09/16: Yanks inch closer to Boston by winning 9-5
Posted by: Michael
The Yankees are playing like it is September, which is good to see, as they swept the Tampa Bay Devil Rays (did I ever think I would say "Devil Rays" and "sweep" in the same sentence this year??) on the road and picked up another game on the losing Boston Red Sox.
Aarron Small (8-0) pitched good enough to win in his worst start of the year. He gave up five runs on seven hits in 6 2/3 innings. Regardless, the Yankee bats were smoking last night.
Bubba Crosby, playing right field, went 3-5 with 2 RBI's and Robinson Cano went 3-5 with 6 RBI's. Both were at the bottom of the order, and did the damage that was enough to overcome Small's bad performance.
The Yankees are now 1 1/5 games behind Boston for the AL East lead. Shilling was drilled last night in their game against Oakland. They are also only a half a game behind the Cleveland Indians as they were idle last night. All of this amounts to some interesting baseball in the next few weeks.
Tonight Randy Johnson (14-8, 3.91 ERA) is on the mound for the visiting Yankees. They take on Toronto with their pitcher Dave Bush (5-8, 4.00 ERA). Game time is 7:07pm ET at the Rogers Centre.
Aarron Small (8-0) pitched good enough to win in his worst start of the year. He gave up five runs on seven hits in 6 2/3 innings. Regardless, the Yankee bats were smoking last night.
Bubba Crosby, playing right field, went 3-5 with 2 RBI's and Robinson Cano went 3-5 with 6 RBI's. Both were at the bottom of the order, and did the damage that was enough to overcome Small's bad performance.
The Yankees are now 1 1/5 games behind Boston for the AL East lead. Shilling was drilled last night in their game against Oakland. They are also only a half a game behind the Cleveland Indians as they were idle last night. All of this amounts to some interesting baseball in the next few weeks.
Tonight Randy Johnson (14-8, 3.91 ERA) is on the mound for the visiting Yankees. They take on Toronto with their pitcher Dave Bush (5-8, 4.00 ERA). Game time is 7:07pm ET at the Rogers Centre.
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