Yanks Beat Indians 7 to 6
Chien-Ming Wang started today against the tribe and had a good performance except for giving up 3 runs in the second and a homer to Grady Sizemore. Ok, maybe that wasn’t the best way to start out saying how he had a good game, but he really did. He looked solid with his pitches and ended with 7 strikeouts in the four and change innings he pitched. His slider and change-up looked great today. The Yankees were down early on, but came back in the ninth with a three run single by Nick Green. Shelley’s two run home run in the second also helped.
Up next its the Red Sox, at 1:15pm EST tomorrow (game will be on YES and NESN.) Andy Pettitte will take the mound for the Yanks.
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By now most of you have probably heard of the recent blockbuster deal between the Detroit Tigers and the Florida Marlins which has sent superstars Dontrelle Willis and Miguel Cabrera to Detroit. A few weeks after trading for Edgar Renteria from the Braves, the Tigers are looking like a killer team. These acquisitions should be more than enough to put them ahead of the Indians in the central, which puts the Indians competing for wildcard. As we saw this past the season, the Indians are definetely a good team and that just makes it harder for the other wildcard competitors, most probably either the Yanks or the Red Sox. The AL playoff battle was tough last year with the Tigers the ones who ended up fighting for the wild card, which they eventually lost to the Yanks. It is clear that the owners are serious about winning and they don’t want a repeat, which is why all this talent has been brought over. Now that leaves Cleveland and the second place team in the AL East to fight for wildcard (sorry to the AL West, but the wildcard isn’t coming out of there) and the other one who will no doubt still be a great team, goes home with nothing.