Finally the New York Yankees were able to end their losing streak!  The Yankees pounded out a 13-3 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday afternoon to break their three game losing streak.  With the win, they were able to avoid the embarrassing three game sweep.

Bobby Abreu hit two home runs and Alex Rodriguez connected for one as well.  It was great to see the Yankees score 13 runs and pretty much dominate the entire game.  Abreu finished the game with three rbi while A-Rod and Xavier Nady both had two rbi.  Johnny Damon, Justin Christian, and Jason Giambi all finished with one rbi.

Joba Chamberlain earned the win and is now 4-3 on the year.  Joba tossed six innings while allowing five hits and two runs.  He struck out six batters while walking none so he did have good control of his pitches.

David Robertson was charged with one run in the eighth inning.  Dan Giese pitched the ninth inning to finish up the game.

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The New York Yankees swept away the visiting Minnesota Twins on Wednesday with a 5-1 victory.  The Yankees pretty much dominated the entire series against the Twins as they won all three games pretty easily.  I have a feeling that the Yankees are going to go on a nice run and get right back up there with the Rays and Red Sox in the standings.

Mike Mussina tossed eight shutout innings to pick up the victory.  It was a great outing by the moose as he only gave up six hits and struckout seven batters.  Mussina is now 13-6 on the year.  LaTroy Hawkins came in and pitched the 9th inning and gave up one run as he had some troubles.  Mariano Rivera was then brought in to finish off the Twins and pick up his 25th save of the season.

The Yankees didn’t get on the scoreboard until the 5th inning when left fielder Justin Christian had a two run double to score two runs.  Alex Rodriguez then had a two run double in the 6th inning before he scored on a Richie Sexson rbi sac fly.  Those two innings were all that was needed for the offense because Mussina threw the ball so well.

The Yankees are now off on Thursday and will head to Boston to take on the Red Sox in a weekend series.  So how well will they fare do you think?  This is a huge series at this point in the season.

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The New York Yankees lost a make up road game to the Pittsburgh Pirates by the score of 4-2 on Thursday night.  The Yankees could only muster two runs in the seventh inning in the game as they struggled to get the big hit in the game that they are accustomed to getting.

Both of the Yankees runs came off the bat of Bobby Abreu who had a two run single in the seventh that scored Justin Christian and Wilson Betemit.

Mike Mussina tossed the first six innings while allowing nine hits and two runs in the game.  Moose did a pretty good job however he took home the no decision.  Jose Veras took the loss for the Yankees as he gave up two runs in the seventh inning.

The Yankees will now board another plane and head to Toronto where they will play their final series of the first half against the Toronto Blue Jays.

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