04/21: Pettitte and Mo Make History as Yankees Beat A's, 5-3
Posted by: Patrick
Andy Pettitte went seven strong on Tuesday night, helping the Yankees to a 5-3 victory over the Athletics in New York.
In each of his three starts this season, Pettitte has thrown 7 or more innings, allowing no more than 3 earned runs. He has only walked two batters in the span and holds an ERA of 2.53.
The Yankees offense knocked A's starter Dave Eveland out of this game after four innings, having scored four runs off him - all in the second. Perhaps more noteworthy, there was only one home run in this game and it was hit by Johnny Damon in the sixth.
The offense run in the second was powered by singles, as the Yankees had 5 base hits, as well as a double. Brett Gardner singled in Hideki Matsui and Nick Swisher, Johnny Damon singled in Gardner and then Mark Teixeira singled home Derek Jeter.
Brian Bruney came out for the eighth and ended up allowing a run to score on a double, but that would be the only damage done in the inning, as Bruney was the bridge to Mo in the ninth.
After a lead off single, Mo elicited a ground ball to force that runner out at second and then retired the next two hitters for save number 4 on the season. Bryan Hoch reported that it was the 57th time that Mo had saved a game that Andy Pettitte won - tying the record held by Bob Welch and Dennis Eckersley.
Derek Jeter, Johnny Damon, Jorge Posada and Hideki Matsui all had two hits, with Matsui having a double and Damon hitting that solo home run. He also drove in another run.
At 1 PM ET tomorrow, the Yankees will throw CC Sabathia (1-1, 3.57) against Brett Anderson (0-2, 4.85).
Thanks eluva at MarianoRivera.com for the tip.
In each of his three starts this season, Pettitte has thrown 7 or more innings, allowing no more than 3 earned runs. He has only walked two batters in the span and holds an ERA of 2.53.
The Yankees offense knocked A's starter Dave Eveland out of this game after four innings, having scored four runs off him - all in the second. Perhaps more noteworthy, there was only one home run in this game and it was hit by Johnny Damon in the sixth.
The offense run in the second was powered by singles, as the Yankees had 5 base hits, as well as a double. Brett Gardner singled in Hideki Matsui and Nick Swisher, Johnny Damon singled in Gardner and then Mark Teixeira singled home Derek Jeter.
Brian Bruney came out for the eighth and ended up allowing a run to score on a double, but that would be the only damage done in the inning, as Bruney was the bridge to Mo in the ninth.
After a lead off single, Mo elicited a ground ball to force that runner out at second and then retired the next two hitters for save number 4 on the season. Bryan Hoch reported that it was the 57th time that Mo had saved a game that Andy Pettitte won - tying the record held by Bob Welch and Dennis Eckersley.
Derek Jeter, Johnny Damon, Jorge Posada and Hideki Matsui all had two hits, with Matsui having a double and Damon hitting that solo home run. He also drove in another run.
At 1 PM ET tomorrow, the Yankees will throw CC Sabathia (1-1, 3.57) against Brett Anderson (0-2, 4.85).
Thanks eluva at MarianoRivera.com for the tip.
