I will be the first to admit that I was more than worried after the home run was hit by Tiger’s very recent call up, Matt Joyce. It just seemed to be an automatic out to me. But after that Rasner settled right in and pitched an excellent game. He ended up going 6 innings, giving up 4 hits, and 2 earned runs. One of those runs he was responsible for after he we taken out of the game. He pitched to one batter in the 7th inning. All in all, a very good performance today, and for his second win in a row. It is sometimes surprising where your good ballplayers, for now, are going to surface from.
Derek Jeter hit his first home run of this 2008 season, in the 1st inning off of Jeremy Bonderman, with no one on, to contribute one of the two runs scored in that inning. The rest of the RBI’s came from four different players, which is good to see performance spreading out throughout the lineup. They amounted enough offense to win this one today 5-2.
That creates a rubber game situation tomorrow, as the Yankees play the last of a three game series against these Detroit Tigers. It is an early start, 1:05pm EST, so if you are attending the game, make sure to get there early enough to enjoy batting practice, a Ball Park Frank, peanuts and a beer, I know I will. Go Yankees!
