Baseball’s Savior

This game was nice because I was able to go to bed after the second inning.  Alex Rodriguez capped off a seven run second inning with a grand slam in the Yankees 15-2 win over the A’s.  You have to feel for A’s fans.  This is their home opener and the Yankees treated them like most fans treat the Royals and Tigers.

Johnny Damon had three hits and two runs and Hideki Matsui was a perfect four for four with a homerun, two walks, four RBIs and two runs.  Jorge Posada was the only Yankees starter who didn’t have a hit but even he scored, as did the other eight Yankees starter.

Randy Johnson’s solid start was lost in the offensive onslaught.  He needed only 106 pitches to go seven innings.  He gave up one run on five hits with three strikeouts.  His only blemish was to a fellow future Hall of Famer.  Frank Thomas made his A’s debut and took Johnson deep in the second inning.

Mike Mussina takes the mound against Rich Harden tonight.  Hopefully it’s more of the same.