Thanks to Beckett, Byrd, Bay, Lowell, and Ortiz, the Red Sox are now just a game and half back from those evil Tampa Bay Rays.
The weekend's three game (and final) series against the Texas Rangers was fun to watch -- most of the time. The bookend games were the best - because the Red Sox had early leads in both and Sox pitching kept the Rangers at bay 'til their final out in the 9th.
Although Beckett had a short outing, he was definitely the Beckett of old. The first three innings were a breeze for the ace. All nine men he faced he retired on just 40 pitches. With the Sox up 5-zip, Beckett came out for the fourth and had a little trouble. Maybe the Rangers, having seen Beckett for the first three innings, were more prepared and able to get in a couple hits. But it didn't end up changing anything, because it doesn't matter how many men get on base, as long as none of them reach home. And Beckett along with the Red Sox defense kept the Rangers from scoring. As a matter of fact the pitching and the defense were so good, the Rangers didn't score until the 9th when Okie gave up the only Rangers run. So, with a W for game one, it was onto game 2 and Wakefield's 500th appearance.
But by the time Wakefield left Saturday's game, I'm sure he and all of Red Sox Nation was ready for appearance number 501. Needless to say, game two was a disaster.
Sometimes mother nature is not a lady. That had to have been the case on Saturday when Wake got the first five batters he faced out without breaking a sweat. But Mother Nature clearly wasn't happy with Wake's outing and decided to give him some trouble. She brought the pain - in the form of a gusty wind that sent Wakefield's knuckler everywhere except over the plate. It was so bad that by the time Fracona hooked Wake the knuckler had given up four hits, four walks, and even hit a batter.
But I can't blame the whole game on Wakefield. Sure he'd dug the hole, but if the relief staff had kept the Rangers at bay for the next 7 innings the Sox would've had a chance. But they didn't. Smith gave up two runs, my favorite relief pitcher, Mike Timlin, gave up another four and Pauley gave up the last two nails in the Sox coffin. The game was depressing and as Dad said, lost the Sox the opportunity to move up on those evil little Rays. Oh well, there was still game three.
And game three was what all Sox fans love to watch - a game that has win written all over it. Paul Byrd was the pitcher. Since joining the Sox, he's been a great addition. He got his fourth straight win Sunday thanks to some great hitting from the Sox offense. Things got a little hairy in the third when Byrd loaded the bases with a single, a hit batsman and a walk. Thankfully none of those Rangers would ever see home because with two outs, Byrd got Young to strike out swinging. I'm sure a sigh of relief escaped Byrd's lips because you know it escaped ever member of Red Sox Nation's. His next 3.2 innings were smooth sailing, and by the time he left the Sox were up 7-zip thanks to Ortiz and Bay getting their 18th and 27th homers respectively. Sure the Rangers would wrangle a run in the 8th and 9th, but with Pap on the mound, you knew that was all the opposition would get.
With the Yanks, and more importantly the Rays, imploding before the Nation's eyes, the Sox are now only 1.5 games out of first place in the American League East. And luckily it's back to the Fens for the first of six games against the new thorn in the Sox side. With Lester starting today, there's high hope that the Rays' losing streak will follow them to Boston.
Monday, September 8, 2008
Sunday, September 7, 2008
Well, this was another example of how the recent acquisitions by the Sox have helped right the ship and get us closer to the post-season. Paul Byrd, late of Cleveland, went six and 2/3 strong innings today, allowing no runs and just three hits. The successor to Manny in left, Jason Bay, picked up another homer. All of this along with the usual output from Papi(homer), Pedroia, another hit, a trip by Cora and doubles by Yooouk and Crisp.
Starting out two zip after two, the Sox steadily built their lead, bit by bit, until it was the end of their half of the 7th and they led seven zip. The bullpen, overall, did a decent job, but when it started to look like the Rangers were mounting something of a rally, or might do so, Laserman--you know him as Papelbon-- came in and, as usual, slammed the door.
Best part of the day--the Rays lost and we're now 1 1/2 behind and six of our next nine are against them, half in the Fens. Also, it gets better, both the Twinkies and Mr. Hankie's Yankees lost, each dropping another game to the rear. Yessss!
