Game 87, Gainst the Twins...continuing..

Burnett starts tonight. He comes in with 99 season strike outs, hopin to get 100 and more.

In the second inning, Matsui singles, Posada singles, and Cano singled to load the bases. Swisher grounded out to score Matsui, but then Gardner does the real damage, hitting a single to score the Posada and Cano left on base. 3-0. The Twins get 2 of those back in the bottom of the forth, two out single, walk, two wild pitches and a double. 3-2. In the fifth Rodriguez hits a single to score Jeter from second. 4-2. In the bottom of the inning, Burnett gets his 100th strike out of the season. After taking Burnett out after 6.1 innings, Coke lets a HR go. 4-3.

Rivera was brought in for the 4 out save. After a line out to Jeter in the eighth, he gets his 22nd save after a ground out, strike out, and another line out to Jeter. Sweet.

Burnett gets the W by pitching 6.1 innings, gave up 2 earned runs off of 7 hits with 4 walks and 2 strike outs. Not a very strong outing for him. He got the first two outs of the innings, some with no problems. But he let on 7 runners after 2 outs, that shouldn't happen. 2 of those were his earned runs against.

Jeter went 2-5, scoring a run. Posada went 2-3 scoring a run. Gardner went 1-4 with a 2 run single. Sweet, slow low scoring game, but a win none-the-less.

Game 86, Gainst the Twins, Lets keep it going...

The Yankees get it started right with 1 run scored in the first and 2 in the second. Jeter singles to start of the game, Teixeira moves him to third with a single and Matsui hits him home with a single as well. In the second, Cano doubled to start off the second inning, Gardner singles right after him, moves Cano to third, and a sacrifice fly by Cervelli scores Cano. Then a single by Damon moves Gardner to third and a single by Teixeira scores Gardner. A home run in the bottom of the inning by Michael Cuddyer gets 1 for the Twins. 3-1.

Cervelli singled to start off the forth, Jeter walks right behind him, Damon walks behind him, Rodriguez scores Cervelli from third on a sacrifice fly (over the fence sac fly, should have been grand slam sac fly), Matsui walks to load the bases again, and Swisher walks, with two out to score an RBI. 5-1.

Big inning in the sixth. Teixeira singles, Rodriguez walks, Swisher walks with two out. Two out, bases loaded, same situation as the forth. Anyways, Cano singles, scores Teixeira and Rodriguez, moves Swisher to third. Garnder triples to score Swisher and Cano. Cervelli doubles to score Gardner. Wow, why can't we have hits like that all the time with 2 outs? 5 runs score with two outs in the inning, 8 out of 10 so far. 10-1 after six. After taking Sabathia out in the eighth, Brett Tomko gives up a run in the inning, just 1. 10-2 Final.

Sabathia pitched 7 innings, gave up 1 earned run off of 3 hits with 1 walk and 3 strike outs. It seemed he didn't have the right pitch to get batters out at home, but get them out in the field. With only 3 strike outs, the team backed him up with 8 ground outs and 10 fly outs.

Teixeira went 4-6 with 4 singles with 1 run and 1 RBI. Cano went 2-5 with a double, 2 runs, and 2 RBIs. Gardner went 3-5 with a triple, 2 runs, and 2 RBIs. Cervelli, for Posada, went 2-4 with a double, 1 run, and 2 RBIs.

Roy Halladay for sale? Yankees, Get him before the Red Sox do!!!! Come on, Pettitte's gonna retire soon, Wang may need more help, Joba isn't putting up the right numbers...

Burnett pitches tomorrow, 8:10 at the Metrodome. Interesting note, Alfredo Aceves will pitch for Wang on Thursday. Interesting, lets see how that goes...

Game 81 and 82, Seattle over, Toronto begins

The Yankees lost game 81, game three against the Mariners 8-4. Cano went 3-3 with a double and scoring 2 runs.

Sabathia pitched 5.2 innings, gave up 6 runs on 10 hits, with 3 walks and 8 strike outs.

