06/07: Melky's Catch Saves Yankees in 2-1 Victory
Posted by: Seamus
Who would've ever guessed that the pitcher who would end the Yankees' streak of games with at least 10 hits would be...David Pauley? If there was ever a night where I expected the Yankees to light up the scoreboard against the Red Sox like they did the night before, it would've been last night. Instead, we got a great pitchers duel as Chien-Ming Wang pitched seven solid innings and improved his record to 6-2 as the Yankees defeated the Red Sox 2-1 to take a 1.5 game lead in the division.
Boston struck first in the third with a solo shot by David Ortiz. Bernie Williams answered back in the 5th with his 3rd home run of the season to tie the score at 1. In the 7th, David Pauley was pulled with the bases loaded and two outs for Rudy Seanez, who promptly walked Jason Giambi to put the Yankees ahead 2-1. That would be all the Yanks needed as Melky Cabrera made an incredible catch, pulling a shot from Manny Ramirez in from over the wall, robbing him of a game-tying home run. Mariano Rivera closed the game out with an easy 1-2-3 9th for his 12th save of the season.
The Yankees will go for their 5th straight victory against the Red Sox tonight as they'll send Jaret Wright to the mound to face Curt Schilling. With the way Wright has pitched lately, do we actually have the edge in the pitching matchup tonight? Probably a stretch, but let's hope he holds it down again tonight and the Yankee hitters give Schilling the Josh Beckett treatment (no, not the '03 Marlins version please).
Boston struck first in the third with a solo shot by David Ortiz. Bernie Williams answered back in the 5th with his 3rd home run of the season to tie the score at 1. In the 7th, David Pauley was pulled with the bases loaded and two outs for Rudy Seanez, who promptly walked Jason Giambi to put the Yankees ahead 2-1. That would be all the Yanks needed as Melky Cabrera made an incredible catch, pulling a shot from Manny Ramirez in from over the wall, robbing him of a game-tying home run. Mariano Rivera closed the game out with an easy 1-2-3 9th for his 12th save of the season.
The Yankees will go for their 5th straight victory against the Red Sox tonight as they'll send Jaret Wright to the mound to face Curt Schilling. With the way Wright has pitched lately, do we actually have the edge in the pitching matchup tonight? Probably a stretch, but let's hope he holds it down again tonight and the Yankee hitters give Schilling the Josh Beckett treatment (no, not the '03 Marlins version please).
