It’s always good to get
on the plane feeling good, and the Yankees will after Wednesday's win.
The first two games of the series were hard losses to take, but the
Yankees came back last night and salvaged the last game of the series
defying the powers of the Rally Monkey.
Going into the game Ivan Nova had a tough record to protect, the last time he had a loss was at
Angel Stadium. It wasn’t Nova’s best start, his line looked like this:
6.2innings, 8 hits, 5 runs, 2 strikeouts and 1 HR.
Ivan Nova had an early 5-1
lead in the 3rd inning after
Curtis Granderson and
Robinson Cano hit home runs, but he
gave the lead in the 4th inning with a 2-run homer off of the hot bat of
Mark Trumbo.
Mike Trout then hit a 2 run single, tying the game at
five. Nova continues to struggle with giving up home runs, and tonight he
just did not have that put away pitch when he was ahead of the count.
Nova’s start wasn’t great, but it was good enough to get the win.
Fans definitely had their fair share of drama this game as both teams made it suspenseful.
Raul Ibanez came through for the Yankees in the 6th inning hitting a triple,
followed by a sac fly RBI from
Nick Swisher which gave Nova the lead again.
Boone Logan entered in relief of Nova but wasn’t fooling the Angels allowing
two men to get on base, which made Girardi go to the bullpen again.
Cory Wade came in and successfully struck out the next three batters,
preserving the Yankee lead.
Rafael Soriano came in during the ninth inning
and allowed Callaspo to walk and gave up a single to
Albert Pujols putting two
men on base. The Angels put pressure the pressure on but
ARod was able
to tag
Alberto Callaspo out on his way to third and
Torii Hunter flied out to
left field to end the game. Once again, Soriano was able to work out of
trouble fooling a late rally attempt by the Angels, which was good for
his sixth save.
Final Score:
Yankees 6 - Angels 5.
The Yankees now head back east after a
successful 4-2 road trip and are now 1.5 games out of first place.
Next, the Yankees take on the struggling Tigers. CC will take the mound
on Friday and the Yankees will have to face the dangerous Verlander on
Sunday. It should be an exciting series, but until then enjoy the off
day!
--Jeana Bellezza --BYB Writer and Editor
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