05/15: Yankees get to .500 on a day filled with milestones
Posted by: David
The New York Yankees won their eighth straight game and have reached the .500 mark at 19-19 with three games upcoming against the Seattle Mariners at Safeco Field starting tomorrow night.
Randy Johnson did not have his best stuff at all and struggled all day. He gave up three runs in the first inning aided by his own error on a simple come backer to the first batter of the game. However, Tino Martinez aided the cause with two homeruns inlcuding a tieing two run shot in the fourth. The Yankees got the A's starter Haren out of the game in the seventh and were able to score two runs against Ricardo Rincon to take a two run lead. Jason Giambi came up with a key two out double to put the Yankees ahead and Robinson Cano followed with one of his four hits to extend the lead to two runs.
As for milestones, the Yankees are now at .500. It was Randy Johnson's 250th career win. Mariano Rivera recorded the 342nd save of his career to pass Hall of Famer Rollie Fingers into seventh place on the all time career saves list and Joe Torre recorded his 1800th career victory as a manager, including 906 as the Yankees manager.
The entire Yankees bullpen did not allow a runner on base. Tanyon Sturtze pitched a perfect seventh inning followed by Tom Gordon in the eighth and Mo to finish the game in the ninth.
Tino Martinez has been just awesome. His two homeruns today give him twelve on the season and tie him with A-Rod for the major league lead.
Randy Johnson did not have his best stuff at all and struggled all day. He gave up three runs in the first inning aided by his own error on a simple come backer to the first batter of the game. However, Tino Martinez aided the cause with two homeruns inlcuding a tieing two run shot in the fourth. The Yankees got the A's starter Haren out of the game in the seventh and were able to score two runs against Ricardo Rincon to take a two run lead. Jason Giambi came up with a key two out double to put the Yankees ahead and Robinson Cano followed with one of his four hits to extend the lead to two runs.
As for milestones, the Yankees are now at .500. It was Randy Johnson's 250th career win. Mariano Rivera recorded the 342nd save of his career to pass Hall of Famer Rollie Fingers into seventh place on the all time career saves list and Joe Torre recorded his 1800th career victory as a manager, including 906 as the Yankees manager.
The entire Yankees bullpen did not allow a runner on base. Tanyon Sturtze pitched a perfect seventh inning followed by Tom Gordon in the eighth and Mo to finish the game in the ninth.
Tino Martinez has been just awesome. His two homeruns today give him twelve on the season and tie him with A-Rod for the major league lead.
Patrick wrote:
No one in the Yankee lineup failed to reach base. Even A-Rod and Posada, who were the only hitless Yankees, walked once each and scored one run apiece. Cano was 4 for 5 (making him 11 for his last 17 and raising his average to .325) with a 2 out RBI and Jeter had 3 hits and his own 2 out RBI, raising his average to .327. Tino's bat is a lightning rod right now - he's now tied with A-Rod for the team lead in home runs.