Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Yankees.com: Mitre doesn’t disrupt Yankees’ roll
NEW YORK—Prior to Tuesday’s game, Joe Girardi took time to denounce the notion that he is managing a rather streaky team. Then the Yankees went out and proved him wrong again.
Their 6-4 win over the Orioles was their fifth straight since the All-Star break, after a three-game losing streak in Anaheim that followed a run of 13 wins in 15 games. The Yankees are quite streaky, no question about it. But so far, their good streaks have far outweighed the bad.
This latest effort came thanks in large part to Sergio Mitre, joining the Yankees before the game to make his first start since Sept. 15, 2007. Mitre allowed four runs (three earned) in 5 2/3 innings, striking out four and walking one. Other than the three singles he allowed in the sixth inning—the third of them a two-run hit off the bat of Melvin Mora—Mitre remained in control of the game.
I was pretty happy with Mitre’s performance. I’m not expecting a ton out of him, but if he can pitch 5-6 innings and keep the other team at 3-4 runs most of the time, he’ll be in line to help this team win a fair amount of games.
Oh, and with Boston losing at Texas, guess who’s in sole possession of first place in the AL East? I’ll give you a hint, it’s not ‘the best team in baseball.’
Still, would it kill these guys to win a game by more than two runs once in a while?
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