The New York Yankees defeated the Toronto Blue Jays by the score of 6-1 on Tuesday night. The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx,NY. CC Sabathia missed a couple of starts and about three weeks but he started this game. Sabathia pitched really well and the bullpen made it interesting in the end but Rafael Soriano closed it out. Brett Cecil started for the Jays and pitched pretty well, their bullpen wasn’t so good. Jayson Nix led the Yankees offensive attack and Edwin Encarnacion and Adam Lind led the Jays offense.
Sabathia pitched six shutout innings. He gave up four hits, a walk and struck out six. Sabathia earned his tenth win of the season. Cody Eppley faced one batter and got him out, Boone Logan faced two batters and retired them both and Chad Qualls pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up two hits and a run with a walk and a strikeout. Clay Rapada gave up a hit without recording an out and Rafael Soriano picked up his 24th save of the season pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up no hits, runs or walks. He didn’t strike out a batter. Cecil suffered his second loss of the season. He pitched six innings giving up six hits and three runs with two walks and five strikeouts. Sam Dyson pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up four hits and three runs with a walk, Aaron Loup faced two batters and retired them both and Chad Cordero pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout.
Derek Jeter had two hits and an RBI, Curtis Granderson had a hit and Mark Teixeira had a hit and drew a walk. Alex Rodriguez had an RBI, Robinson Cano had a hit and Nick Swisher drew two walks. Andruw Jones had a hit and three RBI, Nix had three hits and Chris Stewart had a hit and an RBI. Nix, Teixeira, Stewart and Jeter each had a double. Jones hit a homerun. The Yankees were 3-10 with runners in scoring position and they left six men on base. Nix was caught stealing.
Rajai Davis had a hit, Colby Rasmus had an RBI and Brett Lawrie drew a walk. Encarnacion had two hits, Lind had two hits and Yunel Escobar drew a walk. Anthony Gose had a hit which was his first major league hit, Jeff Mathis had a hit and Encarnancion had two doubles. Davis and Mathis each hit a double. The Blue Jays were 1-10 with runners in scoring position and they left seven men on base. Davis had a stolen base and Davis had an error.
In the second inning Jones hit a three run homerun to give the Yankees a 3-0 lead. Stewart and Jeter each had an RBI double in the seventh and Rodriguez an RBI groundout. It was 6-0 Yankees and the Jays got on the board in the eighth inning. Rasmus hit a sacrifice fly and that would be all the scoring in the game.
The Yankees have won the first two games of this three game series. The Yankees will look for the sweep on Wednesday afternoon. The Yankees improved their record to 56-34 and the Jays record fell to 45-46. The Yankees remain in first place in the AL East and have the best record in baseball. The Yankees coming into this game had a nine game lead in the division.
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Yankees Monday postgame notes
Here are the Yankees postgame notes courtesy of Chad Jennings and the Lohud Yankees blog. This is after a big Monday night victory over Toronto.
There probably isn’t a more mild-mannered guy on the Yankees than Raul Ibanez. Ask him a question, and you’re going to get a polite, politically correct answer.
But aside from answering questions in a way that would make Bill Belichick proud, Ibanez has also done something else extremely well for the Yankees — hit in the clutch.
“I don’t really think about it too much,” he said. “I just try to do whatever I can to help out.”
Ibanez did more than help out tonight, coming through with the decisive blow in a 6-3 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. After Nick Swisher struck out with the bases loaded for the second time in the game, Ibanez came up with two outs in the bottom of the eighth and blasted a grand slam into the right field seats to break a 2-2 tie.
“It works the opposite,” Ibanez said when asked if he was looking for a pitch he could take out. “If you allow yourself to think grand slam, you’ll end up hitting a groundball, usually, or something good doesn’t happen. Bases loaded with two outs, there’s no advantage to hitting a fly ball, really. I was just trying to hit a line drive and not do too much.”
Of Ibanez’s 12 homers this season, eight have come in the sixth inning or later. His grand slam tonight was the first by a Yankee in the eighth inning or later to give the team the lead since Bobby Abreu did it in 2008 (also against Toronto).
