Sorry folks, but I wasn't able to blog for the past few days for various reasons. The Yankees need a win in the worst way today, and Andy Pettite delivered in a big way for them today as he pitched seven scoreless innings to power the Yankees to a 7-1 win over the Orioles.
After watching the young arms fail, Pettite was great over the seven innings. He got ahead in his counts, and made the batters work. He retired 14 hitters in a row, and gave the Yankees offense the time it needed to score some runs. He did what a veteran pitcher is supposed to do in these spots.
The offense was asleep for most of the game, but woke-up late. A-Rod and Hideki added rbi double's to give the Yanks a 2-0 lead, but later Johnny Damon and Derek Jeter added a homerun and a bases-clearing double to give the Yanks all the offense they needed.
Joba Chamberlain actually got hit-up today, giving up two hits and allowing a run to score.
The Yankees get a much needed day off tomorrow before heading to Chicago to face the talented and hot White Sox. Wang takes the ball in the opener and the Yankees need him to start the series off on the right foot.
After 20 games, the Yankees are 10-10. Considering that 3/5 of our rotation is a combined 1-8, i'll take that record, but we need to start to heat up at some point.
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