Starting out two zip after two, the Sox steadily built their lead, bit by bit, until it was the end of their half of the 7th and they led seven zip. The bullpen, overall, did a decent job, but when it started to look like the Rangers were mounting something of a rally, or might do so, Laserman--you know him as Papelbon-- came in and, as usual, slammed the door.
Best part of the day--the Rays lost and we're now 1 1/2 behind and six of our next nine are against them, half in the Fens. Also, it gets better, both the Twinkies and Mr. Hankie's Yankees lost, each dropping another game to the rear. Yessss!
Saturday, September 6, 2008
A Missed Opportunity--Peter
Tonight was frustrating--very frustrating! By the time our heroes took the field in Arlington, Texas, they knew that both the Rays and the Twinkies had lost. So they had an excellent opportunity to extend their wild card lead over the Twinks and to creep a game closer to the Rays for the division lead. It was not to be tonight.
Although they broke on top, one zip, in the 2d, the Rangers' response was, figuratively, deafening. After two were out in the Texas half of the 2d, they pushed seven runs across the plate, much of it aided by a sudden streak of wildness by Wake. Four hits, a ringing double among them, four walks and a hit batsman, not to mention a stolen base, and the game was pretty much out of hand. At that point, Wake was given a pass to the showers and his relief picked off a Texas baserunner to staunch the bleeding--for the moment.
It's too bad tonight didn't work out for Wake. It was his 500th appearance in a Sox uniform, a figure only matched once previously--by "The Steemah", Bob Stanley. To top that off, Wake becomes one of an equally select club of hurlers who've had at least 500 appearances and 350 starts for the same club. The only other guys in this elite grouop currently playing are Glavine and Smoltz, both of the Braves. Must be the Boston connection in the baseball genes. The Braves started life in Boston, before moving to Milwaukie and later to Atlanta.
Actually, as things turned out, had that been the extent of the Rangers offense for the night, the Sox would have ended up with the 'W'. They added a threespot in the top of the 3d, and it looked briefly like the Hose might rally. Not to be. In the bottom half of the same inning, Texas replied again, this time picking up a pair of runs on the first of two homers by Cruz, 9-4, Texas.
It just got worse from that point on. The Rangers added a run in the 5th on Cruz's second roundtripper of the game, a solo shot. Acting as if they should keep something going in each inning, they added to that total in the 6th. They picked up a trey on four hits, two of them triples and one a double.
Things stayed that way until the Texas half of the 8th, when they added another pair of runs on three hits, the last of them a solid double by who else--Cruz, he of the two earlier cheap seat shots. It was now 15-4, Texas.
Finally, in their half of the 9th, our heroes awoke and at least tried to stage a meaningful rally. Impossible? Well, remember, these were the same Rangers that the Sox beat less than a month ago, 19-17, scoring ten runs in a single inning along the way. Unfortunately, that was history and this was today. The Bosox did tack on a double deuce, 4 runs, but that's where it ended. They sent nine men to the plate, getting six singles and nothing more. Final score, 15-8, Texas.
On the plus side--yes, there was something of a silver lining--Yoooouk in a return from a few days off for a combo of back spasms and 'flu-like symptoms', drove his 25th home run of the season out of the park, accounting for three runs. Bay and Lowell, who was 2-4 in his second day back from the DL, each got a two bagger. Beyond that--ugly--very ugly.
Although they broke on top, one zip, in the 2d, the Rangers' response was, figuratively, deafening. After two were out in the Texas half of the 2d, they pushed seven runs across the plate, much of it aided by a sudden streak of wildness by Wake. Four hits, a ringing double among them, four walks and a hit batsman, not to mention a stolen base, and the game was pretty much out of hand. At that point, Wake was given a pass to the showers and his relief picked off a Texas baserunner to staunch the bleeding--for the moment.
It's too bad tonight didn't work out for Wake. It was his 500th appearance in a Sox uniform, a figure only matched once previously--by "The Steemah", Bob Stanley. To top that off, Wake becomes one of an equally select club of hurlers who've had at least 500 appearances and 350 starts for the same club. The only other guys in this elite grouop currently playing are Glavine and Smoltz, both of the Braves. Must be the Boston connection in the baseball genes. The Braves started life in Boston, before moving to Milwaukie and later to Atlanta.
