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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The New York Yankees are now one game above .500 after beating the Tampa Bay Rays by the score of 5-3 on Tuesday night.  Behind two RBI’s from Hideki Matsui and seven innings by starting pitcher Andy Pettitte, the Yankees controlled the game for the most part.

Matsui hit a solo home run to get the game started in the first inning, and then picked up another RBI in the fourth inning when he grounded out to first.  Derek Jeter and Bobby Abreu had one RBI each as well.

Pettite pitched seven innings and gave up nine hits but only three earned runs.  He struckout five batters and walked three.  Pettitte improved to 2-1 on the season with the victory.  Kyle Farnsworth pitched a scoreless eigth inning before Mariano Rivera picked up the save in the ninth inning.  It was Rivera’s fifth save of the season.

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The New York Yankees continue to play bad baseball as they were shutout by the Kansas City Royals 4-0 on Wednesday night.  They Yankees just couldn’t get the bats going against crafty pitcher Zack Greinke of the Royals.  The Yankees now drop to 4-5 on the season.

Brian Bruney started on the mound for the Yankees as Ian Kennedy was scratced from the start because the Yankees expected rain to halt the game.  Bruney pitched two innings of scoreless baseball and then was replaced by Billy Traber who pitched a scoreless inning.  Kyle Farnsworth then came in and allowed two earned runs and Kennedy finally came in and allowed another two earned runs.  Farnsworth ended up taking the loss on the game.

The Yankees just flat stunk it up tonight.  Hopefully the bats will come around and they will pick up a victory tomorrow.

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Mike Mussina and Bobby Abreu dominated the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday night as the New York Yankees won 6-1 to move their record to 4-3.

Mussina pitched six inning to pick up his first win of the season.  Mussina only gave up two hits on the night and one earned run.  It was also nice to see Moose only give up one walk while striking out three batters.

Brian Bruney, Kyle Farnsworth, and LaTroy Hawkins all pitched one inning in relief and did not allow an earned run.  They all pitched great so overall it was a very well pitched game for the Yankees.

Abreu led the Yankees at the plate going 3-3 with one homerun and two RBI.  Hideki Matsui also had two RBI, while Robinson Cano and Alex Rodriguez chipped in with one RBI each.

The Yankees are now 4-3 on the season.

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The New York Yankees played a terrible game tonight as they lost to the Tampa Bay Rays 13-4.  The Yankees fell behind early as they were down in a 6-0 hole heading into the bottom of the 3rd inning when they scored four runs to make it 6-4.  They could never battle all the way back however and the Rays eventually went onto win.

Ian Kennedy was the starting pitcher and a very bad outing.  He only lasted 2.1 innings while giving up four hits, six runs, four walks, and two strikeouts.  The rest of the pitching staff was alright except for Latroy Hawkins who pitched in the 8th inning and gave up another six earned runs.  Kyle Farnsworth tried to stop the bleeding but he also allowed one earned run.

It just wasn’t the Yankees night tonight against the Rays.  I fully expect the Yankees to come out and get a victory on Saturday against this same Rays team however.  They won’t take another ass kicking like this.

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