The month of June was not as good for the Yankees as May. The Yankees finished May with a record of 20-9 but could only manage a 16-11 record for the month of June.
Alex Rodriguez could only muster 1 HR and 8 RBI's in June. Jason Giambi supplied a lot of power in June, hitting 8 HR's and 24 RBI's.
Johnny Damon raised his average by 28 points in June, while Bobby Abreu had a good month with 6 HR's and 18 RBI's.
The Yankees hold the lead in the wildcard by 2 games. They will play the Red Sox 10 more games in their quest to take the A.L. East Title.
In the A.L., Magglio Ordonez and Mike Lowell are tied for the lead in AVG at .346. Jack Cust and David Ortiz have the most HR at 23, while Grady Sizemore leads in RBI's with 66.
In the N.L., Kazuo Matsui is leading the league with a .349 AVG. Lance Berkman leads the league with 28 HR's and RBI's with 71.
July did not start off on the right foot as the Yankees saw their modest 3 game winning streak go by the wayside.
Ian Kennedy (10-2, 2.54) was brilliant, pitching 7 innings of 1 hit ball before watching the bullpen implode. Joba Chamberlain (0-3, 5.45) came in for the 8th inning and promptly gave up 4 hits and 3 ER's before getting the final out. Manager Joe Girardi is contemplating on whether to send Joba to AAA to see if he can get back on track. However, since Joba is out of options, the Yankees run the risk of losing him on waivers.
The Yankees did manage to rally in the bottom of the 8th, pushing across 2 runs before a Bobby Abreu strike out ended the comeback.
Thursday the Yankees will send Mike Mussina to the mound against Jarrod Washburn.
The Yankees took game 3 of their series against the Mariners in dramatic fashion. Alex Rodriguez, who hit 1 HR in June, came up clutch with a walk off bomb against Mark Lowe.
Mike Mussina (1-7, 6.00) had his best start of the season, pitching 7 innings and giving up only 1 ER and 6 hits. Jarrod Washburn pitched even better, going 6 IP, allowing only 5 hits.
The Mariners held a 1-0 lead headed into the bottom of the 9th. Roy Corcoran started the 9th inning because Mariner closer J.J. Putz is on the DL with a broken hand. Corcoran couldn't get the save and walked PH Hideki Matsui with the bases loaded to tie the game at 1. However, Sean Green came in and got Damon to pop up to 2nd and Jeter grounded out.
Green came out for the 10th and walked Abreu so the Mariners yanked him and brought in Mark Lowe to face A-Rod. The result was an A-Bomb from A-Rod. This was A-Rod's first walk off of the season and only his 2 HR in the past 5 weeks.
The Yankees finish up their home stand with a 4 game series against the Blue Jays. The Yankees luck out and will miss Roy Halladay as he pitched Toronto's last game against the Rays.
Game 1 will be A.J. Burnett (7-5, 4.04) vs Darrell Rasner (4-1, 2.82)
It wouldn't be realistic without the Mariners having a ****ty record and losing to the Bombers
You are spot on in your thread. The Mariners really do need to find an identity. The last couple of years have been wheeling and dealing but without much success.
At least the Mets took the Cano contract off your hands.. LOL
The Yankees kicked off their 3 game weekend series against the Blue Jays with a 4-0 shutout. Darrell Rasner continues his incredible season, pitching 8 IP's and allowing only 5 hits, 2 BB's and 1 K. He improves to 5-1 on the season with a 2.49 ERA.
The calendar may read July, but that hasn't cooled down Johnny Damon. He went 3-4, hitting his 9th HR, a solo shot, against Jays starter A.J. Burnett (6 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 4 K's) Burnett pitched well but the Jays couldn't get their offense going.
With the Yankees up 2-0 in the 6th inning, Jorge Posada hit his 14th HR of the season, a 2-Run shot, off of Jays reliever Scott Downs in the 6th inning. At age 36, Posada is having a season to remember.
Game 2 will be Dustin McGowan (8-4, 4.04) vs Andy Pettitte (9-5, 3.86)
America's Birthday saw the Yankees drop a very tough loss to the Blue Jays at the Stadium tonight.
Andy Pettitte (6.0, 9 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 2 K's) did not have his best stuff early and gave up 4 runs in the 2nd inning. The Yankees (shorthanded because we rested starters A-Rod, Damon, Giambi, and Posada) finally got on the board in the 5th inning thanks to a 3-Run Homer by Melky Cabrera.
Jose Veras pitched a perfect 7th inning, so Girardi left him in for the 8th. Veras got the first 2 outs, but then gave up an opposite field double to Frank Thomas. With 2 strikes on Scott Rolen, Veras tried to get him to chase a fastball in the dirt. I missed my mark and Rolen dribbled a grounder right over the bag down the 3rd base line for a double.
Bottom of the 8th, Betemit singled up the middle and beat the throw to first. Hideki Matsui then missed a HR to right when he hit the top of the wall and had to settle for a triple. Betemit scored to make it 5-4. Robinson Cano then struck out chasing a 1-2 Slider. Jorge Posada pinch hit for Jose Molina, but flied out to LF. B.J. Ryan pitched a 1-2-3 9th for his 21st save.
Starters for game 3 will be Jesse Litsch (6-6, 3.48) vs Phil Hughes (11-3, 2.33)
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