Actually, as things turned out, had that been the extent of the Rangers offense for the night, the Sox would have ended up with the 'W'. They added a threespot in the top of the 3d, and it looked briefly like the Hose might rally. Not to be. In the bottom half of the same inning, Texas replied again, this time picking up a pair of runs on the first of two homers by Cruz, 9-4, Texas.
It just got worse from that point on. The Rangers added a run in the 5th on Cruz's second roundtripper of the game, a solo shot. Acting as if they should keep something going in each inning, they added to that total in the 6th. They picked up a trey on four hits, two of them triples and one a double.
Things stayed that way until the Texas half of the 8th, when they added another pair of runs on three hits, the last of them a solid double by who else--Cruz, he of the two earlier cheap seat shots. It was now 15-4, Texas.
Finally, in their half of the 9th, our heroes awoke and at least tried to stage a meaningful rally. Impossible? Well, remember, these were the same Rangers that the Sox beat less than a month ago, 19-17, scoring ten runs in a single inning along the way. Unfortunately, that was history and this was today. The Bosox did tack on a double deuce, 4 runs, but that's where it ended. They sent nine men to the plate, getting six singles and nothing more. Final score, 15-8, Texas.
On the plus side--yes, there was something of a silver lining--Yoooouk in a return from a few days off for a combo of back spasms and 'flu-like symptoms', drove his 25th home run of the season out of the park, accounting for three runs. Bay and Lowell, who was 2-4 in his second day back from the DL, each got a two bagger. Beyond that--ugly--very ugly.
Friday, September 5, 2008
Welcome Back Lowell!--Peter
Well, tonight marked the return of Mike Lowell from the DL. What a return it was! In his first at bat, he rifled a shot into the cheap seats for a one zip Sox lead. Two innings later, in the 4th, he hit a crisp single into the Texas outfield, plating two recent arrivals to Fenway, Kotsay and Bay, and upping the lead to four zip.
Meanwhile, Beckett, also just back from a brief stint on the DL, was rolling along, eventually earning his twelfth victory. He pitched an economical five innings, giving up just four hits and walking no-one, while K'ing seven. Terry, taking no chances as we approach the post-season, pulled him after five even though he'd only thrown eighty pitches, 49 of which were strikes.
Meanwhile, back to Lowell. The Sox third sacker, in his final at bat for the evening, came up in the 9th and drove a ball deep to center and bringing home Bay to up the score to eight zip, Sox. So, overall Lowell was 3-5 for the evening with a pair of extra base hits and four ribbies. Not bad for a return from the DL! Not bad at all! Between his second hit and this one, the Sox had added runs on back-to-back trips by Coco and Jake in the 6th.
As far as the Sox pitching , post-JB, went, it was exemplary, at least until the 9th, when Oki surrendered the Rangers' only run. Up to that point, however, a succession of Sox relievers gave up no hits and only a pair of free passes while striking out three over three innings.
Looked like a good evening, with a well balanced attack, and solid pitching--just what is needed to get to the post-season. Speaking of which, the Twinkies won, remaining 5 1/2 to our rear, while the Rays lost another, their lead over the Hose dropping to 2 1/2 with twentytwo to play. As for Mr. Hankie's Yankees,as I write this, it's three zip, Seattle, in the top of the 5th. Be great if the M's can hang on and win--that'd drop the Stripes to 7 1/2 behind the Sox.
Meanwhile, Beckett, also just back from a brief stint on the DL, was rolling along, eventually earning his twelfth victory. He pitched an economical five innings, giving up just four hits and walking no-one, while K'ing seven. Terry, taking no chances as we approach the post-season, pulled him after five even though he'd only thrown eighty pitches, 49 of which were strikes.
Meanwhile, back to Lowell. The Sox third sacker, in his final at bat for the evening, came up in the 9th and drove a ball deep to center and bringing home Bay to up the score to eight zip, Sox. So, overall Lowell was 3-5 for the evening with a pair of extra base hits and four ribbies. Not bad for a return from the DL! Not bad at all! Between his second hit and this one, the Sox had added runs on back-to-back trips by Coco and Jake in the 6th.
As far as the Sox pitching , post-JB, went, it was exemplary, at least until the 9th, when Oki surrendered the Rangers' only run. Up to that point, however, a succession of Sox relievers gave up no hits and only a pair of free passes while striking out three over three innings.