Today the Yankees won 2-4. Cano hit a home run in the second to take the lead. But in the forth the Blue Jays score one after a double and a single. 1-1. In the fifth, Gardner walks, Jeter walks, Damon singles, Teixeira walks to score Gardner, then a pass ball scores Damon. 1-3. A Jay home run in the sixth makes it 2-3. In the eighth Rodriguez hits his 14th home run. final, 2-4.

Burnett pitched 7 innings, gave up 2 runs on 6 hits with 2 walks and 7 strike outs. Rivera gets his 21st save. Jeter went 2-3, Rodriguez went 1-3 with a HR. Cano went 1-4 with a HR.

Game 77, Gainst the Mets, Woohoo, Game 2

Burnett pitches tonight, going for win

The Yankees score first in the third inning with a Swisher solo homer, his 14th of the year. The Yankees have another 4 run inning, no help from the Mets this time, in the sixth. Teixeira doubles to start off the hit rally, followed by a single by Rodriguez that scores Teixeira. Cano doubles, Rodriguez advances to third, and Posada hits a home run to score both of them. 5-0, Final.

Burnett pitches 7 innings allowing 0 runs on 1 hit and 3 walks! He had 10 strike outs, amazing start for him. Only 4 base runners for the Mets the entire game. His ERA went from 4.24 to 3.93.

Swisher and Teixeira went 1-3 with a home run and a double respectively. Rodriguez, Cano, Posada, and Pena went 1-4 with a single, double, home run, and double respectively. Cabrera went 2-4 with 2 singles.

Game 71, Gainst the Marlins, in Florida

Burnette pitches tonight. Alex Rodriguez shall sit out tonight again.



In the second Burnette gives up a home run. 0-1. Then in the sixth, after a walk and an error by Damon in the field, the Marlins get another run. 0-2. In the seventh the Yankees get one after a Posada gets on out of fielders choice, moves over to third on a Cano single, then scores on a Swisher single. 1-2, Final.



Burnette pitched 6.1 innings, gave up just 1 earned run, only 5 hits with 3 walks, all in the sixth, and 8 strike outs. That should have been a win, buddy, that is some mighty fine pitching. Teixeira, Cano, Swisher, Matsui, and Burnett were the only Yankees to get hits. Great.

Game 66, Subway Series, Game 3

Burnette has his next start after a 7-0 loss against the Red Sox earlier this week. Lets hope the lineup is a little more awake.

The Yankees score 4 early in the second. Cano doubles to start off the inning and then after 2 outs and a Matsui walk, Cervilli singles, Jeter singles, and Damon singles. Damon called out at second after scoring Cervilli and Jeter. In the forth the Yankees blow it wide open with a walk (Swisher), home run (Matsui), double (Cabrera), single (Cervilli), single (Jeter), double (Damon), single (Teixeira), bases loaded double play (Rodriguez), home run (Cano), walk (Swisher), walk (Matsui), double but called out at third (Cabrera). 9 run forth inning.

In the top of the seventh the Yankees pull out most of the infield. Pena, who replaced Rodriguez in the sixth, moves to SS, Berroa in at 3rd, Swisher moves to first (Teixeira out), and Gardner in center field. They hold the Mets and score 2 more in the bottom because Berroa was hit, Damon walked, Gardner walked, Pena singled, and Cano scored 1 with a sacrifice fly. Final score, 0-15! The Yankees scored 8 runs with 2 outs.

I don't understand why they took Burnett out in the eighth. I wish the management would let these guys finish some of their games instead of using the bullpen. The starters have 4 guaranteed rest days but the next game could go into extra innings and the bullpen is down a bit. See, Robertson comes in and has 2 strike outs in an inning. Those are 2 strike outs we may need in the next game!

Burnett pitched 7 innings, gave up no runs! on only 4 hits! with 4 walks (boo) and 8 strikeouts! I think he should have finished the game.

