These are the games that Yankee fans like to see more then most others. Andy Pettitte pitched a wonderful game today, going 6.2 innings, allowing 8 Hits, which yielded the O’s only 2 Runs. He struck out 3, and only walked one batter. Things were apparently getting a little hairy there in the 7th inning for Pettitte, but no fear Yankee faithful, here is the best part. Chamberlain and Rivera, thank you for coming to today’s game. Another great outing from those two. I am almost going to miss Joba coming in from the bullpen, maybe not. Either way he picks up his 12th Hold, and Rivera gets his 13th Save.
The offense was, if nothing else, steady today, scoring 1 Run in four separate innings. The one to remember was a huge shot off the bat of Jason Giambi in the 4th inning with 2 Out.
It’s nice to see a win against these pesky Baltimore Orioles. There are just certain teams that have your number, but you can’t quite put a finger on why. Take for instance the Kansas City Royals’ dominance over the Detroit Tigers. It just doesn’t make any sense on paper, but somehow that certain team always seems to get the job done against you. The Orioles seem to be that team. For some reason…you get the drift.
Their record is at 26-27, and the momentum seems to be in their direction now. If they could put together a nice litte run here we would not only say goodbye to .500 but we may be looking at contention for the AL East. Just throwing that out there.