“He had really almost a week off because we saw all of the lefties in Boston, and then we had the four days off (for the All-Star break), and then we see C.J. Wilson on the first night back,” Joe Girardi said. “I figured it might take him a little while to find his swing, but he found it at the right time.”
With the early-season injury to regular left fielder Brett Gardner (and in case you missed it, the news on Gardner didn’t get any better today), Ibanez has been pressed into playing the field much more often than the Yankees originally anticipated. Some have pondered whether or not that has helped his focus at the plate, but Ibanez dismissed that notion. “I just check the lineup, and if I’m out there, I’m ready,” he said.
Phil Hughes didn’t dominate the Blue Jays’ lineup tonight, but he continues to show his maturity as a pitcher. He didn’t have his best swing-and-miss stuff, but he gutted his way through seven innings, allowing two earned runs on four hits and three walks while striking out four. “It was a battle today,” Hughes said. “I had a good fastball, but I was constantly behind in count. … It was a grind, and I just tried to hang in there and keep it close.”
Hughes got out of a bit of a jam in the second inning, and that seemed to give him some confidence. After allowing a leadoff double to Edwin Encarnacion and walking Adam Lind, Hughes bore down to record the next three outs without allowing a run. “That was big,” he said. “You don’t want to fall into a hole like that, and I was able to get some outs and get us going there.”
Here’s Girardi’s thoughts on Hughes’ performance: “I just love the way that he competed. He used his fastball, curveball and changeup pretty effectively, and he stayed away from big innings. He got some big outs when he needed to.”
When Hughes was asked about Ibanez’s big homer, he cracked a smile and said, “I figured he’d be taking 3-1 with the bases loaded, but he obviously thought otherwise.” Ibanez’s response? “I was not looking to take in that count,” he said, before reverting back to his typical generic answer. “But at the same time, you try not to do too much, either.”
Ibanez also heaped praise on the rest of the Yankees’ lineup, particularly some of the at-bats that came before him. “It’s a lineup that when we do what we’re capable of doing and grind out at-bats and guys see a lot of pitches and fight, it puts a lot of pressure on the other team’s pitcher,” he said. “He knows he’s got to throw a lot of pitches… It’s advantegous for the offense when guys see a lot of pitches, and pitchers know that they have to make pitches. Guys aren’t going to swing at everything.”
Lost in all of the Ibanez-mania was the fact that Russell Martin had himself a bit of game. He was subject to a lot of criticism on this blog throughout the day in our trade deadline post, but he answered the bell tonight. He hit an opposite field solo homer in the second to give the Yankees an initial 1-0 lead, and then almost hit one out to left-center in the eighth. He broke a 66 at-bat homerless streak, dating back to June 10.
Robinson Cano had an RBI double in the third to extend his hitting streak to a career-high 19 games, which is also the longest active streak in the majors.
Alex Rodriguez was originally scheduled to play third, but was moved to DH due to neck stiffness. As he has done all season, A-Rod hit the ball well as the DH, going 2 for 4 with a double and two runs scored. “Alex woke up with a little bit of a stiff neck,” Girardi said. “He tried to work through it and he took groundballs, but it was on his right side. He was able to turn left, but it was hard for him to turn (right). When he would throw, it would seem to aggravate it. He’ll probably DH again tomorrow.”
There probably isn’t a more mild-mannered guy on the Yankees than Raul Ibanez. Ask him a question, and you’re going to get a polite, politically correct answer.
But aside from answering questions in a way that would make Bill Belichick proud, Ibanez has also done something else extremely well for the Yankees — hit in the clutch.
“I don’t really think about it too much,” he said. “I just try to do whatever I can to help out.”
Ibanez did more than help out tonight, coming through with the decisive blow in a 6-3 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. After Nick Swisher struck out with the bases loaded for the second time in the game, Ibanez came up with two outs in the bottom of the eighth and blasted a grand slam into the right field seats to break a 2-2 tie.
“It works the opposite,” Ibanez said when asked if he was looking for a pitch he could take out. “If you allow yourself to think grand slam, you’ll end up hitting a groundball, usually, or something good doesn’t happen. Bases loaded with two outs, there’s no advantage to hitting a fly ball, really. I was just trying to hit a line drive and not do too much.”
