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Yankees Beat Tigers, 5-2

Darrell Rasner could be the reliable starter at the bottom of the rotation, which we so desperately need right now. He had another solid performance today, pitching for a little over six innings and allowing only four hits and two runs. As Joe Girardi said, he isn’t doing anything fancy, but he is just simply using his stuff the right way.

Rasner got decent run support with the Bombers’ five runs on nine hits. Derek Jeter broke his home run drought with a two-run blast in the first. Wilson Betemit batted in Robinson Cano in the fourth. The final two runs came in the fifth thanks to Abreu, Jeter, and Giambi.

And with this win we are 19-19 and back to .500 (it seems like I’ve been saying that every other game.) Ideally we can go above the 50% mark tomorrow against the Tigers with Andy Pettitte on the mound. Detroit will counter with Nate Robertson. The game is at 1:05EST and will be aired on TBS.

Close Loss to Tigers

Six runs and eleven hits in the first four innings. That is what lost it for the Yanks today. I guess it really isn’t a surprise considering Kei Igawa started, but it still is disappointing. Igawa made him first start of the year today and like most of his big league career, it was a failure. He allowed all six runs the Yanks would give up on the day and left the game with an ERA of 18.00 so far this season. Girardi pulled Igawa in the fourth and after that is was smooth sailing for the Bombers who didn’t allow anymore runs at the hands of Jonathan Albaladejo, LaTroy Hawkins, and Edwar Ramirez.

The offense ended up scoring five runs, one shy of tying up the game. Jason Giambi hit another homer today, which is his 184th with the Yankees, putting him at 16th all-time on the team list. Chad Moeller batted in a run in the seventh and the team got three runs in the ninth.

It will be nice if the late offensive run carries over into the next game. Darrell Rasner, who had an excelent debut this year, will make his second start. Detroit will start with Jeremy Bonderman on the mound. The game is at 3:40EST and will be on FOX.

Moose Wins Fourth Straight

And we’re back to .500. Mike Mussina and the Yankee offense led the the team to victory against the Indians today. Moose is pitching very well so far this season, this being his fourth straight win. He was in the game for five innings and gave up only four hits and three runs. Ross Ohlendorf and Joba Chamberlain would relieve and Mariano Rivera closed. Joba was back to normal today, striking out David Dellucci who hit the homer against him three days ago. Rivera ended and got the save.

The Yankee offense hit well today with 6 runs on 9 hits including 4 home runs (by Damon, Cano, Giambi, and Betemit.) Hideki Matsui continued to his hit streak to 17 games with a single in the bottom of the second.

Tomorrow we start a series against the Tigers. Kenny Rogers will start for Detroit and Kei Igawa will take Ian Kennedy’s spot in our rotation. Kennedy was sent down to the minors after his poor start. Tomorrow’s game is at 7:05EST.

Lee Beats Wang

Chien-Ming Wang dropped his first game of the year today against another undefeated pitcher, Cliff Lee. Nonetheless, Wang still pitched very well and was in the game for seven innings. He allowed five hits and three runs, but that was enough to give Cleveland the victory. Looking at how Lee and Wang have been pitching so far this season, it was predictable that the game would be low-scoring. The final score was 3-0, as the Indians beat us again.

The Yanks are now 3-5 so far on this nine game homestand and we are now 17-18 on the year. Its definetely not the ideal place to be, but there is still a long way to go. There really isn’t much to say about this game other than the pitching was phenomenal and that the Yankee offense seems to be back on the cold streak after the great series against the Mariners.

Maybe they’ll be able to pick it up tomorrow in game three of the series versus the Indians. Mike Mussina will take the mound against Paul Byrd. The game is at 1:05EST and will be aired on YES.

Indians 5, Yankees 3

The Yankees lost to the Indians today due to a homer allowed by Joba Chamberlain. Yes, you read right, Joba Chamberlain isn’t untouchable! He walked two batters in the 8th and then let up a homer to David Dellucci. The home run marks only the second Joba has allowed in over 37 innings pitched so far in his big league career. He ended up taking the loss, which is his second. It was bound to happen some time because as we all know even the best-of-the-best aren’t perfect.

It would have been nice if it happened on a day when our offense did well because that might’ve still meant a W. Unfortunately that wasn’t the case, with the Yanks only scoring three runs (off of eight hits.) Two of the three runs were batted in by Jason Giambi and the other was driven in by Robinson Cano.

Hopefully the offense can have a resurgence in the battle of the perfects tomorrow when 5-0 Cliff Lee takes on Yankee ace Chien-Ming Wang (6-0.) The game is at 7:05EST and will be aired on ESPN.

A. Rod. the Wimp

This is a good one. Cynthia Rodriguez, wife of our favorite third baseman, A. Rod., said in an episode of YESterdays that her husband fainted during the birth of his first daughter. Apparently Alex Rodriguez “is real wimpy around doctors or any type of medical situation.” That is just funny because most of us picture him as the strong player he is on the field. Sometimes it is good (and entertaining) to see the other side of players’ lives. If you want to see/hear more on Rodriguez’s fainting watch the episode, which airs tomorrow night on YES.

Reference: Yahoo Sports