05/10: Yanks Get to .500 with Win over Texas
Posted by: Seamus
It seems like these days the only thing the Yankees need to get on a roll is a few games against the Rangers. Last night's win was the Yankees' fifth straight this season against Texas. They have won 7 out of 9 overall and have finally gotten to the .500 mark for the season.
The Yanks got a solid start out of Mike Mussina, who gave up two runs on three hits in six innings, throwing 85 pitches. The bullpen did a nice job, giving us three scoreless innings, but the 7th inning was split among three pitchers. Mo entered the game in a non-save situation and pitched a scoreless 9th.
Derek Jeter was the man offensively, driving in three of the Yanks' six runs and scoring one as well. Johnny Damon was the other Yankee who had a multi-hit game with a 2-3 night and Wil Nieves finally picked up his first hit of the season. A comical moment during the game (not so comical if they weren't up by 4 runs) was Nieves getting a little greedy after the hit, trying to stretch it to two. Nieves was only out by a mile...and a half.
The Yankees will finish the three-game set this afternoon at 1 E.T. before heading to Seattle for the weekend. Chien-Ming Wang will be looking to carry over some momentum from his near perfect game on Saturday and will be facing first-year Ranger Brandon McCarthy. McCarthy has struggled in his new role, even moreso than any Yankee starter this year, as he is 2-4 with an E.R.A. of 7.96 in seven starts.
The Yanks got a solid start out of Mike Mussina, who gave up two runs on three hits in six innings, throwing 85 pitches. The bullpen did a nice job, giving us three scoreless innings, but the 7th inning was split among three pitchers. Mo entered the game in a non-save situation and pitched a scoreless 9th.
Derek Jeter was the man offensively, driving in three of the Yanks' six runs and scoring one as well. Johnny Damon was the other Yankee who had a multi-hit game with a 2-3 night and Wil Nieves finally picked up his first hit of the season. A comical moment during the game (not so comical if they weren't up by 4 runs) was Nieves getting a little greedy after the hit, trying to stretch it to two. Nieves was only out by a mile...and a half.
The Yankees will finish the three-game set this afternoon at 1 E.T. before heading to Seattle for the weekend. Chien-Ming Wang will be looking to carry over some momentum from his near perfect game on Saturday and will be facing first-year Ranger Brandon McCarthy. McCarthy has struggled in his new role, even moreso than any Yankee starter this year, as he is 2-4 with an E.R.A. of 7.96 in seven starts.
