08/06: Yankees Finally Get Win vs. Sox
Posted by: Seamus
The Yankees finally broke out of their funk against the Red Sox tonight, winning in dominating fashion to grab their first win against the Sox in nine tries this season. The victory puts the Yankees 3.5 games ahead of Boston for the A.L. East lead.
It didn't look good early on, as Joba Chamberlain labored through his five innings of work. He was able to get through the first two without any significant damage, but he had to work himself out of jams and it looked like he was in big trouble. When he finally gave up a two-run homer to Dustin Pedroia in the 4th that put the BoSox up 3–1, it seemed like the Yankees were in for one of those nights.
The game took a complete 180-degree turn from there, however. After an RBI single by Robinson Cano and a walk by Nick Swisher, Melky Cabrera turned on a high inside pitch and sent it into the second deck in right field to give the Yankees a 5–3 lead. The onslaught would continue, as the Yankees went on to score four more in the inning to cap off an 8-run fourth inning.
Joba labored again in the 5th, but was again able to escape with minimal damage, allowing just one run. Chamberlain's final line was not pretty (4 R, 6 H, 7 BB), but thanks to the offense it was enough for him to pick up his 8th win of the season.
The bullpen pretty much held it down from there on out, as they held the Sox scoreless until Anthony Claggett allowed two runs to score on back to back hits with two outs in the ninth.
Every Yankee starter had at least one hit, with six of them having two or more. Seven different Yankees drove home at least one run in the game.
The Yankees are now 66–42 and are tied with the Dodgers for the best record in baseball, pending their late result out on the west coast. With 108 games played, the Yanks are exactly two-thirds of the way through the season. They are on pace to win 99 games.
The two rivals will be back at it tomorrow night and we'll see a good pitching matchup as it will be Josh Beckett for the Sox and A.J. Burnett for the Yankees beginning at 7:05 ET. These two pitchers faced off against each other on April 25, and neither of them pitched very well, as both were tattooed for 8 runs in 5 innings. The Yankees led 6-0 early on in that game and lost 16–11.
Recap records: Seamus: 31–19, Patrick: 28–14, Andrew: 7–9
It didn't look good early on, as Joba Chamberlain labored through his five innings of work. He was able to get through the first two without any significant damage, but he had to work himself out of jams and it looked like he was in big trouble. When he finally gave up a two-run homer to Dustin Pedroia in the 4th that put the BoSox up 3–1, it seemed like the Yankees were in for one of those nights.
The game took a complete 180-degree turn from there, however. After an RBI single by Robinson Cano and a walk by Nick Swisher, Melky Cabrera turned on a high inside pitch and sent it into the second deck in right field to give the Yankees a 5–3 lead. The onslaught would continue, as the Yankees went on to score four more in the inning to cap off an 8-run fourth inning.
Joba labored again in the 5th, but was again able to escape with minimal damage, allowing just one run. Chamberlain's final line was not pretty (4 R, 6 H, 7 BB), but thanks to the offense it was enough for him to pick up his 8th win of the season.
The bullpen pretty much held it down from there on out, as they held the Sox scoreless until Anthony Claggett allowed two runs to score on back to back hits with two outs in the ninth.
Every Yankee starter had at least one hit, with six of them having two or more. Seven different Yankees drove home at least one run in the game.
The Yankees are now 66–42 and are tied with the Dodgers for the best record in baseball, pending their late result out on the west coast. With 108 games played, the Yanks are exactly two-thirds of the way through the season. They are on pace to win 99 games.
The two rivals will be back at it tomorrow night and we'll see a good pitching matchup as it will be Josh Beckett for the Sox and A.J. Burnett for the Yankees beginning at 7:05 ET. These two pitchers faced off against each other on April 25, and neither of them pitched very well, as both were tattooed for 8 runs in 5 innings. The Yankees led 6-0 early on in that game and lost 16–11.
Recap records: Seamus: 31–19, Patrick: 28–14, Andrew: 7–9
