The Yankees fail to complete the sweep over the Anaheim Angels

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Anaheim Angels by the score of 10-8 on Sunday afternoon. The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx,NY. Ivan Nova started for the Yankees and wasn’t very good. Jered Weaver started for the Angels and got roughed up a little bit also. It was an offensive day as each team hit four homeruns. Eric Chavez led the Yankees offense but there was a bunch of good days by the Yankees hitters. Mark Trumbo led the Angels offense. 
Nova pitched six innings giving up nine hits and six runs. He walked two and struck out three, Nova lost his fourth game of the season. Chad Qualls pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up four hits and three runs with a walk, Boone Logan pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a walk and D.J. Mitchell pitched one inning giving up two hits and a run with two walks. Weaver won his 11^th game of the season pitching seven innings and giving up ten hits and five runs. He walked one and struck out four. Jason Isringhausen pitched a perfect inning, Frieri didn’t record an out and gave up a hit and three runs with two walks and Scott Downs pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and two walks with a strikeout. Keven Jepsen pitched to one batter and retired him. Jepsen earned his first save of the season.

Derek Jeter had a hit, RBI and drew a walk, Curtis Granderson had two hits, two RBI and drew a walk and Alex Rodriguez had two hits and two RBI. Robinson Cano had two hits and drew a walk, Mark Teixeira had a hit and two RBI and Nick Swisher drew two walks. Raul Ibanez had a hit, Chavez had three hits and an RBI. Rodriguez, Granderson, Chavez and Teixeira each hit a homerun. The Yankees were 1-4 with runners in scoring position and they left four men on base. Cano was caught stealing.

Mike Trout had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk, Erik Aybar had two hits, two RBI and drew a walk and Albert Pujols had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk. Kendry Morales had two hits, Trumbo had three hits and an RBI and Alberto Callaspo had an RBI. Maizur Izturis had a hit, two RBI and drew two walks, Peter Bourjos had two hits and Bobby Wilson had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk. Trout had a double, Aybar, Pujols, Izturis and Trumbo each hit a homerun. The Angels were 3-8 with runners in scoring position and they left ten men on base. Bourjos had an outfield assist.

In the first inning the Angels had back-to-back homeruns. Aybar and Pujols each hit a solo homerun to make it 2-0 Angels. The Yankees came back in the bottom of the first to tie the game at two. Rodriguez hit a two run homerun. Jeter hit an RBI single in the second to make it 3-2 Yankees. In the sixth Callaspo hit a sacrifice fly and Izturis hit a two run homerun to make it 5-3 Angels. In the bottom of the sixth Granderson hit a solo homerun to make it 5-4. Pujols grounded into a double play in the seventh and a run scored to make it 6-4 Angels. Chavez homered in the bottom of the seventh to make it a 6-5 game. In the eighth the Angels seemed to break the game open. Wilson had an RBI single, Trout had an RBI double and Aybar had a sacrifice bunt which scored a run. The score was 9-5 Angels and in the ninth they added another run to make it 10-5. Trumbo hit a solo homerun, the Yankees rallied in the ninth to score three runs but left the bases loaded. Teixeira hit a two run homerun and Granderson had an RBI walk. Rodriguez popped up to end the game leaving the bases loaded.

The Yankees won two out of three in the series. The Yankees record dropped to 54-34 and the Angels improved their record to 49-40. The Yankees will remain at home and start a three game series with the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday night.

Yankees at Angels-ALCS Game 3

The Yankees will be trying to put a strangle hold on this series this afternoon. The game is at 4:15PM on Fox. Andy Pettitte goes up against Jered Weaver who looks exactly like his brother Jeff Weaver who was a former Yankee. Here are the notes and lineups via Chad Jennings and Sam Borden of the Journal News. The weather won't be a factor out in sunny southern california where the temps will be around the 70's. The last Yankees team to win their first 5 postseason games were the 1999 Yankees. The 1970 Orioles are the only AL team to win its first six. Andy Pettitte is tied for John Smoltz for most victories alltime in the postseason. If he wins today's game he will be all alone on top of the list. The 21 players the Yankees used in Game 2 set a new ALCS record in a extra inning game. The 38 combined players used by both teams also set a ALCS record. Yankees relievers have allowed 3 earned runs in 17 2/3 innings pitched this postseason. They are 2-0 with 2 saves and 20 strikeouts. The Angels have made 4 errors in the first 2 games of the series and are hitting 154 as a team. You would expect that to change but maybe the Yankees pitching is that good and the pressure is on the Angels. Vlad Guerrero simply isn't the same player he used to be, he stranded 8 runners in Game 2 and has 2 rbi's this postseason. Derek Jeter hit his 19th postseason homerun in Game 2 moving him past Reggie Jackson and Mickey Mantle into sole possession of third place on the alltime list. I would say of course though he has had many more games to do it in though. Yankees Lineup: Jeter(SS) Damon(LF) Tex(1B) A-rod(3B) Matsui(DH) Posada(C) Cano(2B) Swisher(RF) Cabrera(CF) Angels Lineup: Figgons(3B) Abreu(RF) Hunter(CF) Guerrero(DH) Rivera(LF) Morales(1B) Kendrick(2B) Napoli(C) Aybar(SS)