\It’s a gorgeous day today. The Yanks have an afternoon game, because today is getaway day. They are off tomorrow then play Friday in Seattle.
1. Jeter SS .254-2-15 3sb/5att OPS+ 72 2975 hits; coming off two 0 for 5′s.
2. Granderson CF .275-16-35 6/8 160
3. Teixeira 1B .254-12-30 0/0 139
4. Rodriguez dh .288-9-26 1/2 138
5. Cano 2b .279-9-32 3/3 122
6. Martin C .270-9-26 3/3 140
7. Swisher RF .208-2-19 1/2 72
8. Jones LF .191-2-3 0/0 58
9. Nunez 3B .278-1-6 5/6 100
Garcia P 2-4 3.12 ERA+ 128
26-21, 1st by 1/2 g. over Boston. 2 games worse than Pythagorean record. OPS+ 113; ERA+ 109
Waiting for word on Soriano, who had an MRI yesterday and is seeing Dr. Andrews today. This doesn’t look good. People bash Cashman but he didn’t want to pay $35 million over 3 years for a setup guy. He was overruled. Cashmoney was right.
What a bullpen that is on the DL. Marte, Feliciano and Soriano.
Great job by Garcia in the first getting out of trouble. He gave up a leadoff triple but got a comebacker to the mound and two pop-ups to strand the runner. Good start for the Yanks. Jeter doubles (hit #2976), WP, Double by Granderson for a run. After an E-4, Alex flies to CF and Cano lines out. Good play by Bautista and Granderson is doubled up.
2-run HR by Andruw Jones in the 2nd. 3-0 Yanks. #3 year, 410 career for Andruw.
The weather is agreeing with the Yankees. 5-0 after a 2-run HR by Teixeira. #13 of the year, 288 career.
Garcia gave up a run in the sixth. Jones hit another 2-run HR in the sixth, #4 on the year, #411 for his career, in the sixth. 7-1 Yanks after 6.
Maybe he knew I was getting down on him. Big day for Andruw.
Garcia runs out of gas in the 7th. Gives up 2 runs and 3 hits. D-Rob in with a man on 3rd, one out. A groundout, FC gets the runner at home. D-Rob then gets a K.
Garcia 6 1/3, 3 R, 8 H, 0 walks and 4 K. ERA to 3.26. Record goes to 3-4.
7-3 after 7.
Joba in for the 8th. Robertson 2/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 walks, 1 K. ERA 1.42.
No matter the score, Mo hasn’t pitched in a while. The Yanks are off tomorrow, and go on a West Coast trip. His next appearance will be his 1000th game. Today should be the day for #1000.
Joba 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 walk, 0 K. ERA 3.33. To the 9th, Yanks up 7-3.
And it is game #1000 of Mariano Rivera’s career.
1 IP for Mo. 0 R, 1 H, 0 walks and 1 K. ERA to 1.71.
Yanks win 7-3. Now 27-21.