but Joe Root has out-batted his equivalent Marlon Samuels, two men who play in different ways to the rest of their sides real shot-makers.Root rotates the strike with shrewd shots and swift running between the wickets and then England have Jos Buttler, who has peaked at the right time, and Ben Stokes who are capable of remarkable innings - the latter has been quiet in this tournament but we saw in the Test match in Cape Town how blistering he can be. Lendl Simmons cannot wait to play for West Indies in the World T20 final Lendl Simmons played a remarkable innings in the semi-final having just stepped off a plane but England should bowl a whole lot better than India did, though in Andre Russell, a player Sir Clive Lloyd is desperate to have in West Indies Test side, they have a potent six hitter.Write off Russell, and Dwayne Bravo for that matter at your peril, but Englands batting line-up is incredibly deep - it is remarkable to think Liam Plunkett, a player with two first-class hundreds and 19 fifties, is at No 11! Samuel Baddree (R) has taken seven wickets at 15. Ozzie Smith Jersey. .42 in the World T20 The bowlersSpin will be the main area of concern for England, both in terms of how they handle Samuel Badree and Sulieman Benn and how Adil Rashid and Moeen Ali bowl for them, and I would have to put the West Indies slightly ahead.Badree is a very capable performer indeed - he is more economical than fellow leg-spinner Rashid and not as tempting to hit. Rashids loopy delivery excites batsmen, whereas Badree, despite being a taller man, has a much flatter trajectory. Moeen and Rashid got some tap from West Indies earlier in the competition and also from Sri Lanka, but spin may be harder to hit away at Kolkata - the average scores there in this event have been around 140-150 and when India played Pakistan the pitch was a raging Bunsen Burner.Seam-wise, Stokes and Chris Jordans death bowling has been a revelation but in terms of pace variations and disguising slower balls, I class Bravo as the master, closely followed by Russell.However, if David Willey has a good day and bowls well front-up, I dont think they have a bowler who can compare. David Willey - potentially the best of the bowlers? The captainsI think Morgan has captained very well indeed - he, Trevor Bayliss and Paul Farbrace have turned this group into a very happy band of exciting, dedicated cricketers who probably cant quite believe their eyes that they are in this final.In a funny kind of way, you can say that both Morgan and Darren Sammy are acting as non-playing captains, as while Morgan is enduring a lean trot with the bat, Sammy doesnt really seem to bat or bowl! Watch the West Indies players celebrate in style after their World T20 semi-final win over India Sammy, though, is very level-headed skipper who feels like he is on a mission with this West Indies team, always insisting that it is his 15 players against the rest of the world - and I think he includes the West Indies Cricket Board in that.He does everything with a smile on his face, is enjoying the success of the countrys womens and under-19 teams and is a great ambassador - though I would probably give Morgan the edge strategy-wise.Watch the 2016 ICC World Twenty20 Final between England and West Indies live on Sky Sports 2 this Sunday from 1.30pm. Before then see if West Indies Women can overcome Australia Women in the Womens World Twenty20 Final, live on Sky Sports 2 on Sunday from 9.30am. 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