05/17: Yanks Split Twin-Bill in Chicago
Posted by: Seamus
The Yankees failed to gain or lose any ground on the Red Sox Wednesday night as they split a doubleheader against the White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field. With the split and a rainout of the Red Sox-Tigers game, the Yankees remain at 8 games behind Boston in the division and fell to 5.5 games behind the Indians for the A.L. wild card.
The first game was back and forth for 6 innings until the White Sox lit up Mike Mussina for 3 runs in the bottom of the 6th, starting with a solo home run by A.J. Pierzynski. That's where the game ended offensively, as the 5-2 score at that point would stay intact for the remainder of the game. Mike Mussina was pretty solid for five innings before giving up those three in the 6th inning. Offensively, there wasn't much to talk about other than a decent afternoon for Bobby Abreu who went 2-4 with a home run, Melky Cabrera with a timely RBI double and a home run by Josh Phelps in the 9th.
The Yanks recovered and won Game 2 by a score of 8-1. Chien-Ming Wang bounced back from his rough start against the Rangers last Thursday with a very solid start, allowing a run on six hits in 7 innings. The Yankees jumped ahead early on a two-run double by Hideki Matsui. An RBI triple by Derek Jeter capped off a two-run 7th inning and Melky Cabrera and Jorge Posada each homered in the Yanks' four-run 9th inning. Mariano Rivera capped off the victory with a scoreless ninth.
The Yankees will be finishing up their series in Chicago tonight before heading to Shea this weekend to face the Mets. Matt DeSalvo will be going up against Jon Garland. Game starts at 2:05 ET.
The first game was back and forth for 6 innings until the White Sox lit up Mike Mussina for 3 runs in the bottom of the 6th, starting with a solo home run by A.J. Pierzynski. That's where the game ended offensively, as the 5-2 score at that point would stay intact for the remainder of the game. Mike Mussina was pretty solid for five innings before giving up those three in the 6th inning. Offensively, there wasn't much to talk about other than a decent afternoon for Bobby Abreu who went 2-4 with a home run, Melky Cabrera with a timely RBI double and a home run by Josh Phelps in the 9th.
The Yanks recovered and won Game 2 by a score of 8-1. Chien-Ming Wang bounced back from his rough start against the Rangers last Thursday with a very solid start, allowing a run on six hits in 7 innings. The Yankees jumped ahead early on a two-run double by Hideki Matsui. An RBI triple by Derek Jeter capped off a two-run 7th inning and Melky Cabrera and Jorge Posada each homered in the Yanks' four-run 9th inning. Mariano Rivera capped off the victory with a scoreless ninth.
The Yankees will be finishing up their series in Chicago tonight before heading to Shea this weekend to face the Mets. Matt DeSalvo will be going up against Jon Garland. Game starts at 2:05 ET.
Jason wrote:
Absolutely huge 4 games before BOS. One gets the feeling that (at the very least) they must not lose any more ground in the standings before Monday.