Jeter went 4-4 scoring 2 runs with 2 RBIs. Damon went 2-4 scoring 1 run with 3 RBIs. Cano went 3-4 scoring 2 runs with 3 RBIs. He had 2 doubles and a home run. Cabrera went 2-4 scoring 1 run with 2 RBIs. He had 2 doubles.

Game 57, Gainst the Rays, Rained out

This is the third Yankees game that has been rained out at New Yankee Stadium. There isn't a make up day yet. Sabathia will have his start tomorrow and Burnett will start on Tuesday against the Red Sox, to honor his suspention, and Pettitte will pitch on Monday. So the Yankees won't play tonight. Oh well, lets just hope the Red Sox lose so the Yankees can have first place without having to win and tie it again.

What do you know, the Rangers beat the Red Sox 5-1, sweet. So the Yankees are half a game up without doing anything. The Yankees are back where they should be, uncontested first place.

There will not be a double header on Saturday for sure. But both games on Saturday and Sunday are scheduled to be at 1:05 so Sunday would be a good time to make it up.

Game 56, Gainst the Rangers, Decide the Series, also, Burnett Suspended

So Wang is pitching. I will not say anything about his three starts let's see if he can redeem himself.

Well the Yankees get off to a good start. With Jeter sitting out Damon takes the first spot in the line up. After working a full count he hits a home run to right field. 0-1 early. But in the third and the fourth the Rangers get 2 each and 1 in the fifth. 5-1. In the bottom of the fifth the Yankee bats woke up. Cervelli and Pena singles and a walk to Damon loads the bases. A walk to Swisher forces 1 run in and a Teixeira 3 RBI double forces the rest in. Rodriguez also singles to score Teixeira. 5-6 Yankees on top.

In the sixth another Ranger home run ties it up, but the eighth inning home run determines the winner. Melky Cabrera hits a home run after a walk to Cano for the lead and the eventual win. Melky Magic again. Final 6-8.

Wang gives up 5 earned runs off of 7 hits with only 1 walk and 5 strike outs. He had a great start considering what his last 3. I was expecting to look at the score and seeing double digits. Anyways, Swisher went 2-3 with a walk, RBI, and scoring a run. Sweet, he may be back. Teixeira went 2-4 with 3 RBIs and scoreing a run.

Burnett was suspended today for intentionally throwing a ball at Cruz's head last night. Bull! He is suspended for 6 games, 1 start pretty much, but I think that's crap. The Ranger pitcher intentionally threw at Teixeira for some history last year and hit him.

Game 54, Gainst the Rangers, at Home

Tonight is game 1 of a 7 game home stand against the Rangers then the Rays. Burnett starts.

In the second the Yankees get 2 with a Gardner single, then a balk scores Gardner from third later in the inning. But the Rangers get 3 in the third with a Cruz 3 run home run.

The Yankees break it wide open in the fifth. After walks to Cabrera and Jeter, Damon singles to score Cabrera, Rodriguez grounds into RBI force out to score Jeter, Cano singles to score Damon, Posada singles to score Rodriguez, and Matsui hits a 3 run home run. 7 runs in the fifth to take the lead back 3-9. In the sixth, Posada homers with Rodriguez and Cano on. 3-12, Final.

Burnett pitched 7 innings gave up 3 runs off of 8 hits, 1 walk and had 8 strike outs. Jeter went 3-4 scoring once, Posada went 3-4 with a 3 run home run, and Matsui went 2-4 with a 3 run home run. Good win

Game 49, Gainst the Rangers, Decide the Winner

Burnett starts tonight. Goes for his 3rd win. Also a win for the Yankees and a loss for the Red Sox ties up the division.

The Yankees bats start early again, like Mondays game. Jeter singles and Teixeira homers for a 2-0 lead early in the first inning. The Yankees add on another in the second with a double by Kevin Cash and a double by Jeter to score.

In the sixth Matsui hits a home run to start the inning and the Yankees get 2 more after a walk to Swisher, a single bunt to Gardner (supposed to be sacrifice bunt) and a 2 run single to Cash. 6-0 after six played.

