Saturday, September 26, 2009

Yanks on verge of clinching

The New York Yankees defeated the Boston Red Sox once again this afternoon. They won the game by the score of 3-0 and now have won 8 out of 9 against them since starting 0-8. CC Sabathia got the start and was just simply brilliant, he pitched 7 scoreless innings giving up 1 hit. CC had 8 strikeouts. He has been pitching lights out and isn't working on such a heavy load like he was at the end of last year with the Brewers which should bode well for the postseason. Phil Hughes pitched a perfect 8th with some help from Mark Teixeira who made a brilliant diving stop, Hughes also had 2 strikeouts and Mariano finished off the game with his 43rd save. The offense had runners on all day long but couldn't get the big hit until Robinson Cano hit a solo homerun in the 7th and Johnny Damon added a bloop 2 run single in the ninth inning. The Yankees with a win tomorrow will clinch the AL East and homefield advantage. I wonder what kind of wild celebration it will be, could we see some pie amongst all the champagne. The Yankees will also win 100 games with their next win which is very hard to do in baseball now. The Yankees also got good news on Dave Robertson who threw before the game and feels fine, he should get in some games next week before the postseason. The Yankees only question now will be who starts game 2 A.J. or Andy, it looks like they are leaning towards Andy but we shall see.

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