Looked like a good evening, with a well balanced attack, and solid pitching--just what is needed to get to the post-season. Speaking of which, the Twinkies won, remaining 5 1/2 to our rear, while the Rays lost another, their lead over the Hose dropping to 2 1/2 with twentytwo to play. As for Mr. Hankie's Yankees,as I write this, it's three zip, Seattle, in the top of the 5th. Be great if the M's can hang on and win--that'd drop the Stripes to 7 1/2 behind the Sox.
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Dusty Leads The Way Again--Peter
Well, once again the Sox took a lesson from Dusty. Trailing the O's by four going into the 7th, very uncharacteristic because the O's runs came all from the Diceman, their bats suddenly came alive, at least a little. Pedroia took a pitch to his liking and drove his 17th homer of the year into the cheaps to get the Bosox on the board. Then they picked up a second run by a combo of hits before the inning ended.
That still left them trailing 4-2 as they entered the 8th. However, the Sox MVP candidate again showed the way, and by the time the inning ended, they had tied the game at four. The O's came up for the 9th, and everyone expected Papelbon to take over to ensure the O's stayed where they were while the Sox found yet another way to claim victory. However, expectations were not reality. Laserman did not show, but sat while Masterson remained in the game for another inning. He matched his work of the 8th, allowing no runs and leaving it to the Sox offense to settle the issue.
Settle it they did--sort of. They quickly got a pair of runners on, Crisp in the lead at 2d. Coco's bunt was beautiful! He laid one down along the first base line and it appeared to be rolling foul; even Coco was watching it as he ran. Suddenly, for no explainable reason, it popped up a foot in the air, remained fair and died on the base path, getting Coco to first safely. Ellsbury, better known in these parts as Speedracer bunted to the left side of the infield where the O's hurler tried to pick it up and throw out the lead runner, Coco. Not tonight, guy! His throw was way off target, missing the O's third sacker by a good six or seven feet and rolling down the left field line. Coco needed no more of an invitation and jogged home with the winning run. A win by walkoff--error. I'll still take it.
That still left them trailing 4-2 as they entered the 8th. However, the Sox MVP candidate again showed the way, and by the time the inning ended, they had tied the game at four. The O's came up for the 9th, and everyone expected Papelbon to take over to ensure the O's stayed where they were while the Sox found yet another way to claim victory. However, expectations were not reality. Laserman did not show, but sat while Masterson remained in the game for another inning. He matched his work of the 8th, allowing no runs and leaving it to the Sox offense to settle the issue.
Settle it they did--sort of. They quickly got a pair of runners on, Crisp in the lead at 2d. Coco's bunt was beautiful! He laid one down along the first base line and it appeared to be rolling foul; even Coco was watching it as he ran. Suddenly, for no explainable reason, it popped up a foot in the air, remained fair and died on the base path, getting Coco to first safely. Ellsbury, better known in these parts as Speedracer bunted to the left side of the infield where the O's hurler tried to pick it up and throw out the lead runner, Coco. Not tonight, guy! His throw was way off target, missing the O's third sacker by a good six or seven feet and rolling down the left field line. Coco needed no more of an invitation and jogged home with the winning run. A win by walkoff--error. I'll still take it.
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Dusty for MVP & Papi & Coco Also Get Three--Peter
Tonight was a great night all around! The most important thing, of course, was the game; and the Sox took care of that early. They led four zip after three; 10-1 after four, and, barring any sudden collapse of everything, the outcome was more than settled. Final was 14-2, Sox. Lester picked up his 13th win against five losses, although he wasn't as sharp as he has been on other occasions. Nevertheless, he gave up six hits while picking up 5 K's in five innings. His one game only WHIP was 2 due to an unusual number of free passes added to his hits allowed. He had four BB's, but when he needed to, he pitched and managed to stay out of danger. He was followed by Delcarmen and Smith, who, between them, allowed just a single baserunner. Pauley finished up, allowing the O's final run.
But the big news for the evening was the play of Pedroia, Ortiz and Crisp. Each of them had three hits, with Dusty driving in five, three of them on a 4th inning shot into the cheaps, Papi four and Coco picking up a steal to go along with his three runs scored. Dusty added a run to his league leading runs scored leading total, while equaling his career high in ribbies at 75, and counting. He also upped his AL-leading BA at .330. His leading hits total also climbed, now at 187. The suggestions that he'll be a solid choice for MVP are growing louder by the day. No arguments here! One of the best sights of the evening was Big Papi bearhugging Dusty in the dugout after the second baseman's homer. It looked like Dusty was in serious danger of getting suffocated, so all-enveloping was the big man's embrace. Careful, Papi--we need every bat we can use--yours and Dusty's for the rest of the season and the post as well!
