Crooked Cap limited Toronto to 5 hits while striking out 5 and walking 4. His defense also bailed him out when Brett Gardner threw a strike to nail Jays catcher, Rod Barajas, at home plate on a John McDonald single, holding the Jays to a 2-1 lead after 5 innings. It was the Yankee gimps that came to the rescue on offense tonight. Derek Jeter, who sat out the last 2 games with a strained oblique, singled in the tying run in the top of the 7th. After the Crooked One escaped a bases loaded jam in the bottom of the inning, Hideki Matsui led off the 8th with his 4th HR of the season. He left Tuesday's game with a pulled hammy and missed yesterday's game as well.
Sabathia evened his record at 3-3. I'll say this about the big fella - he's a workhorse and exactly what the Yankees need to rest their beleaguered bullpen at least once/twice a week. Against 2 of the better hitting teams of the league this week, he pitched 17 innings and only gave up 2 runs. In fact, with Burnett and Pettitte going longer in their starts, the bullpen has not been taxed as much, which may be a reason why they're pitching better of late. Mariano Rivera finished up tonight's game with a 1-2-3 ninth for his 7th save.
Of course, I can't end my blog without mentioning that the overrated Robinson Cano failed once again with runners in scoring position This time with the bases loaded in the first. He's now 19-81 in his career with the bases juiced (.235 average). He's just a different hitter with men on base, and not a good one.
Other notes: Dodgers improved to 3-4 without Manny, although they nearly blew today's game when Jonathan Broxton let the Phils tie it in the 9th. They went on to win in 10. Torre still sucks.
When will Boston fans begin booing Big Sloppy? 0-7 today with 3 Ks and 12, count them, 12 men left on base! It cost the Sox in a 5-4, 12-inning loss to the Angels. Sox left an astounding team total 17 men on base. Francona has to drop the Slop in the lineup. You can't win with your 3rd hitter in the lineup struggling like he is. Looks like Yoda Pedroia is back on last year's pace, going 4-6 and now hitting .336. His swing is still ridiculous.
The cheapskate Rays lost to Cleveland 11-7. BJ Upton is hitting a paltry .172 and the slick-fielding Aki Iwamura already has 5 errors. Cleveland had 18 hits in the game, but the media darling, Grady Sizemore, went 1-5 and is now hitting .221 with 40 Ks. I cannot stress enough how overblown this guy is.
The Mets stole 7 bases off of Bengie Molina. David Wright had 4 of those swipes. K-Rod has 10 saves. Do you think the Angels and their horrendous bullpen miss him? Arte Moreno, just another cheap owner. I hope it costs them the season.
Yanks Record: 17-17
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