School is OUT for the Summer!
Since I’m done with school until August, I figured you all deserved 2 blogs in a row, so here goes nothing!
Wang is First in AL to Get 6 Wins
“Against Seattle, a team he was nearly perfect against last May 5 in retiring his first 22 batters, Wang tossed five scoreless innings before Ichiro Suzuki manufactured Seattle’s lone run in the sixth. Ichiro singled and then stole a pair of bases before coming home on Raul Ibanez’s infield groundout.”
“Since Wang made his last start, on Sunday at Cleveland, no Yankees pitcher had been able to go at least six innings while allowing three runs or fewer. Wang drew attention to the mound with one out in the fifth inning for a potential problem on his pitching hand, calling catcher Jose Molina out to the mound, but he remained in the game.”
“The Yankees took advantage of some sloppy Mariners defense, which committed four errors through the first three innings. Facing Mariners left-hander Erik Bedard, Derek Jeter reached on an error by shortstop Rafael Betancourt, moved up on a Bobby Abreu single and then scored on Hideki Matsui’s RBI single to left.”
“The run was the 1,391st of Jeter’s career, giving him sole possession of fourth place on the Yankees’ all-time list, and the single extended Matsui’s hitting streak to 12 games.”
“New York tacked on two more in the second. Morgan Ensberg reached on an error by third baseman Adrian Beltre and moved to second when he was caught stealing but second baseman Jose Lopez dropped the ball. Cabrera brought Ensberg and Alberto Gonzalez home on two-run double to left, staking the Yankees to a 3-0 lead.”
It should also be said that “Chien-Ming Wang gave the Yankees what they have so sorely needed in recent days — a quality start from a quality pitcher.”
Also - 2 more articles I thought you all might be interested in reading.
Hughes to Wear Glasses Upon Return
Posada Won’t Need In-Season Surgery
That’s all for tonight. Let’s hope Mike Mussina (3-3) can get us - and himself - another win tomorrow night! He will pitch against Felix Hernandez (2-1). “Felix Hernandez fired seven shutout innings in his last start against Oakland before running into trouble in the eighth. The 22-year-old right-hander suffered his first loss of the season after allowing four runs in the inning without recording an out to raise his ERA to 2.22. Hernandez struck out 10 Oakland batters in the seven-plus inning outing, increasing his season total to 41 in 46 2/3 innings. Hernandez has worked into the seventh inning in each of his six starts this season. In his only appearance against the Yankees in 2007, Hernandez allowed one run on five hits in seven innings of work for the victory.” [[Source]]
And last but not least, some final scores around the Majors.
Boston is leading Tampa Bay 6-0 in the bottom of the 4th; Twins are leading the Tigers 11-1 in the top of the 9th; the Cubs and the Cardinals are tied 3-3 in the top of the 9th; the Dodgers are leading the Rockies 7-3 in the top of the 6th; the Mets are leading the Diamondbacks 5-2 in the top of the 5th; the Orioles lead the Angels 3-1 in the bottom of the 4th; and Oakland leads Texas 3-2 in the bottom of the 4th.
Until next time…
