The Yankees got some good pitching finally, and that led to two wins. Fortunately they couldn’t finish up the sweep, so by the end of the night, we could be back to a tie with Boston. I’ll take it though after that debacle in Oakland.
Chien-Ming Wang got the job done on Tuesday and improved to 7-2 in the process. Fortunately, he needed a shutout because the Yanks only put up a single run on Robinson Cano’s solo homerun in the sixth inning. Regardless, Wang went 7 1/3 and gave up only five hits. Rivera closed it out with a perfect ninth to earn save number 13.
Now I’m going to say something that might surprise you, at least this season. Randy Johnson had a really good start. One run on four hits in 6 1/3 with six strikeouts and zero walks. This time, the Yankees picked up the offense though. Andy Phillips homered and drove in two and Johnny Damon hit a solo shot. Robinson Cano continued to hit well and he went three for four with an RBI.
Today’s game was a downer and it looks like Mike Mussina may be reverting back to what we’ve seen the past couple of seasons. He was doing okay until he got tagged for three runs in the sixth. By then it was 6-1 and while the Yankees put three runs more runs on the board, it would have never been enough. In the end, it was an 8-4 final.
Melky Cabrera, Alex Rodriguez and Bernie Williams all hit solo homeruns. Williams was the only Yankee with two hits.
It’s back to interleague play, and in the interleague lottery, we picked a winner this weekend. The Nationals have been playing well, but their time has run out. I’m expecting nothing less then a sweep.
