07/04: Yankees Blast Twins 8-0
Posted by: Patrick
That Chien-Ming Wang, what a guy. 7 innings, 4 hits, 4 walks, 3 strikeouts, 0 runs. He's now 8-4 with a 3.58 ERA. The Yankees gave him a little support early in the bottom of the 1st in the form of a Derek Jeter grounder that scored Johnny Damon.
As Wang continued to put up zeros, they added 2 more in the 4th (a 2 run Cano homer, scoring Abreu) and then blasted the game open in the 6th with a 5 run inning, the result of small ball. Posada scored the first run of the inning on a wild pitch. Abreu, Cabrera and Jeter proceeded to string together singles, driving in the other 4 runs.
Proctor was on in the 8th, pitching a scoreless inning. Torii Hunter got himself tossed for arguing balls and strikes. Edwar Ramirez made his major league debut in the 9th and it couldn't have gone any better - he set Michael Cuddyer, Justin Morneau and Lew Ford (Hunter's replacement) down on swinging strikeouts, in order. Great to see. You can watch it at the official site.
Abreu was 3 for 3 on the night with 2 walks, 2 runs and 1 RBI. Jeter was 3 for 5 with 2 RBI and a double. The shortstop also made a gem of a leaping stab in the 7th to rob Jason Kubel of a single. Cano was 1 for 3 with his 4th homer of the year, 2 runs and 2 RBI. Cabrera was 2 for 5 with 2 RBI and 1 run. Matsui was 2 for 4 with a double and a run. Damon and Posada also scored runs. Coming off of his injury, A-Rod was 0 for 4 and was the only Yankee starter to come away hitless in this one. But he, apparently feels fine:
The Red Sox won, but the Indians beat the Tigers in 11, allowing us to gain a game in the wild card. We're now 7.5 games back. Today at 1:05 PM ET., we'll have our work cut out for us facing Johan Santana (9-6, 2.76). We'll need Moose (4-5, 4.63) to have a repeat of his last start.
As Wang continued to put up zeros, they added 2 more in the 4th (a 2 run Cano homer, scoring Abreu) and then blasted the game open in the 6th with a 5 run inning, the result of small ball. Posada scored the first run of the inning on a wild pitch. Abreu, Cabrera and Jeter proceeded to string together singles, driving in the other 4 runs.
Proctor was on in the 8th, pitching a scoreless inning. Torii Hunter got himself tossed for arguing balls and strikes. Edwar Ramirez made his major league debut in the 9th and it couldn't have gone any better - he set Michael Cuddyer, Justin Morneau and Lew Ford (Hunter's replacement) down on swinging strikeouts, in order. Great to see. You can watch it at the official site.
Abreu was 3 for 3 on the night with 2 walks, 2 runs and 1 RBI. Jeter was 3 for 5 with 2 RBI and a double. The shortstop also made a gem of a leaping stab in the 7th to rob Jason Kubel of a single. Cano was 1 for 3 with his 4th homer of the year, 2 runs and 2 RBI. Cabrera was 2 for 5 with 2 RBI and 1 run. Matsui was 2 for 4 with a double and a run. Damon and Posada also scored runs. Coming off of his injury, A-Rod was 0 for 4 and was the only Yankee starter to come away hitless in this one. But he, apparently feels fine:
The initial plan was for Rodriguez to have an MRI to determine how seriously the muscle was torn. But he declined the test after waking up.
"We caught a break," said Torre, who watched Rodriguez closely during batting practice to make sure he was able to play.
"We caught a break," said Torre, who watched Rodriguez closely during batting practice to make sure he was able to play.
The Red Sox won, but the Indians beat the Tigers in 11, allowing us to gain a game in the wild card. We're now 7.5 games back. Today at 1:05 PM ET., we'll have our work cut out for us facing Johan Santana (9-6, 2.76). We'll need Moose (4-5, 4.63) to have a repeat of his last start.