In the seventh inning Cano doubles to start off and Matsui hits another home run to make it 8-0. But the Rangers aren't silent all night. After taking Burnett out in the sixth, Veras gives up a double and a home run to get the Rangers on the board. 8-2

In the ninth Cano hits a 2 strike home run as an insurance run. 9-2, Final.

Burnett pitched 6 shut outs innings giving up only 3 hits but had 4 walks and 7 strike outs. Good, but not perfect. Wang pitched the eighth and the ninth and gave up no runs!! He had 2 strike outs, 2 fly outs, and 2 ground outs.

Jeter got on base 5 out of 6 times but was only scored once. He was 3-4 with 2 walks. Matsui was 2-4 with 2 home runs in back to back innings. Cash was 2-4 with 2 RBIs. 10 runners left on base for the Yankees. Good game, but with 15 hits there should be more produced. No no I am not complaining. Good job.

Game 44, Gainst the Phillies

The Yankees take on the World Champions tonight, first game of a 3 game series.

4 home runs win it for the Phillies. Yikes, 1 in the first, 2 run in the second, 2 run in the fifth, and another one in the seventh. Yankees had only had 3 single home runs. Rodriguez in the sixth and Jeter and Teixeira in the seventh. Couldn't help the lose.

Burnette 5 earned runs off 8 hits with 2 walks with 7 strike outs in 6 innings. Man this should have been a win. Rodriguez went 2-4 with a double and a home run. Jeter and Teixeira also went 2-4 with home runs. Swisher went 0-4 with 2 strike outs. uh oh.

Tomorrows game is at 4:10. Pettitte is starting. Come on win!

Game 29, at home, Gainst the Rays

Well Burnette has a good game, allowing only 3 runs on 6 hits with 2 walks and 8 strikeouts. The line up didn't wake up until the eighth and scored 3 runs on a Teixeira double. Good hit for him. The Yankees couldn't hold the tie though and Coke lost it with a home run hit off him in the tenth. Final 4-3. Coke is awarded the L.

Jeter was 0-5, Swisher was 0-3, Cabrera was 0-3. What the heck is going on? Were did all the hitting go? It's like they do great loss to the Red Sox and can't hit anymore. I am a little fed up with hearing all the "true" 2004 Red Sox fans talk about a 0-5 series. Sweet. WIN SOME!!

Game 28, at Home, gainst the Red Sox.

Well it is a rough start for Joba. 5 straight hits, 4 earned runs. After that, though, he gets down to business and enjoys 12 strike outs in 5.2 innings. The Yankees get 3 in the third to try and catch up off a Damon 3 run homer. In the eighth an intent walk to Drew, who already struck out twice, may have lead to 2 runs being scored. I was really confused that they did that. Oh well. 5-3.

In the ninth, Melancon walks the bases loaded with no outs. Robertson does a great job, getting 2 outs but can't hold off a walk. And thats how it ends. 7-3. 0-5 against the Red Sox so far. Doing really good. I just hope the Yankees beat can win 3 in the play offs against them. We shall see.

Joba had a rough start but cleaned up with 12 Ks before being taken out. I thought it was a bit early to take him out, because the 2 outs in the inning were strike outs. Weird.

Bullpen probably won't be an option, having 6 pitchers after the starter. Damon had a good game 2-4 with the 3 RBIs of the game. Cano and Swisher in a 2 game slump. How convenient. Cabrera was 3-4.

Burnett pitching tomorrow against the Rays at home. Come on win!! Please oh please! 7:05.

Game 23, at Home gainst the Angels, The game

UPDATED 10:30 Bottom of page

Burnett looking for his 3rd win.

The Angels hit in the first run in the first but the Yankees quickly answer back with a Matsui single to drive in Teixeira. The Angels score 2 more in the second. Johnny Damon hits a home run in the third. 3-2. Derek Jeter singles to score Swisher and Pena in the forth. 3-4. Angels tie it up in the fifth.

