The Indians were one of the hottest teams in June. Fortunately the Yankees caught them when they were cooling off as they took three of four in the weekend series. Randy Johnson was good at times (eight strikeouts) and bad at times (nine hits through six innings), but he walked away with his ninth win of the season. The Yankees put nine runs on the board, three of which scored on a Gary Sheffield homerun. Jason Giambi hit a two run homer, which was his tenth.
Yesterday’s game didn’t go as well. The Indians scored an insurance run in the top of the ninth that ended up being the difference. The Yankees scored a run in the ninth on a Ruben Sierra homer, but they couldn’t get that second run to tie the game up. Darrell May took the loss in his Yankees debut.
Heading into the break, the Yankees are two games behind the Twins for the wildcard, and they’re 2 1/2 back of the Red Sox for the AL East. Considering the way they started, that’s not too bad.
I’m new to the whole website thing, so I’m working on the color of the site. As you can tell, I’m part way there, which means the whole thing looks pretty odd at the moment. I’m also hoping to get my first Yankees World Series Retrospective done over the All Star break. If not, I’ll have it done by the end of the weekend.
Enjoy the All Star Game.
