06/16: Yanks Back on Track With 11-8 Win Over Mets
Posted by: Patrick
Losses won't kill us - but losing streaks will. Thankfully, today our offense made sure that we were back on the winning side, by scoring 11 runs on 15 hits and 6 walks. We scored 2 runs in every inning from the 2nd to the 6th and added another one in the 8th for good measure. D. Jeter was all over the board today, going 4 for 5 (1 2B, 1 HR) with 2 runs, 2 RBI and 1 SB. A-Rod was A-Rod like, going 2 for 4 with 3 runs, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 SB and his 26th home run.
Cano was 2 for 4, as well, with 2 runs, 2 RBI and a double. The Yankees final 2 hit man, Miguel Cairo, was 2 for 5 with 2 RBI and 1 SB. Damon (1 BB), Abreu (2 BB) and Posada (1 BB) each had 1 hit and 1 R with Damon grabbing an RBI, as well. In other words, every Yankee reached base at least twice, except for Melky who went 0 for 4. But, even he picked up a sacrifice that helped runs score in the 2nd.
The pitching side... well... we allowed 8 earned runs. The Mets had 1 less hit and the same number of walks. Clippard was knocked out of the game in the 4th, after 3 and 1/3 and 77 pitches. He was relieved by Luis Vizcaino who ... (wait for it)... didn't allow a single run in his 1 and 2/3 innings and picked up the W on top of that to improve his record to 3-1. Proctor came on after that and was excellent in his 2 scoreless innings of work, taking his ERA down to 3.28.
This was followed by Kyle Farnsworth who pitched the 8th, allowing an earned run but getting out of the inning after that by striking out both Beltran and Wright. With an 11-6 lead, Mo came in to pitch the 9th. After finally getting his ERA to under 4 on June 12 for the first time since April 14... it's headed back up above 4 again. Thanks to 3 singles, the bases were loaded with 2 outs. After getting 2 strikes on Chris Gomez, the left fielder singled score Delgado. This was followed by Jose Reyes, who singled to score another. Finally, Beltran fouled out to Posada to end it. Yankees win, 11-8.
Tomorrow, at 8:05 PM on ESPN, Chien-Ming Wang (6-4, 3.49) will go up against El Duque, Orlando Hernandez (3-2, 2.38 ERA... wow, he's doing well this year). So, that should be a cool match up.
Cano was 2 for 4, as well, with 2 runs, 2 RBI and a double. The Yankees final 2 hit man, Miguel Cairo, was 2 for 5 with 2 RBI and 1 SB. Damon (1 BB), Abreu (2 BB) and Posada (1 BB) each had 1 hit and 1 R with Damon grabbing an RBI, as well. In other words, every Yankee reached base at least twice, except for Melky who went 0 for 4. But, even he picked up a sacrifice that helped runs score in the 2nd.
The pitching side... well... we allowed 8 earned runs. The Mets had 1 less hit and the same number of walks. Clippard was knocked out of the game in the 4th, after 3 and 1/3 and 77 pitches. He was relieved by Luis Vizcaino who ... (wait for it)... didn't allow a single run in his 1 and 2/3 innings and picked up the W on top of that to improve his record to 3-1. Proctor came on after that and was excellent in his 2 scoreless innings of work, taking his ERA down to 3.28.
This was followed by Kyle Farnsworth who pitched the 8th, allowing an earned run but getting out of the inning after that by striking out both Beltran and Wright. With an 11-6 lead, Mo came in to pitch the 9th. After finally getting his ERA to under 4 on June 12 for the first time since April 14... it's headed back up above 4 again. Thanks to 3 singles, the bases were loaded with 2 outs. After getting 2 strikes on Chris Gomez, the left fielder singled score Delgado. This was followed by Jose Reyes, who singled to score another. Finally, Beltran fouled out to Posada to end it. Yankees win, 11-8.
Tomorrow, at 8:05 PM on ESPN, Chien-Ming Wang (6-4, 3.49) will go up against El Duque, Orlando Hernandez (3-2, 2.38 ERA... wow, he's doing well this year). So, that should be a cool match up.