In the eighth after a single by Cano, a ground rule double by Posada, and an intentional walk to Swisher, Cabrera hits a single to score Cano. With the bases still loaded Pena doubles and scores Posada and Swisher. 4-7.

Rivera came in in the ninth. This is how the game should have been ended last night, instead of bring in Albaladejo. Rivera pitched 14 pitches, 10 for strikes. He had 1 hit and 2 strikeouts.

Burnett started today, not as strong as many of his other starts, but enough to get it done. He allowed 4 runs with 8 hits, strike outs and 1 walk in 7 innings.

Pena went 2-4 with a double and 2 RBIs. Swisher went 1-2 with 2 walks and scored twice. All the Yankees had at least 1 hit.

Next game is tomorrow at 7:05 against the Angels.

UPDATE: Red Sox lost 13-0 in Tampa Bay tonight. The only hit for the Red Sox was Ellsbury in the seventh. In the eighth inning the Red Sox took out Lopes(P) and put in Van Every(RF) to pitch. Sound familiar? Good job Red Sox.

Game 18, at Fenway

Today is game 2 of the 3 game series. Burnett vs. Beckett.

Yankees get off to an early lead in the first scoring 2 off Swisher single and Posada single. Then the Yankees score 2 more in the third off a Cano home run with Teixeira on base. 4-0. In the forth the Yankees score 2 more again off a Cano double with Jeter and Teixeira on base. 6-0

Red Sox didn't score till the forth and they made it count, scoring 5. All right 6-5, could be worse. In the fifth the Red Sox score 3 more to make it 6-8.

Damon ties it up in the sixth with a home run with Jeter on. 8-8. In the bottom of the sixth the Red Sox get another to make it 8-9. Then in the seventh the Yankees score 2 more on a error for a Damon hit to make it 10-9 but they get them back in the bottom for a 10-12 score.

Cano hit another home run in the eighth to make it 11-12. Red Sox get 4. And that's how it ends, ladies and gentlemen, 11-16.

Burnett was great in 3, lost it all in the forth. Pitching all together was not very good, for either team. 27 runs in a game is not good pitching at all.

Jeter went 2-4 with 2 walks. Teixeira was walked 5 times, good on base percentage. Cano went 3-6 with 2 home runs and 5 RBIs. Posada went 2-4 with a walk and an RBI.

Garnder went 1-5 and struck out. Come on Rodriguez, get better faster!

Weekend Series at Fenway..Yay..

I think that it is no mistake that the Yankees play the Red Sox on the weekend. Give the drunks at Fenway plenty of time to get out there and drink and what not. Of course it would be the same at New Yankee Stadium, but that is not the point. Let them go in there and give the drunks something to throw up about, besides the booze. 3 Yankees wins! haha man I wish.

Joba Chamberlain goes for his first W after 2 undecided. He will take on Jon Lester. Their ERAs are pretty close, 5.06 and 5.50, so it'll come down to how the line ups feel, I guess.

Then on Saturday A.J. Burnette goes for his third win after 2 wins and an undecided. He goes up against Josh Beckett. Again the ERAs are a pretty good match up, 3.20 and 3.79. It'll be interesting.

Pettitte will pitch Sunday. We do not know who against though.

When Joba pitches on Friday I just hope the bullpen can let him have it this time. And for Burnett, lets hope the line up can hit early to get him a lead instead of waiting till the seventh.

All in all, it'll be a great weekend. No blow outs with Wang out, I hope. Come on Wang, you're good, I know it, Yankees team knows it. Get it straight.

Game 1 of the series, Friday, 7:10. Game 2, Saturday, 4:10, on Fox. Game 3, Sunday, 8:05, on ESPN. Man will my weekend be busy. LETS GO YANKEES!!

Game 13 at home, the Game

The Yankees first hit did not come until the forth inning, when they had gone through the first three innings, one, two, three, and were losing 3-0. Jeter doubles with Gardner already out, so it was like they had started the game all over with. Teixeira hit a single to score Jeter.

