A day after clinching the American League East, winning their 100th game, and having their manager say they'll sit back for the next 10 days until the playoffs start, the Yankees came out and beat up on the Kansas City Royals, winning 8-2 on a rain-delayed night. Oh well for taking it easy.
Facing a team that had beat the Red Sox two games out of four last week (really, Boston?), New York got some nice input from Robinson Cano, who smashed a seventh-inning grand slam from the number-three spot to put the game away for the Yankees.
Cano is hitting .322 this season, his second-best batting average in the bigs, and has surpassed 200 hits this year for the first time in his career.
New York's blowout win came on a night when most of the starters were resting, and fifth pitcher/bullpen man Chad Gaudin was throwing. (Robinson Cano, Melky Cabrera and Jorge Posada were the only starters in the game.)
Meanwhile, the Red Sox (considered by most to already be in the American League Championship Series, which they will only do if they beat the powerhouse Angels, after actually making it to the playoffs...which still requires two wins in the next six games) lost a nasty 8-5 tilt to the Blue Jays tonight.
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9.28.2009
9.04.2009
7 in a row
It's 7 in a row for the Yankees and another great night for Jorge Posada, who goes 4-for-5 with a homer and 4 RBI in the Yankees' 10-5 win.
Alfred Aceves, who's been regularly pitching three-plus innings on the days Sergio Mitre, Joba Chamberlain or Chad Gaudin are starting, contributed another couple quality innings today for the win.
Alex Rodriguez (2-for-4, 2 RBI) hit his 24th home run of the season.
The next-best record in Major League Baseball behind the Yankees (85-48) belongs to the L.A. Angels (78-54). That's a little bit of a gap.
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Alfred Aceves, who's been regularly pitching three-plus innings on the days Sergio Mitre, Joba Chamberlain or Chad Gaudin are starting, contributed another couple quality innings today for the win.
Alex Rodriguez (2-for-4, 2 RBI) hit his 24th home run of the season.
The next-best record in Major League Baseball behind the Yankees (85-48) belongs to the L.A. Angels (78-54). That's a little bit of a gap.
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8.20.2009
Mark that W
Mark Teixeira batted in all three of the Yankees' runs tonight, putting New York over Oakland 3-2 with a two-run homer and an RBI groundout. The A's edged within one after starting pitcher Chad Gaudin was chased in the fifth, but Phil Hughes and Mariano Rivera combined to close the game for New York.
Derek Jeter and Johnny Damon both went 2-for-4 as the Yankees salvaged the series 2-1.
Meanwhile, the Red Sox have proved they are still very, very alive. With a 6-1 win over the Blue Jays tonight (which followed a 10-9 late-inning win last night), Boston is revving up for what will be a hot weekend series in Beantown against the Yankees. The Sox are seven games back, holding almost even with the Yankees since the sweep in New York (Boston has been 6-3, the Yankees 7-3).
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Derek Jeter and Johnny Damon both went 2-for-4 as the Yankees salvaged the series 2-1.
Meanwhile, the Red Sox have proved they are still very, very alive. With a 6-1 win over the Blue Jays tonight (which followed a 10-9 late-inning win last night), Boston is revving up for what will be a hot weekend series in Beantown against the Yankees. The Sox are seven games back, holding almost even with the Yankees since the sweep in New York (Boston has been 6-3, the Yankees 7-3).
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