Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Grand Bobby, Just Grand
After 20 games, the Yankees had yet to hit any homers besides 15 solo shots and 5 two-run shots. This was a big part of the team’s offensive underperformance to this point. That changed in last night’s 9-5 victory over the Chicago White Sox, as Bobby Abreu hit an opposite field grand slam with two outs in the top of the seventh to turn a 3-2 deficit into a 6-4 lead. Johnny Damon added a three run HR in the ninth to give the Yankees a 9-4.
For all the clamoring in some places about releasing Damon or at least benching him, he’s now hitting .243/.357/.471 which is an OPS+ of 123.
Chien-Ming Wang didn’t pitch very well but got through six innings and allowed just three runs. His command was all over the place and he gave up 7 line drives but all’s well that ends well.
It was a nice win to start off another long stretch on the road. We’ll see if Mike Mussina and his power changeup can continue the streak tonight against Javy Vazquez, who’s pitching very well so far this season.
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