Thursday, September 14, 2006

Sweep Lowers Magic Number to 6

The Yankees inched closer to a division title on Thursday night, finishing off a three-game sweep of the Devil Rays. Robinson Cano drove in three runs, including the tying and winning tallies, leading New York to a 7-4 victory. Cano collected eight RBIs in the past two games, helping the Yanks move to 33 games over .500.

Rookie Jeff Karstens, starting on about two hours' notice after Joe Torre decided to push Chien-Ming Wang back to Friday because of potential weather problems, gave up four runs over five innings.

Darrell Rasner (2-0), another rookie, tossed four scoreless innings of relief to close out the game and earn the win. The Yankees were able to win without using a single regular member of the bullpen, giving them a fresh group of relievers for the weekend series against the Red Sox.
The Yankees' magic number to clinch their ninth consecutive American League East title dropped to six, meaning that they can clinch this weekend by taking three of four from the Red Sox.

Rocco Baldelli led off the game with a triple, scoring on Delmon Young's RBI groundout. Hideki Matsui tied the game in the second, drilling his sixth homer of the year, his first since returning from the disabled list earlier this week.

One inning later, Baldelli put the Rays back on top with a solo shot of his own, his 12th of the season. Baldelli extended the lead in the fifth, hitting a two-run homer off Karstens to make it a 4-1 game. It was the first two-homer game of Baldelli's career.

The Yankees battled back in the bottom of the fifth, getting an RBI single by Jeter and a two-run double by Cano to tie the game. Cano's hit actually hit Carl Crawford's glove, but the left fielder couldn't come up with the ball, tying the game at 4.

New York rallied in the seventh, getting one-out singles by Kevin Thompson and Bernie Williams to put runners on the corners. Derek Jeter struck out, but Cano delivered an RBI double, giving the Yankees a 5-4 lead. Alex Rodriguez singled in two more runs, boosting the lead to three.


Don't forget about our Caption Contest worth 100 BE credits


Add to RootZoo
BallHype: hype it up! Posted by Steve Kenul at 9:56 PM

0 Comments

Post a Comment

« Home

Sponsors

By far, the online casino reviews can be found at Jaxcasinos.com. Looking for a top online sports betting website? Try Sportsbetting3.com. When Pro football starts, look to NFL-betting.com for the best NFL betting news and information. At the end of the season, enjoy first class SuperBowl betting by joining our top sportsbook sites.

Blogging Sponsorships

If you would like to sponser on this site, contact:
bronxbloggers@yahoo.com

Vote 2008 Bloggers Choice Awards

Scores

Baseball Terminology

Terms and Abbreviations

Front Office

Owner [-]
Bio [-]
Name:
Location: Plainview, New York, United States

I have, and always will be, a true Yankees fan. Don't give me that bandwagon crap; bandwagon fans are for people who need to belong.

Public Relations [â??]
Enter your email address below to subscribe to Bronx Bloggers!


powered by Bloglet

Links





The Bandwagon

Kokoyaku
RetroSheet
Baseball Reference
SABR
National Baseball HoF
Yankees Official Site
SportsWorld NY
A Must Read
Cheating Barry
CGBB
Live Soccer Streaming
Yankees-Chick
The Sports Flow
The Sports Hernia
Sports Blog Directory
BernieWilliams.net
Big Reds Blogger
Sport For People
SportsBlog NY
Sports Betting
Smarter Sports Blog
BigFlySports.com
Sport Blog Man
Don Mattingly Online - The Official Website!

The Back Page

Attendance

Web Page Hit Counters eXTReMe Tracker

Disclosure statement
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.