Tek continued his resurgence at the plate of late, going 2-4, and the only player not to get at least one hit was Ross, who replaced Tek at catcher after coming in an inning earlier as a pinch runner. Overall, the Sox totalled 20 hits, six of which were for extra bases.
As if all of this weren't enough, Jake picked up his 44th steal of the season, padding his lead in that category, and Coco's steal was his 18th this year. Depending on circumstances, he's got an outside shot at 30 for the season, while Jake could very well hit the half century mark.
Once all of this was done, we could indulge in scoreboard watching. With some help from the Stripes, we picked up a game on the Rays, with 24 left, as they lost to Mr. Hankie's Yankees. Also extended the wild card lead over both the Twinkies and Pale Hose to a full four games, as they both lost.
But the big news for the evening was the play of Pedroia, Ortiz and Crisp. Each of them had three hits, with Dusty driving in five, three of them on a 4th inning shot into the cheaps, Papi four and Coco picking up a steal to go along with his three runs scored. Dusty added a run to his league leading runs scored leading total, while equaling his career high in ribbies at 75, and counting. He also upped his AL-leading BA at .330. His leading hits total also climbed, now at 187. The suggestions that he'll be a solid choice for MVP are growing louder by the day. No arguments here! One of the best sights of the evening was Big Papi bearhugging Dusty in the dugout after the second baseman's homer. It looked like Dusty was in serious danger of getting suffocated, so all-enveloping was the big man's embrace. Careful, Papi--we need every bat we can use--yours and Dusty's for the rest of the season and the post as well!
Tek continued his resurgence at the plate of late, going 2-4, and the only player not to get at least one hit was Ross, who replaced Tek at catcher after coming in an inning earlier as a pinch runner. Overall, the Sox totalled 20 hits, six of which were for extra bases.
As if all of this weren't enough, Jake picked up his 44th steal of the season, padding his lead in that category, and Coco's steal was his 18th this year. Depending on circumstances, he's got an outside shot at 30 for the season, while Jake could very well hit the half century mark.
Once all of this was done, we could indulge in scoreboard watching. With some help from the Stripes, we picked up a game on the Rays, with 24 left, as they lost to Mr. Hankie's Yankees. Also extended the wild card lead over both the Twinkies and Pale Hose to a full four games, as they both lost.
Monday, September 1, 2008
Dusty Continues & Another Team Effort--Peter
Well, after we lost the finale of the Chisox series yesterday in a close one, 4-2, and another game in the standings to the Rays, today the O's came to town. Now that they've helped the Rays for the past three games, it's the Sox turn. Recently acquired Paul Byrd was on the hill for the Sox, and gave up a quick shot to the O's Jones, on the first pitch he saw. The Sox responded with back-to-back homers in the 2d, Tek and Bailey doing the honors. Unfortunately, Byrd gave up another solo shot to Castro in the 3d, tying the score.
After the O's took the lead again in the 6th, 3-2, the Sox finally put things in gear and ended the ongoing BS. Starting with consecutive doubles by Bay and Lowrie, they tied the game. After that, the Sox loaded the sacks, sandwiched around an RBI single by Coco, setting up another classic moment for Pedroia. Dusty didn't disappoint. Lining a hit into right, he plated another pair of runs, making the Sox lead, 6-3, and, as it turned out, accounting for the winning runs.
This latest by Dusty is just a continuation of the great stuff he's done since joining the team in 2007 and taking home the AL Rookie-of-the-Year hardware. His game winning hit was his 184th hit of the year, breaking the Sox record for hits in a season by a second sacker set in 1922 by Del Pratt. Eightysix years--wasn't there something else the Sox did for the first time in 86 years recently? YEAH!--2004's Championship!!
