The Yankees opened up their first inter league match up with a win against the Philadelphia Phillies 7-3.
Brett Myers pitched well, going 6.0 innings, allowing 4 runs, none of them earned, and only 3 hits. Tom Gordon gave up 3 runs in only 0.1 innings and his ERA is now 6.92. Pat Burrell hit 2 solo HR's and Chase Utley added a solo HR as well.
The Yankees were led by A-Rod, who hit his 11th HR and 3 RBI's. Bobby Abreu and Johnny Damon had 2 hits each. Andy Pettitte pitched 7.0 innings, allowing 5 hits and 3 ER for his 5th win of the season. LaTroy Hawkins pitched 2 innings for his first save of the year.
Red hot Phil Hughes (6-1 1.72) will face Jamie Moyer (1-2 6.26) in game 2.
Hideki Matsui is below the Mendoza line (.194) and may end up on the trading block if he can't turn it around.
The Yankees continued their red hot home stand, beating the Phillies 4-1 behind Phil Hughes. Hughes is 5-0 with a 0.53 ERA in May and 7-1 with a 1.64 ERA for the season.
A-Rod went deep off Jamie Moyer (1-3, 6.36) for a 2-run shot in the 1st inning and the Yankees never looked back. Mariano Rivera picked up his 11th save of the year.
The lone bright spot for the Phillies was Ryan Howard's solo HR off Hughes, his 9th of the season.
The Yankees finish their 10 game home stand on Sunday as Ian Kennedy (5-1, 3.12) will face Kyle Kendrick (2-2, 4.19).
The Yankees finished their 10 game home stand 9-1 as they defeated the Phillies on Glove Day 7-0. The Yankees are 17-6 in May and are 1 game behind the Red Sox, who are riding a 5 game losing streak.
The Phillies couldn't get anything going against Ian Kennedy, who threw 6 shut out innings and only gave up 3 hits.
The Yankees offense was led by Wilson Betemit, who was 2-4 with a solo HR, Melky Cabrera was 3-4 with a 3-R HR, and Jorge Posada added a 2-R HR as well.
The Yankees will start a 7 game road trip Monday night in Texas. The Rangers are in last place in the A.L. West with a record of 18-26. They are 2nd in batting with a .294 average but their pitching is dreadful as they are last in the A.L. with a 5.10 ERA. After a 3 game with series in Texas, the Yankees will fly to Cleveland for a 4 game series.
IF you're into the older PS3 games I think the series reached it's zenith with '12. Some think the hitting is too hard I like it. One glaring problem which they eventually sorted out was the extremely high bouncing foul ball around the plate. Seemed like it reached the upper deck.
All the cut scenes were present and it wasn't a rush to the next pitch. You wanted to move it along all you had to do was press X. Game started to feel floaty to me with '13.
IF you're into the older PS3 games I think the series reached it's zenith with '12. Some think the hitting is too hard I like it. One glaring problem which they eventually sorted out was the extremely high bouncing foul ball around the plate. Seemed like it reached the upper deck.
All the cut scenes were present and it wasn't a rush to the next pitch. You wanted to move it along all you had to do was press X. Game started to feel floaty to me with '13.
Funny you mention that because I was looking at some videos of MLB 12 yesterday on YouTube. I got MLB 12 late in the year and didn't really get into it as much as I would have liked. From what I played it did seem like a solid game. Maybe I will make that my next franchise.
Tuesday May 26th, 2008 Yankees 1 (29-18) Rangers 2 (19-27)
Game 2 of this 3 game series was a stark contrast to the previous one. The bats for both teams were held in check and runs were hard to come by.
The Yankees could only manage 1 run against Ranger starter Vicente Padilla and the Ranger bullpen. Padilla improved to 3-4 with a 5.15 ERA. C.J. Wilson picked up the save.
The Yankees got a great start by Darrell Rasner, who gave up only 2 ER and 7 hits in 7 innings. Rasner is now 2-1 on the season with a 2.84 ERA. Jason Giambi and Robinson Cano each had 2 hits.
Game 3 of the series will have Andy Pettitte vs Kevin Millwood.
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