09/10: Yanks Beat Orioles, Increase Division Lead to 10 Games
Posted by: Seamus
The Yankees increased their lead over the Red Sox to a double-digit margin yesterday with a 3-2 victory over the Orioles at Camden Yards. Chien-Ming Wang was good once again, giving up only one run on eight hits as he picked up his 17th victory of the season, which is tied for the Major League lead. The Yankees also moved to within a half game of the Tigers, who lost in Minnesota for the best record in the A.L.
The game was pretty uneventful offensively. The Yankees struck first in the 5th with an RBI single by Johnny Damon to score Kevin Thompson and a sac fly by Melky Cabrera to put the Yanks ahead 2-0. The O's closed the gap to 2-1 in the 7th with a base hit by Brandon Fahey before Derek Jeter added another insurance run with a base hit in the 8th. Kyle Farnsworth came in to close it and gave up a solo home run to Kevin Millar, but that would be all the damage against Farnsworth as he picked up his third save of the season.
Jaret Wright will look to pick up his 10th victory of the season and will face Hayden Penn in the third game of this four game set. Penn made one start this season on September third and gave up 8 runs against Oakland without getting out of the first inning, hence his bloated E.R.A. of 108.00. Game starts at 1:35 ET.
The game was pretty uneventful offensively. The Yankees struck first in the 5th with an RBI single by Johnny Damon to score Kevin Thompson and a sac fly by Melky Cabrera to put the Yanks ahead 2-0. The O's closed the gap to 2-1 in the 7th with a base hit by Brandon Fahey before Derek Jeter added another insurance run with a base hit in the 8th. Kyle Farnsworth came in to close it and gave up a solo home run to Kevin Millar, but that would be all the damage against Farnsworth as he picked up his third save of the season.
Jaret Wright will look to pick up his 10th victory of the season and will face Hayden Penn in the third game of this four game set. Penn made one start this season on September third and gave up 8 runs against Oakland without getting out of the first inning, hence his bloated E.R.A. of 108.00. Game starts at 1:35 ET.