As if that weren't enough for the Sox sparkplug, the 33 runs he scored in August were the most by a Sox player since 1950--58 years--when both Dom DiMaggio (Joe's little brother) and Billy Goodman each racked up 35 in a month. Of course, their totals are understandable once you remember that they were hitting in front of not one, but TWO Hall of Famers--couple of guys named Williams and Doerr, not to mention another perennial All-Star at short, Junior Stephens. Pedroia's runs were a part of a .374 BA for the month. So far after one day in September, he's batting .500 for the new month and added another run scored. Guess he's looking for a shot at beating 35 in a month. He's also leading the lead in the race for the silver bat awarded annually to the league batting champion. Also in contention for that prize is another member of the Sox--Yooouk! In addition to his lead in the batting race, Dusty is 1st in the league in hits, 3d in doubles and leading the league in runs scored.
Looking at the work from the mound today, after Byrd's seven innings, three of the four runs charged to him coming on solo shots (including one by a former member of the Sox, Kevin Millar), the Sox bullpen came on and closed the door. Lopez came in and tossed a perfect 8th, needing just a dozen pitches to close out the inning--didn't even allow a ball out of the infield. Then, as always, the Sox closer, Papelbon, better known to regular followers of this blog as The Laserman, came in and slammed the door--another inning of shutout ball. LMan did give up a couple of harmless hits, but when you don't allow any free passes, keep the hits to relatively harmless singles and allow no runs, the results are usually the same--Game Over! In the process, Pap lowered his ERA to 1.68 and took his opponents' BA below the Mendoza Line at .199.
Net result of all of this: Sox picked up a half game each on idle Rays and Twinkies, leaving them behind the Rays by 5 and ahead of the Twinkies in the wild card by 3, with 25 to play. Oh, yes--the Stripes--Mr. Hankie's Yankees won today over the Tigers and managed to remain a full seven to the rear of our heroes.
After the O's took the lead again in the 6th, 3-2, the Sox finally put things in gear and ended the ongoing BS. Starting with consecutive doubles by Bay and Lowrie, they tied the game. After that, the Sox loaded the sacks, sandwiched around an RBI single by Coco, setting up another classic moment for Pedroia. Dusty didn't disappoint. Lining a hit into right, he plated another pair of runs, making the Sox lead, 6-3, and, as it turned out, accounting for the winning runs.
This latest by Dusty is just a continuation of the great stuff he's done since joining the team in 2007 and taking home the AL Rookie-of-the-Year hardware. His game winning hit was his 184th hit of the year, breaking the Sox record for hits in a season by a second sacker set in 1922 by Del Pratt. Eightysix years--wasn't there something else the Sox did for the first time in 86 years recently? YEAH!--2004's Championship!!
As if that weren't enough for the Sox sparkplug, the 33 runs he scored in August were the most by a Sox player since 1950--58 years--when both Dom DiMaggio (Joe's little brother) and Billy Goodman each racked up 35 in a month. Of course, their totals are understandable once you remember that they were hitting in front of not one, but TWO Hall of Famers--couple of guys named Williams and Doerr, not to mention another perennial All-Star at short, Junior Stephens. Pedroia's runs were a part of a .374 BA for the month. So far after one day in September, he's batting .500 for the new month and added another run scored. Guess he's looking for a shot at beating 35 in a month. He's also leading the lead in the race for the silver bat awarded annually to the league batting champion. Also in contention for that prize is another member of the Sox--Yooouk! In addition to his lead in the batting race, Dusty is 1st in the league in hits, 3d in doubles and leading the league in runs scored.
Looking at the work from the mound today, after Byrd's seven innings, three of the four runs charged to him coming on solo shots (including one by a former member of the Sox, Kevin Millar), the Sox bullpen came on and closed the door. Lopez came in and tossed a perfect 8th, needing just a dozen pitches to close out the inning--didn't even allow a ball out of the infield. Then, as always, the Sox closer, Papelbon, better known to regular followers of this blog as The Laserman, came in and slammed the door--another inning of shutout ball. LMan did give up a couple of harmless hits, but when you don't allow any free passes, keep the hits to relatively harmless singles and allow no runs, the results are usually the same--Game Over! In the process, Pap lowered his ERA to 1.68 and took his opponents' BA below the Mendoza Line at .199.
Net result of all of this: Sox picked up a half game each on idle Rays and Twinkies, leaving them behind the Rays by 5 and ahead of the Twinkies in the wild card by 3, with 25 to play. Oh, yes--the Stripes--Mr. Hankie's Yankees won today over the Tigers and managed to remain a full seven to the rear of our heroes.
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