07/03: Yankees with Wang pitching shutout Tigers 1-0
Posted by: Michael
The Yankees stayed the course and took the series against the Tigers with a 1-0 victory in front of 40,056 in Detroit.
Chien-Ming Wang dominated the day pitching shutout ball through 7 innings. Tom "Flash" Gordon and Mo finished off the game through a solid 8th and 9th. I will have to admit that I got a bit anxious in the 9th after Rivera gave up a double from Ivan Rodriguez on a long fly ball into left field. Matusi was able to track it down and keep Pudge at second. Mo then got Dmitri Young to ground out, Chris Shelton to strike out, and Craig Monroe to ground out to A-Rod to end the game.
Obi-Wang was a little chaotic on the mound, hitting 3 batters during the course of the day. He plunked Polanco twice and then hit Pudge. Chaotic, but effective, as it was clearly not intentional seeing that the game was hanging in the balance of just one run.
The Yankees scored that only run in the 4th when Gary Sheffield singled in Robinson Cano. Other than that the bats were silenced against some great pitching from Nate Robertson. It's unbelievable this guy is 3-7 with an ERA of 3.35.
Tomorrow, the Yanks continue to fight it out against the Baltimore Orioles at Camden Yards. Bruce Chen (6-5) 3.54 ERA takes on Yanks reliever Tanyon Sturtze (2-1) 3.43, making his first start of the year. Game time on Independence Day is 1:05pm. And yes, it's on ESPN.
Chien-Ming Wang dominated the day pitching shutout ball through 7 innings. Tom "Flash" Gordon and Mo finished off the game through a solid 8th and 9th. I will have to admit that I got a bit anxious in the 9th after Rivera gave up a double from Ivan Rodriguez on a long fly ball into left field. Matusi was able to track it down and keep Pudge at second. Mo then got Dmitri Young to ground out, Chris Shelton to strike out, and Craig Monroe to ground out to A-Rod to end the game.
Obi-Wang was a little chaotic on the mound, hitting 3 batters during the course of the day. He plunked Polanco twice and then hit Pudge. Chaotic, but effective, as it was clearly not intentional seeing that the game was hanging in the balance of just one run.
The Yankees scored that only run in the 4th when Gary Sheffield singled in Robinson Cano. Other than that the bats were silenced against some great pitching from Nate Robertson. It's unbelievable this guy is 3-7 with an ERA of 3.35.
Tomorrow, the Yanks continue to fight it out against the Baltimore Orioles at Camden Yards. Bruce Chen (6-5) 3.54 ERA takes on Yanks reliever Tanyon Sturtze (2-1) 3.43, making his first start of the year. Game time on Independence Day is 1:05pm. And yes, it's on ESPN.
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