Baseball’s Savior

Man, this was a tough one.  The Yankees came back from four down only to lose it in the ninth.  You have to kind of fell for Phil Coke.  He gave up a walk to lead off the ninth then got pulled after a sac. bunt.  Then David Robertson came in and gave up a walk and a single to allow the winning run to score.  Coke takes the loss, but Robertson should have gotten at least an assist (in a bad way).

Phil Hughes was pretty unspectacular in his start.  He gave up four runs in five frames but he did strikeout six with one walk.  Chien-Ming Wang threw three innings of shutout relief to keep the Yanks in it but he gets nothing for his efforts (except maybe a rotation spot here soon).

Mark Teixeira was a one man wrecking crew.  He belted a two run homer to put the Yankees on the board, then he had a two run double in the eighth to tie the game up.  Johnny Damon scored two of those runs while Derek Jeter went two for four and he scored once.

The final game in the wrap around series is tomorrow and Joba gets the ball.  Jeremy Sowers throws for the Indians.  His ERA is close to eight so I like our chances.

Yeah, it’s been a while so sue me.  Still, it’s nice to see the Yankees sitting atop the standings.  They have two more games against the AL Central doormats (Indians) before they head home to take on the surprising Rangers.  Still, at the end of the day, regardless of whether the Yankees win or lose, they’ll sit in their rightful place atop the AL East standings.

Mark Teixaira has done his job so far and my best is, he heats up even more as the weather turns.  His twelve game hitting streak has turned his batting average from poor (.231) to decent (.275) and hopefully he keeps it up.  It’s also nice to see Johnny Damon having a bit of a comeback season.  At this pace, he should top his career high 24 homers and his current OPS of .899 would be a career high.

Then there’s the pitching.  The Yankees near5.00 ERA can’t stand if they’re going to keep their first place and guys like A.J. Burnett have to step it up.  Joba is coming back tomorrow so hopefully he’ll help things out.  Even CC, while he’s doing okay, has to step it up to earn that big paycheck he’s getting.

Yesterday, the Yanks got the bats going.  Robinson Cano drove in three while Hideki Matsui finished with a team high three hits.  Jorge Posada and Nick Swishe both belted homeruns and CC Sabathia improved to 5-3 with seven solid frames.

Today, it’s Phil Hughes and Carl Pavano throws for the Indians.  Man would it be nice to belt Pavano around.