The Yankees salvaged a series win last night with a 4-1 victory in Oakland putting them back to a game over .500.  On a night where their offense was still slow coming out of the box, they were able to put together one rally that helped push them to victory. 

Hideki Matsui celebrated his 34th birthday in style as his 6th inning grand slam powered the Yankee offense.  An infield single by Derek Jeter followed by walks to Bobby Abreu and Alex Rodriguez set the stage for Matsui’s dramatics as he drove a 1-1 pitch just over the 362 sign in right-center field. 

 Andy Pettitte returned to form last night as well tossing 8 strong innings of 1-run ball allowing only 5 hits over that span to pick up his 6th win of the year.  Andy looked very comfortable last night, located his pitches well and seemed to have everything working for him.  He pitched out of trouble in the second and third innings but other than that, he sailed right along.    Mariano Rivera got three outs including 2 strikeouts for his 18th save of the season.

The Yankees flew to Houston after the game for this weeks’ interleague play.  It will be the Yankees first trip to Minute Maid Park and Joba Chamberlain goes for the Yankees in the opener Friday night. 

The Kansas City Royals hit two home runs against the New York Yankees pitching staff of Monday afternoon, and they only needed those two hits as they beat the Yankees 3-2 at Yankee Stadium.  Mariano Rivera gave up the game winning hit in the top of the ninth inning as Jose Guillen took him deep for a solo home run.

Rivera is now 2-2 after taking the loss for the Yankees.  The loss put a dampter on the game where starting pitcher Mike Mussina tossed a gem.  Mussina tossed eight innings and only gave up a two run home run in the seventh inning.  Mussina only allowed three hits, just the one home run was the costly mistake.

The Yankees struggled at the plate against the Royals as they only came up with six hits for the entire game.  Alex Rodriguez did hit a two run home run in the seventh inning, but other then that there was no offense at all out of the Yankees.

So now the Yankees are back at .500 with a 32-32 record on the season.  They will now take on the Oakland A’s in a three game series starting Tuesday evening.

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Talk about a dramatic scene at Yankees Stadium as Jason Giambi was called upon in the ninth inning to pitch hit and hit a game winning two run home run.  Giambi’s home run barely stayed in play as he it into the upper deck to the right field line to give teh Yankees the 9-8 victory over the Blue Jays.

Giambi wasn’t the only Yankees player to hit a long ball as Wilson Betemit had a two run shot in the sixth inning as well.  Besides Giambi and Betemit’s two rbi each, Bobby Abreu and Alex Rodriguez also had two rbi each.  Hideki Matsui finished things up with one rbi on the game.

Kyle Farnsworth was credited with the win as he pitched the top of the ninth inning.  Farnsy is is now 1-2 on the season.  He didn’t even pitch that well in the ninth inning as he gave up three hits and one run.

Starting pitcher Chien-Ming Wang only lasted 4 1/3 innings as he was pulled after giving up five hits and seven runs.  Wang was pretty wild as he also had four walks and gave up one home run.  Ross Ohlendorf, LaTroy Hawkins, and Jose Veras all pitched before Farnsworth pitched the ninth.

The Yankees will now start a series with the Kansas City Royals this weekend that I can seem the sweeping.

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Relief pitcher Kyle Farnsworth gave up a rbi double to Delmon Young in the eighth inning that broke a 4-4 tie and the Minnesota Twins went on to beat the New York Yankees by the score of 5-4.  Yankees fans that I talked to right after the game were very pissed off at Farnsworth.

Farnsworth is now 0-2 on the season after he took the loss in the game.  Starting Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte threw seven innings and gave up ten hits and five runs.  Pettitte just didn’t have enough to go any further in the game and the Yankees had to call on Farnsworth.  Usually that would have been Joba Chamberlain in the game, but now with Joba in the starting rotation, the Yankees need to find a relief pitcher to get the ball to Mariano Rivera in the ninth inning.

Alex Rodriguez led the Yankees at the plate as he hit his eighth home run of the season and had two rbi in the game.  Johnny Damon, Jason Giambi, and Melky Cabrera all had one rbi in the game as well.  The offense didn’t have good production as they left 25 runners on base in the game.