Of Ibanez’s 12 homers this season, eight have come in the sixth inning or later. His grand slam tonight was the first by a Yankee in the eighth inning or later to give the team the lead since Bobby Abreu did it in 2008 (also against Toronto).
“He had really almost a week off because we saw all of the lefties in Boston, and then we had the four days off (for the All-Star break), and then we see C.J. Wilson on the first night back,” Joe Girardi said. “I figured it might take him a little while to find his swing, but he found it at the right time.”
With the early-season injury to regular left fielder Brett Gardner (and in case you missed it, the news on Gardner didn’t get any better today), Ibanez has been pressed into playing the field much more often than the Yankees originally anticipated. Some have pondered whether or not that has helped his focus at the plate, but Ibanez dismissed that notion. “I just check the lineup, and if I’m out there, I’m ready,” he said.
Phil Hughes didn’t dominate the Blue Jays’ lineup tonight, but he continues to show his maturity as a pitcher. He didn’t have his best swing-and-miss stuff, but he gutted his way through seven innings, allowing two earned runs on four hits and three walks while striking out four. “It was a battle today,” Hughes said. “I had a good fastball, but I was constantly behind in count. … It was a grind, and I just tried to hang in there and keep it close.”
Hughes got out of a bit of a jam in the second inning, and that seemed to give him some confidence. After allowing a leadoff double to Edwin Encarnacion and walking Adam Lind, Hughes bore down to record the next three outs without allowing a run. “That was big,” he said. “You don’t want to fall into a hole like that, and I was able to get some outs and get us going there.”
Here’s Girardi’s thoughts on Hughes’ performance: “I just love the way that he competed. He used his fastball, curveball and changeup pretty effectively, and he stayed away from big innings. He got some big outs when he needed to.”
When Hughes was asked about Ibanez’s big homer, he cracked a smile and said, “I figured he’d be taking 3-1 with the bases loaded, but he obviously thought otherwise.” Ibanez’s response? “I was not looking to take in that count,” he said, before reverting back to his typical generic answer. “But at the same time, you try not to do too much, either.”
Ibanez also heaped praise on the rest of the Yankees’ lineup, particularly some of the at-bats that came before him. “It’s a lineup that when we do what we’re capable of doing and grind out at-bats and guys see a lot of pitches and fight, it puts a lot of pressure on the other team’s pitcher,” he said. “He knows he’s got to throw a lot of pitches… It’s advantegous for the offense when guys see a lot of pitches, and pitchers know that they have to make pitches. Guys aren’t going to swing at everything.”
Lost in all of the Ibanez-mania was the fact that Russell Martin had himself a bit of game. He was subject to a lot of criticism on this blog throughout the day in our trade deadline post, but he answered the bell tonight. He hit an opposite field solo homer in the second to give the Yankees an initial 1-0 lead, and then almost hit one out to left-center in the eighth. He broke a 66 at-bat homerless streak, dating back to June 10.
Robinson Cano had an RBI double in the third to extend his hitting streak to a career-high 19 games, which is also the longest active streak in the majors.
Alex Rodriguez was originally scheduled to play third, but was moved to DH due to neck stiffness. As he has done all season, A-Rod hit the ball well as the DH, going 2 for 4 with a double and two runs scored. “Alex woke up with a little bit of a stiff neck,” Girardi said. “He tried to work through it and he took groundballs, but it was on his right side. He was able to turn left, but it was hard for him to turn (right). When he would throw, it would seem to aggravate it. He’ll probably DH again tomorrow.”
Raul Ibanez leads the Yankees to victory over the Toronto Blue Jays
The New York Yankees defeated the Toronto Blue Jays by the score of 6-3 on Monday night. The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx,NY. Phil Hughes started for the Yankees and pitched well. The Yankees bullpen made it interesting but shut it down. The Yankees offense was carried by Raul Ibanez. Wilson Alvarez started for the Blue Jays and pitched well and the Yankees got to their bullpen. Edwin Encarnacion and Rajai Davis led the Blue Jays offense.
