04/24: A-Rod Sets Record, but No Win for Yanks vs. Rays
Posted by: Patrick
The Yankees offense put up 8 runs (with Giambi, Jeter and A-Rod extending their hitting streaks of 10, 14 and 23 games, respectively), but the Yankees pitching staff allowed 10.
Kei Igawa was the biggest offender, allowing 7 ER in 4 and 1/3 innings. Bruney also allowed 3 ER in 1/3 of an inning's work... but he's been otherwise hot and has been pitching a lot, so that's not a big shock. Mo closed out the game (or, at least, the Devil Rays batters side of it) with a scoreless 8th.
A-Rod continued his amazing run with a 4 for 5, 2 HR, 4 R, 3 RBI performance that brings his batting average up to .400. Cano hit his first homer of the season and went 2 for 3. Abreu scored 2 runs while Jeter, Giambi, Matsui (welcome back) and Phelps each had 1 RBI of their own.
With his 2 home runs, A-Rod became the first player in the history of baseball to hit 14 home runs in the first 18 games of the season. We're witnessing the hottest start of all hot starts. He tied Albert Pujols record of 14 home runs in the month of April. He's tied for the AL lead in average, he's got 7 more home runs than anyone else and he's got 17 more home runs than anyone else. In those last two categories, he has double the number of the guy in 2nd place (Ian Kinsler in homers, Giambi and Ortiz in RBI). Wow.
Tonight, Wang (good timing) returns to face Scott Kazmir (1-1, 5.25 ERA), the man who is on all of my fantasy teams.
Kei Igawa was the biggest offender, allowing 7 ER in 4 and 1/3 innings. Bruney also allowed 3 ER in 1/3 of an inning's work... but he's been otherwise hot and has been pitching a lot, so that's not a big shock. Mo closed out the game (or, at least, the Devil Rays batters side of it) with a scoreless 8th.
A-Rod continued his amazing run with a 4 for 5, 2 HR, 4 R, 3 RBI performance that brings his batting average up to .400. Cano hit his first homer of the season and went 2 for 3. Abreu scored 2 runs while Jeter, Giambi, Matsui (welcome back) and Phelps each had 1 RBI of their own.
With his 2 home runs, A-Rod became the first player in the history of baseball to hit 14 home runs in the first 18 games of the season. We're witnessing the hottest start of all hot starts. He tied Albert Pujols record of 14 home runs in the month of April. He's tied for the AL lead in average, he's got 7 more home runs than anyone else and he's got 17 more home runs than anyone else. In those last two categories, he has double the number of the guy in 2nd place (Ian Kinsler in homers, Giambi and Ortiz in RBI). Wow.
Tonight, Wang (good timing) returns to face Scott Kazmir (1-1, 5.25 ERA), the man who is on all of my fantasy teams.
