I was really, really hoping to be talking about a sweep here, even if it was a rain shortened one. Regardless, the Yankees won two of three, and they’re now in the drivers seat in the American League East.
The bats really showed up for Mike Mussina on Monday. Jason Giambi hit his sixteenth homerun and drove in three. Melky Cabrera scored three times and drove in two runs while Andy Phillips homered and drove in three. Mike Mussina improved to 8-1 and he gave up five runs (four earned) on eight hits and two walks with eight strikeouts in six innings.
Tuesday’s game was a solid pitching duel. Bernie Williams tied the game with a solo shot in the fifth and then Jason Giambi drove in the eventual winning run by drawing a bases loaded walk. Chien-Ming Wang had one of his better starts of the season. He gave up one run on eight hits in seven innings of work.
Wednesday was the rain out and that must have killed out momentum because the Yankees came out flat yesterday. Jaret Wright was cruising along until he he gave up three runs in the sixth to make it 4-3 Boston. Then the pen gave up five runs in the seventh to bust the game open. Scot Proctor was the primary culprit but Wright took the loss and dropped to 3-4 on the season. All three Yankees runs came on solo homeruns by Bernie Williams, Johnny Damon and Robinson Cano.
Oakland comes to town for a three game set. I’ve been waiting for Oakland to go on one of their runs and it hasn’t happened yet. Hopefully they’ll wait until they leave New York. It’s Danny Haren vs. Shawn Chacon tonight.
