Well, the Yanks moved into sole possession of first place yesterday when they topped the Rangers. It appears that top ranking was short lived because the Yankees lost a pitching dual yesterday. With the Red Sox win, we’re back in second place.
Mike Mussina saw a pretty good outing go to waste. He threw six shutout innings only to see Wayne Franklin give up a two run homer to Hank Blalock. Two runs normally isn’t a big deal, but in this one it made the difference.
Yesterday’s game was in sharp contrast to the runfest on Monday. The Yankees brought this one home 11-10 despite giving up leads of 6-3 and 9-5 earlier in the game. The game winner was a two run single by Ruben Sierra.
Aaron Small, another cast off from another team, will make his Yankees debut against Joaquin Benoit. Small has a career batting average against of .306 in 218 innings so I’m not too optimistic about this rubber game.
