I’ll take two out of three considering the one loss was against Johan Santana. I’ll have to look and see what kind of contract he has, because if he’s a free agent soon, he could be a Yankee.
Randy Johnson was dominating on Tuesday. Eight innings, two hits, no walks and eleven strikeouts. All they really needed was A-Rod’s homer in the second, but they put four runs on the board just in case. It was the best start of the season for the Unit, so hopefully this is a precursor of things to come.
Yesterday’s game was nice because I actually got to see them play on TV. I no longer live in the New York area, so I don’t always get to see them like I did when I had the Yes network. Unfortunately, they didn’t win for me. Johan Santana held the Yanks scoreless through seven innings, and by then the Twins had gotten to the Yanks bullpen. Al Leiter held the Twins in check, but he threw 115 pitches in only five innings, so despite only giving up a single run through five, he had to yield to the pen.
Gary Sheffield and Robinson Cano accounted for most of the Yankees offense this afternoon. Sheffield homered and drove in four runs while Cano went three for five with two runs and two RBIs. Aaron Small improved to 2-0, so hopefully the Yanks found someone to fill in the fourth/fifth starter slot for the time being.
Anaheim is on deck. This time it’s at our house so we should have a better showing.
I had some interesting dialogue with some Tigers fans over at Tigerblog. I think I definitely got the best of them. It’s a very cool site with some neat features. It’s interesting catching a snippet on Lou Gehrig here and there when the 1935 Tigers squared off against the Yankees.
