-RJ-

A fine pitcher's duel, and crisp 4-1 victory for the Yankees yesterday at the Stadium was marred only by some inept umpiring from the man behind the mask, Andy Dowdy. Dowdy is a minor league ump who has been called on to work big league games as an alternate since 2002. On Sunday, before a packed house in the Bronx, he looked overmatched. Dowdy's strike zone was all over the place by the fifth inning, and his shoddy work provoked each manager to get tossed--both arguing balls and strikes.

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