Hughes pitched seven innings giving up two runs on four hits with three walks and four strikeouts. Dave Robertson pitched an inning to earn his first victory of the season. He walked a batter, Cody Eppley pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and an unearned run with a walk and a strikeout and Rafael Soriano pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit to pick up his 23rd save of the season. He struck out a batter. Alvarez pitched six innings giving up five hits and two runs with four walks and six strikeouts. Chad Beck pitched one perfect inning with a strikeout, Aaron Loup pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and two runs and took his first loss of the season. Jason Frasor pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and two runs with a walk and a strikeout and Chad Cordero pitched to one batter and got him out.
Curtis Granderson had a hit, Alex Rodriguez had two hits and Robinson Cano had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk. Mark Teixeira drew two walks, Nick Swisher had a hit and Ibanez had a hit, four RBI and drew a walk. Eric Chavez drew a walk and Russell Martin had a hit and an RBI. Rodriguez and Cano each hit a double. Martin and Ibanez each hit a homerun. The Yankees were 3-8 with runners in scoring position and they left six men on base. Wise had an error.
Jose Bautista drew a walk, Ben Francisco drew a walk and Encarnacion had two hits and an RBI. Adam Lind had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Kelly Johnson drew a walk and Davis had two hits. J.P. Arencebia had a hit and drew a walk. Encarnacion had two doubles, Davis hit a double. Lind hit a homerun and the Blue Jays were 1-10 with runners in scoring position and they left eight men on base. Arencibia had a passed ball.
Martin hit a solo homerun in the second to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead. In the third Cano hit an RBI double to make it 2-0 Yankees. Lind hit a solo homerun in the fourth to cut the lead to 2-1. In the sixth Encarnacion had an RBI double to tie the game at two. Ibanez hit a grand slam in the eighth inning to give the Yankees a 6-2 lead. Arencibia had an RBI single in the ninth to make it 6-3 and that would be the final score.
The Yankees improved their record to 55-34. The Blue Jays record dropped to 45-45. The Yankees took the first game of three, the two teams will play on Tuesday night and then complete the series on Wednesday afternoon.
Hughes pitched seven innings giving up two runs on four hits with three walks and four strikeouts. Dave Robertson pitched an inning to earn his first victory of the season. He walked a batter, Cody Eppley pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and an unearned run with a walk and a strikeout and Rafael Soriano pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit to pick up his 23rd save of the season. He struck out a batter. Alvarez pitched six innings giving up five hits and two runs with four walks and six strikeouts. Chad Beck pitched one perfect inning with a strikeout, Aaron Loup pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and two runs and took his first loss of the season. Jason Frasor pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and two runs with a walk and a strikeout and Chad Cordero pitched to one batter and got him out.
Curtis Granderson had a hit, Alex Rodriguez had two hits and Robinson Cano had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk. Mark Teixeira drew two walks, Nick Swisher had a hit and Ibanez had a hit, four RBI and drew a walk. Eric Chavez drew a walk and Russell Martin had a hit and an RBI. Rodriguez and Cano each hit a double. Martin and Ibanez each hit a homerun. The Yankees were 3-8 with runners in scoring position and they left six men on base. Wise had an error.
Jose Bautista drew a walk, Ben Francisco drew a walk and Encarnacion had two hits and an RBI. Adam Lind had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Kelly Johnson drew a walk and Davis had two hits. J.P. Arencebia had a hit and drew a walk. Encarnacion had two doubles, Davis hit a double. Lind hit a homerun and the Blue Jays were 1-10 with runners in scoring position and they left eight men on base. Arencibia had a passed ball.
Martin hit a solo homerun in the second to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead. In the third Cano hit an RBI double to make it 2-0 Yankees. Lind hit a solo homerun in the fourth to cut the lead to 2-1. In the sixth Encarnacion had an RBI double to tie the game at two. Ibanez hit a grand slam in the eighth inning to give the Yankees a 6-2 lead. Arencibia had an RBI single in the ninth to make it 6-3 and that would be the final score.
The Yankees improved their record to 55-34. The Blue Jays record dropped to 45-45. The Yankees took the first game of three, the two teams will play on Tuesday night and then complete the series on Wednesday afternoon.
