Man, they’re probably happy in Boston this morning. The Yankees dropped their third straight game at the hands of the Red Sox and we now sit four games back in third place. Heck, even the Orioles are in front of us. The Yanks have been there before and I’m confidant the end will be the same (i.e. playoffs), but it sure would be nice to do a wire to wire thing like we got used to in the late 90s instead of this come back from several games down stuff.
Anyway, Chase Wright was bombed in the the third inning and he gave up four homeruns in succession. This would be a big deal but it just happened last year with the Dodgers Anyway, the Yankees actually took the lead back until the Red Sox scored three in the seventh and that pretty much finished things up.
Scott Proctor gave up the three seventh inning runs and he took the loss. Wright lasted only three innings and now the pen is going to be stretched.
Jason Giambi had a nice game and he drove in three runs on a double and a single. Derek Jeter hit his first homerun of the season and Alex Rodriguez went one for four and he was hit by a pitch and he scored twice.
Just what the doctor ordered, we get two against Tampa Bay. If we drop either one of these, I’ll be bummed although tomorrow’s matchup could go either way with Scott Kazmir throwing against Chien-Ming Wang in his first start of the start. Let’s just hope the boys bring their bats.
