A solid pitching performance by Andy Pettite, a rare scoreless inning by Kyle Farnsworthless and another great inning by Mariano Rivera secured a 5-3 Yankees victory tonight to sweep the Rays.
Although he was not spectacular, Andy Pettite gave the Yankees seven hard-pitched innings, while only giving up three runs. He let alot of runners on base, but was able to get out of jams and minimized the damage. This is the difference between Pettite and the young pitchers, he minimizes damage.
In the biggest shock of all, Kyle Farnsworth pitched a scoreless inning. I thought the game was over when he came in, but he actually looked good and retired the side in order, which set up the automatic save by Mariano Rivera.
The pitching saved the bats tonight, which although they put up five runs, they still were not good with the bases loaded. They went 0-3 and are 2-15 on the season. They just did not get too many timely hits.
The power came from Hideki Matsui who hit a homerun, and other RBI's from Derek Jeter and Bobby Abreu.
This series should give the Yankees a big lift as they head into a big home series against Boston. Boston has looked vulnerable and we should have swept them last time. Let's hope Wanger is on again.
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