Joba Goes 7 Strong. Swish Powers Offense, As Yanks Win 8-6

(The Voice of Yankees Universe)

Joba Chamberlain’s velocity was up today, and it showed in the box score. He pitched seven strong innings and pick up his first win of the season. His line was: W, 7IP 3H 1R 1ER 3BB 6K. (88 Pitches-50 for Strikes) I felt he could have went another inning, but the fact that they were up by so much it wasn’t a bad move by Girardi. You can’t blame Joe for taking out a starter with a 7 run lead. Coke pitched a scoreless frame in the 8th inning. Albaladejo came on in the 9th, but ran into trouble so Joe brought in Mariano to close out the game. Unfortunately, it seemed like Mo was rushed out to the mound without getting a bunch of warm up pitches in the bullpen. He gave up a 3-run homer to make the game 8-6, but retired the next batter to end the game.

Nick Swisher is continuing his enormous start to the season. He went 2-5, with 2HR’s , 2R’s & 4RBI’s. Johnny Damon went 2-4 on the game, picking up a run and an RBI. Hideki Matsui went 1-2, with a run, 3 walks, and 3 RBI’s.  The team collected a total of 9 hits on the game and knocked in 8 runs. Jorge Posada stole his 17th base of his career. Haha.

The Yanks move one game over the .500 mark and stand at a record of 11-10. They will go home tomorrow to start a four game series againat the Anaheim Angels.

April 29, 2009

1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   R   H   E  NY Yankees 0 0 0 7 1 0 0 0 0   8 9 0 Detroit 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5   6 7 0

NY Yankees	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Jeter, SS	5	1	0	0	0	1	3	.278
Berroa, 3B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250
Damon, LF	4	1	2	1	1	1	0	.297
Gardner, CF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220
Teixeira, 1B	3	1	0	0	2	0	1	.197
Matsui, DH	2	1	1	3	3	0	0	.295
Cano, 2B	5	0	1	0	0	0	7	.371
Posada, C	4	1	1	0	1	0	1	.277
Swisher, RF	5	2	2	4	0	0	2	.307
Cabrera, M, CF-LF	5	1	1	0	0	0	2	.311
Pena, 3B-SS	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	.227
Totals	36	8	9	8	8	2	17
BATTING 2B: Damon (2, Porcello), Matsui (5, Rapada). HR: Swisher 2 (7, 4th inning off Porcello, 2 on, 1 out; 5th inning off Rapada, 0 on, 1 out). TB: Damon 3; Matsui 2; Cano; Posada; Swisher 8; Cabrera, M; Pena. RBI: Swisher 4 (19), Damon (9), Matsui 3 (8). 2-out RBI: Damon; Matsui 3. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Cano 4. Team RISP: 3-for-7. Team LOB: 9.   BASERUNNING SB: Posada (1, 2nd base off Porcello/Laird). FIELDING DP: (Posada-Cano).

NY Yankees	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Chamberlain (W, 1-0)	7.0	3	1	1	3	6	0	3.13
Coke	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4.15
Albaladejo	0.2	3	4	4	1	1	0	8.18
Rivera	0.1	1	1	1	0	0	1	3.12

Final Score: NY Yankees 8, Detroit 6

(Statistics, Courtesy of MLB.com)

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