Joba is the Man

The New York Yankees defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 6-2. They played a good crisp game after playing terrible last night. They won the series and will now move on to Chicago but this game was all about Joba Chamberlain. Joba pitched 8 innings giving up 0 runs on 3 hits with 2 walks and 5 strikeouts. He has a 0.83 era in 3 starts since the break, it is going to be interesting to see what they do with this innings limit that he is on. Brian Bruney came on in the ninth to finish it with a 6-0 lead but struggled giving up 2 runs on 3 hits and getting only one out. Mariano Rivera came on to strike out 2 giving up a walk in between. The offense saw Mark Teixeira, Hideki Matsui, Derek Jeter and Melky Cabrera all get 2 hits. A-rod, Posada, Cano and Swisher all had a hit. Big Tex, Melky Cabrera and Robinson Cano all hit solo homeruns. Big Tex and Robinson Cano each had 2 rbi's. The Yankees also gained a game on the Red Sox as they lost again. The Yankees are now 3 1/2 games up on the Red Sox and 7 1/2 ahead of the Rays.