06/05: Yanks End Six-Game Skid With Win Over Twins
Posted by: Seamus
The Yankees got their first victory since last Friday as they came back from a three-run defecit to beat the Twins 4-3 in 10 innings. Chien-Ming Wang gave us another decent start, going 7 innings and giving up 3 runs on 5 hits. Robinson Cano launched a 2-run double in the 5th to cut the Twins' lead to 3-2. Gary Sheffield scored the tying run on an RBI groundout by Hideki Matsui, and Ruben Sierra brought Matsui home with a sac-fly for the go-ahead run in the 10th. Mariano Rivera recorded his 13th save and now has his E.R.A. at an impressive 1.33.
Well it's good to finally get a win under our belts again. For much of the game it seemed like the Yanks would go down for their 7th consecutive loss, but the fought back. It wasn't the most impressive win, but it's definitely something to build on.
It has also come to my attention that despite all his struggles this season, Hideki Matsui seems to be in the middle of everything for this team. Today he brought home the tying run and scored the winning run in the 10th. On the box score it looks like a sub-par 1 for 4, but he produced half of the Yankees' four runs last night. His average is at an un-Matsui like .271 and everybody knows about his power struggles, but he has scored 34 runs this season and driven in 38, which I'm pretty sure puts him on pace for over 100 RBI and 100 runs scored, since the Yankees are about a third of the way through the season. He's not putting up the best numbers of his career, but he is producing.
Well it's good to finally get a win under our belts again. For much of the game it seemed like the Yanks would go down for their 7th consecutive loss, but the fought back. It wasn't the most impressive win, but it's definitely something to build on.
It has also come to my attention that despite all his struggles this season, Hideki Matsui seems to be in the middle of everything for this team. Today he brought home the tying run and scored the winning run in the 10th. On the box score it looks like a sub-par 1 for 4, but he produced half of the Yankees' four runs last night. His average is at an un-Matsui like .271 and everybody knows about his power struggles, but he has scored 34 runs this season and driven in 38, which I'm pretty sure puts him on pace for over 100 RBI and 100 runs scored, since the Yankees are about a third of the way through the season. He's not putting up the best numbers of his career, but he is producing.
Patrick wrote:
Wang's been a rock in his short time with us.
Rounding down to the nearest, Matsui is on pace for 111 RBI and 100 runs. :)