Nothing interesting happened again until the seventh when Cano hit a double then Matsui hit a single to score Cano. Then Posada hits a home run, which was reviewed for about 10 minutes. I was scared, I thought the umps were going to call it a double. Anyways, 3-4 Yankees on top.

In the eighth inning, after 2 outs, Swisher doubles, then Cano is intentionally walked, then Matsui walks. When Ransom got up to bat I almost changed the channel because he had already gone 0-3. But he came through this time, hitting a double, scoreing 3 RBIs. I was amazed, never again will I doubt a player. Final score, 3-7 Yankees.

Burnett has a shaky start pitching 6.1 innings, giving 3 earned runs, on 4 hits with 7 walks. Unfortunately Burnett left the game before the Yankees got the lead back so he does not get the win.

Tomorrows game is the start of the last series in this endless game rotation. The Yankees host the Athletics at New Yankee Stadium for a 3 game series. Pettitte takes on Eveland for the Athletics. Tomorrow is game 13 of 15 in a row.

Game 13 at home, Burnett

Today the Yankees play the Indians again. Burnett is pitching so the Indians should be held a little stronger than yesterday.

Wangs short outings are making it real tough on all the Yankees to win games. From the bullpen being called in to finish a game 1.1 innings into it, to the lineup who have to make up for a 14 run inning, which can rarely be done.

Todays game is at 1:05 at New Yankee Stadium.

Game 12, at Home, WANG GET OUT!

No comment on the pitching, Yankees got out on a great start, 2 runs scored in the first thanks to a Teixeira home run, then in the sixth with a Cabrera home run to score 2 as well.

WANG go to minors. New starter needed for the Yankees! All the pitchers that played today had at least 1 run on them, some went through the whole line up in one inning, WANG..

Well I can tell you I will not watch Wangs next start, just mark it down as an L. No thanks, I want to remember the Yankees as when good pitchers have pitched, Pettitte, Chamberlain, BURNETT! Give all Wangs starts to Burnett and Burnett will still have a lower ERA than him even when hes exhausted. Wang cannot make it out of the first inning.

Game 8 at Tampa Bay, the Game, Whats wrong with Wang?

Before the game today, the Yankees took another look at their line up and their options. Mark Teixeira is back, batting third, Pena replaces Ransom at third, Damon's taking a break, and Molina is catching today while Posada DHs. Gardner, Jeter, Teixeira, Swisher, Posada, Cano, Nady, Pena, and Molina is how it is going to be tonight.

In the first the Yankees had the bases loaded against Garza, but only scored 1 run off Posada's sacrifice fly. It's OK because in the forth, Swisher hit a home run to make it 2-0.

Rays didn't get a hit off of Burnett until the seventh inning. Wow. He held them off for 7, but then they scored off three staright hits and then on a sacrifice fly. 2-2

In the eight the Yankees had a good inning. Gardner doubled, followed by Jeter's single, the a Teixeira sacrifice fly to score 1. Then in the ninth Gardner hit a ground rule double to score Cano. After that Jeter hits a home run with 2 runners on to give the Yankees a lead of 7-2.

Gardner and Jeter had great nights both going 3-5 Gardner with 1 RBI but scoring 3 times, jeter with 3 RBIs and scoring 1. Swisher also had a great night going 2-4 with a double and a home run.

Burnett went 8 innings with only 2 earned runs scored off of 3 hits in the seventh. 6 hitless innings for Burnett against the Rays. 9 strike outs with only 1 walk. Bruney went in in the ninth to finish it up. 3 strike outs did it, good for him.

"He's[Wang] not finishing pitches physically like he should be," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. "What that stems from, I can't exactly tell you. We know he's healthy and we know he's had some good sessions. We're trying to get to the bottom of it and address all the areas." Wang had trouble in the middle of last year too, then he made adjustments, fixed his sinker, and had 2 great starts before he got hurt. "Everyone is going to say, 'What's wrong with Chien-Ming Wang?' We believe that he's going to turn it around. I don't think you forget how to pitch from last June." No worries on my part.