KURODA CRUISES, YANKEES WIN STREAK NOW AT 5

What can I say; the Yankees are on a roll right now and everyone’s in a good mood because of it. Behind a strong Hiroki Kuroda, the Yankees completed a three-game sweep over the Oakland A’s, 2-0, and they now have a five-game winning streak overall.

Kuroda, as noted in the headline, cruised in this one. Yes, I know it was against the A’s, but c’mon, the guy needed to have a good outing. He did that and then some, pitching 8 shutout innings while allowing just four singles. I know this may just be just another stop on the Kuroda rollercoaster, and he may suck next time out against the Detroit Tigers, but hey, let’s just enjoy this start and cross our fingers next time around.

The offense was a different story in this one, however. The Yanks scored just two runs on eight hits against Tommy Milone, whom the Yankees have never seen before. The first run came in the 2nd on a mammoth homer by Andruw Jones, while the second, and final run, came in the 7th on a Mark Teixeira RBI double. Tex is officially on fire, folks.

He’s hitting .434 (10-for-23) in his last six games. But, the Yankees, as a team, went 1-for-11 with RISP on Sunday. You can get away with that when your starter dominates, but more likely than not you can’t. Hopefully they’ll get back on track in that department going forward.

When I saw the A’s on the Yankees’ schedule I was expecting sweep, and sure enough, the Yankees swept the A’s. Anyway, the Yanks will head on down to Anaheim to take on Albert Pujols and the Angels. Phil Hughes (4-5, 4.94 ERA) will look to continue his awesome May against Jered Weaver (6-1, 2.61 ERA) on Memorial Day.

 

--Jesse Schindler, BYB Lead Staff Writer
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