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The New York Yankees were hammered by the Baltimore Orioles by the score of 12-2 on Tuesday night. I really don’t have a whole lot to blog about because the Yankees pretty much got their butt handed to them.

Mike Mussina only lasted 2/3 of an inning as he got rocked.  Mussina gave up five hits and seven runs to take the loss.  Ross Ohlendorf gave up another three runs over the next three innings.  Jose Veras also gave up a run as he pitched in relief.

The two Yankees runs came in the sixth inning when Alex Rodriguez hit a two run home run.  It was A-Rod’s 13th home run of the season.

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The New York Yankees scored four runs in the sixth inning as they went onto beat the Cleveland Indians by the score of 5-2.  The Yankees didn’t have their first hit until the sixth inning, but from there on out it was all Yankees in the victory.

Hideki Matsui led the Yankees with two RBI’s as he went 1-4 on the night.  Alex Rodriguez, Jason Giambi, and Morgan Ensberg also all had one RBI each.

Mike Mussina pitched five innings to pick up his third win of the season.  Mussina gave up seven hits but only two runs as he struckout two batters and walked one.  Jonathan Albaladejo, Kyle Farnsworth, Joba Chamberlain, and Mariano Rivera pitched the final four innings of the game and held the Indians scoreless.  Rivera picked up the save which was his eighth of the season.

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The New York Yankees coming back from a 3 game losing streak really needed a win today and that is just what they got.  Even with Alex Rodriguez leaving in the sixth inning with a strained quadriceps the Yankess were able to get another win under their belt putting them at 10-10 for the year.

With Andy Pettitte taking the mound for seven innings picking up his third win of the year putting him at 3-1, not much was left for Joba Chamberlain, Brian Bruney, and Mariano Rivera who were able to close it out giving up only one run in the 8th inning.

Alex Rodriguez picked up his 10th RBI of the season and he wasn’t the only one driving in runs for the Yankees.  Hideki Matsui, Johnny Damon, and Derek Jeter all picked up RBIs as well.

With the Yankees blood pumping hard after a much needed win, how will they face off against the White Sox on Tuesday?  I think they are going to come out and pick up another victory.  What do you think Yankee fans?

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Alex Rodriguez hit his 521st career home run and Robinson Cano later hit the game winning home run for the New York Yankees as they went onto beat the Tampa Bay Rays by the score of 8-7.  A-Rod’s home run tied him on the all time list with Ted Williams and Willie McCovey.

Besides Rodriguez’s and Cano’s home runs, Johnny Damon and Morgan Ensberg also went deep.  Damon led the Yankees with three RBI’s, Derek Jeter had two RBI, while Rodriguez, Cano, and Ensberg all finished with one RBI.

Brian Bruney pitched in relief and picked up the win while Mariano Rivera picked up the save which was his fourth of the season.  Starting pitcher Ian Kennedy did pitch six innings giving up eight hits and three earned runs.  Kennedy had a pretty good performance, a lot better then his previous game.

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The New York Yankees were finally able to win in Kansas City and escaped the three game sweep by the Royals.  The Yankees finally showed up to play and beat the Royals by the score of 6-1 on Thursday night behind a strong performance by Andy Pettitte.

Pettitte pitched 6.2 innings and only gave up the one earned run and five hits.  It was a good performance by Pettitte and the Yankees really needed him to step up.

Melky Cabrera and Alex Rodriguez both hit two-run home runs to pace the Yankees offense with two RBI each.  Jorge Posada accounted for one RBI as well.

With the win, the Yankees record now stands at 5-5.

The New York Yankees continue to play bad baseball as they lost to the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday afternoon by the score of 5-2.  Alex Rodriguez struck out four times for the first time in his career, and other Yankees hitters had troubles as well.

Phil Hughes took the loss for the Yankees and is now 0-2 on the season.  Hughes only lasted three innings as he gave up six hits and three earned runs.  Ross Ohlendorf came in following Hughes and gave up another two earned runs.

Johnny Damon and Wilson Betemit recorded one RBI each for the Yankees.

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