For the second day in a row, the Yankees have put a spot on the board against these Seattle Mariners (yesterday being 13 runs). What a nice little rally the ball club finds itself in. It’s surprising what good can come out of a good beating. The club looks energized, and the bats seem to have found their mark. Mussina wasn’t excellent, having one bad inning of five, but didn’t need to be today. The Yankees win by another impressive score of 12-6.
Mussina pitched a total of 5 innings, and gave up 4 runs on 7 hits, striking out a lowly 4 batters, in his service today. Like I said before, he wasn’t perfect, but he didn’t need to be. He was good enough.
In the Yankees continuing effort to transfer successfully Joba Chamberlain from the bullpen to the rotation, he came in relief of Mussina and pitched two very strong innings, not allowing any runs, and only giving up 1 Hit, and received his 11th Hold of the season.
The offensive was still on a high from yesterday’s beat-down, and continued scoring runs at will. 5 on those 12 Runs came off of Home runs, hit by Giambi (3-run shot in the 2nd inning), and Abreu (2-run laser in the 6th inning), both off their starter, Silva.
The team is now staring at .500, once again, and this 4 game win streak has done well for their position in the AL East. They are looking at being only 1 game behind the third place Toronto Blue Jays, and 5.5 games out overall, behind some team from Boston? I didn’t realize there was a Major League team there. I will have to look into it, and let you know down the road.
