07/22: Matinee Victory Puts Win Streak at 6
Posted by: Seamus
The Yankees improved their record after the All-Star break to 6–0 as they capped off a sweep of the Orioles with a 6–4 victory this afternoon. The Yanks extended their A.L. East lead to a game and a half, pending the Red Sox' game in Texas later on tonight.
It was all Yankees pretty much from the start, as the Yankees jumped ahead with a 4-run first inning in which the team batted around. The Yankees' 6-run, 11-hit attack was also highlighted by 2 RBI from Jorge Posada, who homered in the third and brought in another run with a double in the eight.
A.J. Burnett was on his game once again, leaving the game after 7 innings with a line of 2 runs on 6 hits and 6 strikeouts. Burnett was put into a jam in the third thanks in part to Nick Swisher, who let a ball pop right out of his glove in right field to start the inning, but Swisher redeemed himself and saved two runs by making a great running catch to end the inning.
Phil Hughes pitched a scoreless eighth inning, and Brian Bruney entered the game with a four-run lead in the ninth. Bruney struck out the first two batters he faced, but with one out to go he served up back to back homers by Adam Jones and Nick Markakis, causing Joe Girardi to bring in Mariano Rivera to record the final out. Rivera struck out Aubrey Huff to end the game and recorded his 28th save of the season, which is just one behind Angels closer Brian Fuentes for the league lead.
The Yankees will open up a four-game series with the A's tomorrow night (tomorrow's game is a makeup of the rained out game originally scheduled for April 20) at 7:05 ET. CC Sabathia will take the mound for the Yankees while the A's will be sending Vin Mazzaro to the hill.
Recap records: Patrick: 27–13, Seamus: 23–16, Andrew: 7–8
It was all Yankees pretty much from the start, as the Yankees jumped ahead with a 4-run first inning in which the team batted around. The Yankees' 6-run, 11-hit attack was also highlighted by 2 RBI from Jorge Posada, who homered in the third and brought in another run with a double in the eight.
A.J. Burnett was on his game once again, leaving the game after 7 innings with a line of 2 runs on 6 hits and 6 strikeouts. Burnett was put into a jam in the third thanks in part to Nick Swisher, who let a ball pop right out of his glove in right field to start the inning, but Swisher redeemed himself and saved two runs by making a great running catch to end the inning.
Phil Hughes pitched a scoreless eighth inning, and Brian Bruney entered the game with a four-run lead in the ninth. Bruney struck out the first two batters he faced, but with one out to go he served up back to back homers by Adam Jones and Nick Markakis, causing Joe Girardi to bring in Mariano Rivera to record the final out. Rivera struck out Aubrey Huff to end the game and recorded his 28th save of the season, which is just one behind Angels closer Brian Fuentes for the league lead.
The Yankees will open up a four-game series with the A's tomorrow night (tomorrow's game is a makeup of the rained out game originally scheduled for April 20) at 7:05 ET. CC Sabathia will take the mound for the Yankees while the A's will be sending Vin Mazzaro to the hill.
Recap records: Patrick: 27–13, Seamus: 23–16, Andrew: 7–8