Sunday, July 15, 2012
The Mets get swept in Atlanta to open the second half
The New York Mets were defeated by the Atlanta Braves by the score of 6-1 on Sunday afternoon. The game took place at Turner Field in Atlanta, Georgia. The Mets were unable to avoid the sweep and are not off to a good start in the second half of the season. The Mets had a good first half but a lot of people question if they could keep it up, they need to bounce quick and not let this get out of hand. Johan Santana started for the Mets and pitched poorly. Ben Sheets started for the Braves and pitched well. Andres Torres led the Mets offense. Chipper Jones led the Braves offense in hits and Freddie Freeman had the most RBI.
Santana pitched five innings giving up eight hits and six runs with two walks and three strikeouts. Santana is now 6-6 on the season. Ramon Ramirez pitched two innings giving up two walks and striking out one and Miguel Batista pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout. Sheets earned his first win of the season pitching six innings giving up two hits and no runs with a walk and five strikeouts. Kris Medlen pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up three hits and a run with a walk, Eric O’Flaherty pitched to one batter and retired him and Anthony Varvaro pitched one inning giving up a hit and struck out one.
Ruben Tejada had a hit, Daniel Murphy had a hit and David Wright drew two walks. Scott Hairston had a hit, Torres had two hits and an RBI and Josh Thole had a hit. Murphy, Hairston and Tejada each had a double. The Mets were 1-5 with runners in scoring position and they left seven men on base.
Michael Bourn had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Martin Prado had a hit and an RBI and Jason Heyward had a hit and an RBI. Jones had two hits, Freeman had a hit and three RBI and Brian McCann had a hit. Matt Diaz had a hit, Sheets drew a walk and Ben Francisco drew a walk. Prado, Diaz and Bourn each had a double. Freeman hit a homerun. The Braves were 3-8 with runners in scoring position and they left five men on base.
The game was scoreless until the fifth inning. The Braves scored all six runs in the fifth. Bourn hit an RBI double, Prado hit a sacrifice fly, Heyward hit an RBI single and Freeman hit a three run homerun. It was 6-0 Braves. The Mets would score their only run and the final run of the game in the seventh inning. Torres hit an RBI single.
The Braves swept the three game series from the Mets. The Mets record fell to 46-43 and the Braves improved their record to 49-39. The Mets will have an off day on Monday and then head to Washington to take on the Nationals in a three game series.
Santana pitched five innings giving up eight hits and six runs with two walks and three strikeouts. Santana is now 6-6 on the season. Ramon Ramirez pitched two innings giving up two walks and striking out one and Miguel Batista pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout. Sheets earned his first win of the season pitching six innings giving up two hits and no runs with a walk and five strikeouts. Kris Medlen pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up three hits and a run with a walk, Eric O’Flaherty pitched to one batter and retired him and Anthony Varvaro pitched one inning giving up a hit and struck out one.
Ruben Tejada had a hit, Daniel Murphy had a hit and David Wright drew two walks. Scott Hairston had a hit, Torres had two hits and an RBI and Josh Thole had a hit. Murphy, Hairston and Tejada each had a double. The Mets were 1-5 with runners in scoring position and they left seven men on base.
Michael Bourn had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Martin Prado had a hit and an RBI and Jason Heyward had a hit and an RBI. Jones had two hits, Freeman had a hit and three RBI and Brian McCann had a hit. Matt Diaz had a hit, Sheets drew a walk and Ben Francisco drew a walk. Prado, Diaz and Bourn each had a double. Freeman hit a homerun. The Braves were 3-8 with runners in scoring position and they left five men on base.
The game was scoreless until the fifth inning. The Braves scored all six runs in the fifth. Bourn hit an RBI double, Prado hit a sacrifice fly, Heyward hit an RBI single and Freeman hit a three run homerun. It was 6-0 Braves. The Mets would score their only run and the final run of the game in the seventh inning. Torres hit an RBI single.
The Braves swept the three game series from the Mets. The Mets record fell to 46-43 and the Braves improved their record to 49-39. The Mets will have an off day on Monday and then head to Washington to take on the Nationals in a three game series.
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 11th 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.
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 11th 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.
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