Washington DC
July 19, 2007
54,183 fans took their seats in the Stadium today, bearing a 98-degree heat index to watch a scorcher of a game that went 12, blazing, back-and-forth innings, ending in a 4-3 nail-biting Yankee win.
Joba Chamberlain was all aces, hitting 100 mph four times on the speed gun and showing dominance as a saving grace for the rotation in his eighth start this season, despite Johnny Damon's past concerns.
The Yankees' phenom went six full innings, giving up six hits while only allowing one run, improving his ERA to a Yankee rotation's low: 2.52.
And in typical fashion, this one-run outing did not earn him a win, due to some falling stars in relief, which has bitten Joba four times so far this season. He threw 96 pitches, 62 of which were strikes, while ringing up eight strikeouts, five flyouts, and five groundouts.
The other story of the day has got to be Robbie Cano (four for six), and the second half of the lineup, which combined for 11 of the Yankees' 13 hits. The other two were by the Yankees' captain, Derek Jeter (two for six).
Also showing his real stuff was Edwar Ramirez, who held the A’s offense scoreless for two innings after Mariano gave up one in the ninth. Edwar struck out four, walked one, and gave up no hits at all, improving his ERA to 2.50, the second lowest in the bullpen behind Mo.
Joe Girardi is now pumped up for the second half of the season.
Game Recap
Striking fear into the Oakland lineup, Joba hit the very first batter, Ryan Sweeny (2-4), with an 89 mph slider after being up 0-2 in the count on him. The A’s catcher, Kurt Suzuki (2-6), then grounded into a 1-6-3 double play.
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