06/14: Yanks Take Rubber Game vs. Mets in Blowout Fashion
Posted by: Seamus
For the first time in almost a week, the Yankees defeated a team by actually outplaying them. The Yankees pounced on Johan Santana for 9 runs and A.J. Burnett gave the Yankees 7 shutout innings en route to a 15–0 victory that brought the Yankees back within 2 games of the Red Sox in the A.L. East.
If I told you that A.J. Burnett would be going up against Johan Santana and that one of them would pitch 7 scoreless innings while the other would allow 9 and throw 82 pitches in 3 innings, most people would probably have guessed that Burnett was on the latter end of that. This time, however, it was Santana who got smacked around and it was Burnett who left the game unscathed. Santana was unable to record an out in the Yankees' 9-run 4th inning (Santana allowed 4 in the first; 4 of the 9 runs in the 3rd were charged to Brian Stokes) and Burnett for the most part stayed out of trouble, although he did have to work himself out of a bases loaded, nobody out jam in the top of the 3rd.
The offense clicked pretty much everywhere, as the only Yankee starters to go without a hit were A-Rod and Nick Swisher. Derek Jeter had 4 hits and Francisco Cervelli had 3, all by the time the 5th inning was over. Robinson Cano also had 3 hits including a home run in that big 4th inning. Hideki Matsui went yard during the inning as well.
The Yankees will have tomorrow off and will welcome the Washington Nationals into Yankee Stadium Tuesday night at 7:05 ET. CC Sabathia and Shairon Martis are slated to start.
Recap records: Patrick: 17–9, Seamus: 15–12, Andrew: 4–6
If I told you that A.J. Burnett would be going up against Johan Santana and that one of them would pitch 7 scoreless innings while the other would allow 9 and throw 82 pitches in 3 innings, most people would probably have guessed that Burnett was on the latter end of that. This time, however, it was Santana who got smacked around and it was Burnett who left the game unscathed. Santana was unable to record an out in the Yankees' 9-run 4th inning (Santana allowed 4 in the first; 4 of the 9 runs in the 3rd were charged to Brian Stokes) and Burnett for the most part stayed out of trouble, although he did have to work himself out of a bases loaded, nobody out jam in the top of the 3rd.
The offense clicked pretty much everywhere, as the only Yankee starters to go without a hit were A-Rod and Nick Swisher. Derek Jeter had 4 hits and Francisco Cervelli had 3, all by the time the 5th inning was over. Robinson Cano also had 3 hits including a home run in that big 4th inning. Hideki Matsui went yard during the inning as well.
The Yankees will have tomorrow off and will welcome the Washington Nationals into Yankee Stadium Tuesday night at 7:05 ET. CC Sabathia and Shairon Martis are slated to start.
Recap records: Patrick: 17–9, Seamus: 15–12, Andrew: 4–6
