Even the Yankees can’t win them all. Oakland, even though they’re struggling, is a still a solid team so two of three isn’t bad.
Friday’s game was the surprise and was the game I would have expected the Yankees to drop in this series. Chien-Ming Wang went head to head against Barry Zito and Wang got the job done and then some. He and Mariano Rivera combined to throw a four hit shutout. Alex Rogriguez and Bernie Williams homered in the 2-0 win.
Yesterday we had some drama. A-Rod hit a three run shot in the first inning, then Derek Jeter hit a solo shot to make it 4-0 by the third inning. Jaret Wright continued to cruise along but he ran into trouble in the sixth inning, when the A’s tagged him for two runs. Kyle Farnsworth gave up an unearned run in the ninth to make things interesting, but he held on and picked up the save in the Yankees 4-3 win.
This afternoon’s game was the bummer. The A’s jumped all over the still struggling Randy Johnson and touched him for three runs in the first inning. He then calmed down but gave up another run in the sixth inning. The pen was hit hard as well. In the meantime, Danny Haren shut down the Yankees. The only run the Yankees managed was on Jorge Posada’s solo homerun.
Boston was rained out today so the loss puts them back into a tie with the Yankees. The Rangers come to town for a four game series this week, so hopefully we’ll be able to get back on track against them. Last time we played them we swept them in their own ballpark.
