THE YANKEES WIN THE MARATHON WHEN TEIXEIRA COMES UP BIG

These Yankees, Nationals games have been very good. I'm really enjoying them. What a battle today. I'm thrilled the Yankees came out on top.

It all started with Andy Pettitte who pitched great today. He pitched 7 strong innings, he allowed 5 hits and only 2 runs. He did not factor into the decision because Cory Wade gave up a home run and the Nats tied it up.

Look, Cory Wade and the rest of the gang have pitched great. Wade just made a mistake pitched, I ain't mad at him. Think of it this way, the Nationals were only held to 3 runs. Meanwhile, so were the Yankees until they finally exploded in the 14th. More on that in a moment.

One disappointing moment was Derek Jeter today. 0-6 and he didn't look too good until he worked the count in the 14th and finally got a hit to go 1-7. that hit was huge...that also in a moment. Another disappointing moment was when Nick Swisher was tagged out at home and it turns out he had a bone bruise. I suspect he'll be day to day. That stinks. Andruw Jones and DeWayne Wise did a good job in the outfield filling in.And look, I love watching Bryce Harper play, I think he's a true talent. But he strikes out 5 times today in the game and I need tell you...as a Yankee fan, that's just terrific. You never want to see this guy do damage against your team. Way to go Clay Rapada who came in specifically to pitch to Harper and succeeded and then later, great pitching by Freddy Garcia to strike him out in the 13th.

One more thing, that top of the 11th inning was great for Ryan Zimmerman and the Nationals. He made 2 really great defensive plays at 3rd base, plays that other third baseman may not be able to make, pretty impressive. Unfortunately for him, that throwing error he made in the 12th inning could have cost him. I mean it didn't because in the end of that inning, the Yankees do what they do best, they stranded 2 as Chris Stewart struck out to end the inning but they could have capitalized.Now to the 14th...it was huge for the Yankees. With Jayson Nix on base, Derek Jeter really worked the count and finally had a base hit and with 2 on base, Mark Teixeira came up big with a 2 run double. Really nice and a very big inning.

Final Score today: Yankees 5 - Nationals 3. Freddy Garcia gets the Win, Soriano gets the save. Don't look now, but we've won 8 in a row.

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