Alright, the home town fans get a show this week. I know the Yankees won’t be playing all of their regulars as they tune up for the playoffs, but that still should give Yankees fan a chance to come out and cheer for their team as they roll into another post season.
Chien Ming Wang picked up win number 18 on Friday. He was pretty impressive and gave up only one run on six hits with four strikeouts over seven innings. Gary Sheffield made his return and he went zero for three and Robinson Cano and Aaron Guiel both went yard in the 4-1 win.
Saturday’s game wasn’t encouraging because Randy Johnson got knocked around. He gave up five runs in six innings in an 8-0 shutout loss. The Yanks were held to four hits.
Sunday’s game was scary. Not because the Yankees got bounced but because Mike Mussina took a comebacker on the hand. He’s okay and he’ll be ready to pitch but we need every arm we can keep. Robinson Cano hit homerun number 13 and Mussina dropped to 14-7 in the 11-4 loss.
The Yankees made up for those two losses yesterday when they ran up 16 runs on the Devil Rays. Bobby Abreu was a one man wrecking crew. He went four for four with a homerun, three runs, and four RBIs. Hideki Matsui went yard as well and he drove in four runs. Jaret Wright was solid through six innings of work and he’s now 11-7.
Randy Johnson will miss his next start because of back spasms. Get better Randy. We need you.
Next up is three at home against the Orioles.
