The Yankees beat the Oakland Athletics 6-3 Thursday night on Mark Teixeira's 24th home run of the season, making it New York's 7th win in a row, with CC Sabathia becoming the first Yankee to 10 wins as he notched a W.
Teixeira is now in a three-way tie for the home run lead in the American League (never mind that Albert Pujols and his 34 homers in the National League). New York is 2-and-a-half games up in the American League East.
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7.24.2009
7.19.2009
Joba's back
Joba Chamberlain was back today, pitching a gem to lead the Yankees past Detroit in another National League-like 2-1 win. Joba had eight strikeouts, with five of them being the last five batters he faced. He went well into the game, too (six and two-thirds innings), and notched his first win since June 24.
The bullpen helped New York the rest of the way, with Phil Hughes throwing another solid inning (2 Ks) and Mariano Rivera closing it out the third day in a row for his 26th save in 27 chances this season.
(Side note: whether it's Hughes or Joba, I really like having a guy with starting pitcher-quality firepower anchoring the eighth inning. It's the missing link in a bullpen that was blowing huge leads earlier this season.)
Offensively, only two guys showed up for New York, and it was the two guys with the most green in their pockets: Mark Teixeira and Alex Rodriguez. Both went 2-for-4 with an RBI on solo home run shots. Teixeira also had a double.
The Yankees now sit just one game back from the division-leading Boston Red Sox.
The Bombers host the Baltimore Orioles, a division foe, for the next three games before welcoming the Oakland A's for a series.
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The bullpen helped New York the rest of the way, with Phil Hughes throwing another solid inning (2 Ks) and Mariano Rivera closing it out the third day in a row for his 26th save in 27 chances this season.
(Side note: whether it's Hughes or Joba, I really like having a guy with starting pitcher-quality firepower anchoring the eighth inning. It's the missing link in a bullpen that was blowing huge leads earlier this season.)
Offensively, only two guys showed up for New York, and it was the two guys with the most green in their pockets: Mark Teixeira and Alex Rodriguez. Both went 2-for-4 with an RBI on solo home run shots. Teixeira also had a double.
The Yankees now sit just one game back from the division-leading Boston Red Sox.
The Bombers host the Baltimore Orioles, a division foe, for the next three games before welcoming the Oakland A's for a series.
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6.23.2009
Another stinker for the Yankees
Chien-Ming Wang is having issues, but a three-run effort is nothing to look down on.
The Yankees' lineup patching together only four hits against a 33-36 Braves team is. (Follow the pointing finger to 0-for-5 Nick Swisher, 0-for-3 Mark Teixeira, 0-for-4 Alex Rodriguez and 0-for-4 Jorge Posada.)
New York also left 12 men on base during its 4-0 wilt of a loss against another National League team.
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The Yankees' lineup patching together only four hits against a 33-36 Braves team is. (Follow the pointing finger to 0-for-5 Nick Swisher, 0-for-3 Mark Teixeira, 0-for-4 Alex Rodriguez and 0-for-4 Jorge Posada.)
New York also left 12 men on base during its 4-0 wilt of a loss against another National League team.
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