Yankees’ fans expect perfection. When you play a garbage team like the Blue Jays, you expect a sweep. This weekend though, the Blue Jays eked out a win on Friday before the Yankees unloaded on them in the final two games of the series.
I didn’t get to watch the game so I don’t know exactly how he looked, but Jaret Wright’s numbers have been pretty ugly. He’s now 0-2 with a 7.20 ERA and on Friday he gave up four runs on six hits and four walks in five innings. Scott Proctor and Tanyon Sturtze both gave up runs and ruined any chance that the Yankees might have had to come back against Roy Halladay and the Jays’ pen. Bernie williams accounted for both Yankees’ runs with a two run shot. It was the future Hall of Famer’s first homerun of the season.
The Yankees turned things around yesterday by blasting Josh Towers. The Yankees scored in all eight innings that they hit in and racked up 17 runs on 15 hits. Oddly, the Jays actually had the lead for a short period of time because they scored two runs in the top of the first inning. Johnny Damon went deep twice and Jason Giambi and Jorge Posada each hit a homerun. Damon scored five runs and Giambi drove in four. The odd box score of the game was Alex Rodriguez. He scored three times despite not getting a hit. Randy Johnson picked up a win despite getting roughed up. He gave up six runs on six hits and four walks in five innings, but he still improved to 4-2.
This afternoon, Mike Mussina continued to impress. He’s now 4-1 and he gave up one run on seven hits with two walks and seven strikeouts in six innings. His ERA is now down to an impressive 2.31. Kyle Farnsworth and Mariano Rivera pitched the final three innings to finish up the Jays. Rivera picked up his fourth save of the season.
Tomorrow, things get fun. We travel to Boston to play a two game series in the shit box. As it stands, the Yankees and Red Sox are tied for first place so when the Yankees take them both, they’ll have a nice cushion heading into the rest of the week.
