07/26: Yanks End Homestand on Winning Note
Posted by: Seamus
The Yankees should be able to enjoy their flight down south later tonight after they defeated the A's once again to take three out of four in the series and finish out their 10-game homestand with a 9–1 record. They also put a little more distance between themselves and the Red Sox and Rays, who both lost this afternoon.
This one was a bit of a back-and-forth affair, as the A's went ahead twice but both times were answered back in the same inning. The Yankees erased a 2–0 first inning deficit and took the lead with a 4-run bottom of the inning, highlighted by a 3-run double by Robinson Cano (Cano tried to make it to third but was tagged out after oversliding past the bag). Oakland regained the lead in the 6th with a two-run home run by Mark Ellis off of Phil Coke that put the A's ahead 5–4, but a two-run single in the bottom of the inning by Derek Jeter put the Yankees back ahead. The Yankees tacked on another run in the 6th thanks to a base hit up the middle by Mark Teixeira that made it 7–5, and that would prove to be the final score.
The Yankees got an acceptable performance out of Sergio Mitre, who bounced back from a rough first inning and left the game after pitching to one batter in the 6th and was holding onto a one-run lead. The home run allowed by Phil Coke erased Mitre's chances to pick up his 2nd win, however. In all the Yankees used five pitchers in the game. Phil Hughes pitched the 7th and he along with Brian Bruney and Mariano Rivera each recorded one out in the 8th. Rivera put the A's down 1-2-3 in the 9th to wrap up the Yanks' very successful homestand and recorded his 29th save in the process.
The Yankees will be in St. Petersburg tomorrow to pay the Rays a visit for the second time this season (the Yankees took two out of three in April). The pitching match up should be a good one as the red hot A.J. Burnett will be going up against James Shields. Game is slated to start at 7:08 ET.
Recap records: Patrick: 28–13, Seamus: 25–16, Andrew: 7–9
This one was a bit of a back-and-forth affair, as the A's went ahead twice but both times were answered back in the same inning. The Yankees erased a 2–0 first inning deficit and took the lead with a 4-run bottom of the inning, highlighted by a 3-run double by Robinson Cano (Cano tried to make it to third but was tagged out after oversliding past the bag). Oakland regained the lead in the 6th with a two-run home run by Mark Ellis off of Phil Coke that put the A's ahead 5–4, but a two-run single in the bottom of the inning by Derek Jeter put the Yankees back ahead. The Yankees tacked on another run in the 6th thanks to a base hit up the middle by Mark Teixeira that made it 7–5, and that would prove to be the final score.
The Yankees got an acceptable performance out of Sergio Mitre, who bounced back from a rough first inning and left the game after pitching to one batter in the 6th and was holding onto a one-run lead. The home run allowed by Phil Coke erased Mitre's chances to pick up his 2nd win, however. In all the Yankees used five pitchers in the game. Phil Hughes pitched the 7th and he along with Brian Bruney and Mariano Rivera each recorded one out in the 8th. Rivera put the A's down 1-2-3 in the 9th to wrap up the Yanks' very successful homestand and recorded his 29th save in the process.
The Yankees will be in St. Petersburg tomorrow to pay the Rays a visit for the second time this season (the Yankees took two out of three in April). The pitching match up should be a good one as the red hot A.J. Burnett will be going up against James Shields. Game is slated to start at 7:08 ET.
Recap records: Patrick: 28–13, Seamus: 25–16, Andrew: 7–9
