The New York Yankees avoided a three game sweep by beating the Cleveland Indians 6-3 on Thursday afternoon.  Out of no where the Yankees hit four home runs and put up six runs on the board to pick up the win which was their 18th of the season as they are 18-18 now.

Johnny Damon, Jason Giambi, Robinson Cano, and Wilson Betemit all hit home runs for the Yankees.  Damon and Giambi finished the game with two rbi each while Cano and Betemit had one rbi each.

Mike Mussina picked up the win for the Yankees.  Mussina tossed five innings of four hit ball as he gave up three runs.  Ross Ohlendorf, Joba Chamberlain, and Mariano Rivera pitched the final four innings of the game to finish off the Indians.  Rivera picked up his ninth save of the season.

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Relief pitcher Joba Chamberlain gave up a three run home run to David Dellucci in the eighth inning as the Yankees lost to the Indians by the score of 5-3 on Tuesday night.  Chamberlain who is usually lights out is now 1-2 on the season.

Yankees starting pitcher Andy Pettitte pitched 6 1/3 innings as he gave up five hits and two runs.  Pettitte pitched well enough to win the game and probably should have if Chamberlain wouldn’t have had bad control and gave up the three run home run.

Jason Giambi had two RBI at the plate for the Yankees and Robinson Cano had one RBI in the game.

With the loss, the Yankees record dropped to the .500 mark at 17-17 on the season.

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Yankees starting pitcher Phil Hughes was once again hammered as he took the mound for the Yankees on Tuesday night.  This time it was the Detroit Tigers who did the hammering as the put up six runs on Hughes in only 3.2 innings.

Besides Hughes sucking, the Yankees bullpen pitched pretty good and atleast gave the offense a chance at coming back and winning the game.  Give the bullpen credit for that atleast.

Robinson Cano hit a two run home run in the second inning, but it wasn’t until the eighth inning when the Yankees scored another run.  In the eighth inning, Derek Jeter was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded.  Of course, the Yankees didn’t score another run after Jeter was hit.  In the ninth inning, Jason Giambi had a RBI single that scored Hideki Matsui.

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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 were able to beat the Chicago White Sox 9-5 on Tueday night behind three home runs.  Jason Giambi, Bobby Abreu, and Johnny Damon all hit home runs for the Yankees.  The Yankees used seven runs in the seventh and eigth innings to blow the game wide open.

Abreu led the Yankees with four RBI as he hit a grand slam in the seventh inning.  Damon wasn’t too far behind Abreu as he finished with three RBI.  Hideki Matsui and Giambi both finished with one RBI each.

Chien-Ming Wang improved to 4-0 on the season as he pitched six innings to pick up the win.  Wang did allow 10 hits, but limited the White Sox to only three runs.  Billy Traber and Kyle Farnsworth both allowed one run out of the bullpen.

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