Yanks beat Angels at their own game

The New York Yankees defeated the Angels 5-3 tonight in a playoff type of game. Joba Chamberlain got the start and pitched 4 good innings. He gave up 1 run on 4 hits with a couple of strikeouts. Alfredo Aceves pitched 2 1/3 innings giving up 2 hits, 1 run with 2 walks and a couple of strikeouts. Phil Coke pitched a very important 2/3 of an inning giving up 0 runs on 0 hits with a strikeout. Phil Hughes pitched the 8th and got himself in trouble with a couple of hits and a walk to load the bases with no outs and then got a double play and a soft line drive. He gave up the lead but showed great poise to get out of it without allowing anymore. Mariano gave up a walk but nothing else in locking down his 36th straight save. The offense was led by Mark Teixeira who had a single, double and triple. He had a couple of rbi's. Hideki Matsui had a hit and a walk, Robinson Cano and Nick Swisher each had 2 hits and a rbi. The biggest play of the game though was Brett Gardner coming off of the bench and pinch running for Mark Teixeira in the 8th inning. He stole third and scampered home on the wild throw to give the Yankees the lead before they tacked on another run. The Yankees beat the Angels at their own game and that is great to see. The Yankees have beaten the Angels 3 out of 4 at home this season and are 0-3 in Anaheim so homefield is huge as they may see them again in the ALCS. The Yankees begin a 2 game series with Toronto tomorrow, Sergio Mitre will take on Roy Halladay.