08/05: Small Ball Leads to 6-2 Win
Posted by: Patrick
Despite various distractions, the Yankees won in impressive fashion with a 6-2 victory over the Blue Jays.
Aaron Small was solid once again, turning in his best start as a Yankee, going 6 and 2/3 innings, allowing just 1 ER. He got the win, improving his record to 3-0.
The Yankees got off to a great start in the 1st, with a lead off triple from D. Jeter followed by a two run blast off the bat of Gary Sheffield. The Yankees would add runs on RBI singles in the 8th (by Jeter and Posada) and sacrifice flies in the 4th and 9th (by Cano and Womack). Jeter, Sheffield, Matsui and Posada each had 2 hits. Sheffield hit his 22nd home run of the season.
The 4th time is a charm as Alan Embree finally settled down and pitched 1 and 1/3 innings of run free, hit free, walk free baseball. Sturtze relieved him and ran into a bit of trouble, allowing a run in the ninth and placing runners on 1st and 2nd with 2 out - but in came Mariano who quickly retired Alex Rios to end the game. Save number 28 for Mo.
All in all, (from the box score, it appears to have been) a pretty fundamentally satisfying win against a good team (.509 winning percentage in the AL East). The Red Sox lost, so we are now 3.5 games back in the division, while the Royals couldn't hold off the A's, so we remain 3 back in the Wild Card. The Unit will face Scott Downs (0-2, 5.23) tomorrow.
Aaron Small was solid once again, turning in his best start as a Yankee, going 6 and 2/3 innings, allowing just 1 ER. He got the win, improving his record to 3-0.
The Yankees got off to a great start in the 1st, with a lead off triple from D. Jeter followed by a two run blast off the bat of Gary Sheffield. The Yankees would add runs on RBI singles in the 8th (by Jeter and Posada) and sacrifice flies in the 4th and 9th (by Cano and Womack). Jeter, Sheffield, Matsui and Posada each had 2 hits. Sheffield hit his 22nd home run of the season.
The 4th time is a charm as Alan Embree finally settled down and pitched 1 and 1/3 innings of run free, hit free, walk free baseball. Sturtze relieved him and ran into a bit of trouble, allowing a run in the ninth and placing runners on 1st and 2nd with 2 out - but in came Mariano who quickly retired Alex Rios to end the game. Save number 28 for Mo.
All in all, (from the box score, it appears to have been) a pretty fundamentally satisfying win against a good team (.509 winning percentage in the AL East). The Red Sox lost, so we are now 3.5 games back in the division, while the Royals couldn't hold off the A's, so we remain 3 back in the Wild Card. The Unit will face Scott Downs (0-2, 5.23) tomorrow.
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