The Yankees swept the Boston Red Sox this weekend, and in doing so clinched the AL East title for the first time since 2006. After settling for the Wild Card in 2007 and missing out entirely in 2008, the Yankees are back where many believe they rightfully belong.
It was not an easy win–Andy Pettitte struggled early, even having the bases loaded with no one out in the early innings–but as has so often been the case this season, the Yankees grew stronger as the game went on.
The Yankees received their offense today from a Melky Cabrera home run, a 2-run Hideki Matsui single and a Mark Teixeira home run–and this is quite fitting: Cabrera, Matsui and Teixeira have been clutch for the Yankees all season.
Also worth noting is Brian Bruney’s strong performance–getting all five batters he faced–easily his best performance in a long time. Whether or not it’s enough to warrant him a spot on the postseason roster is up for debate, but it certainly helped today.
The Yankees still have the hardest work ahead of them–winning eleven games in October before losing four–but for the moment, let the boys celebrate.
Joe Girardi got the Yankees back to October.
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Melky’s home run was a perfect example of what he can do when he isn’t trying to wrench the ball out of the yard and yank upwards with the bat! He went down and through the zone very even and it gave him the lift on the ball he tries to create with the jerking up on the bat, hye is really getting his swing down at the right time!
Not to be picky, Becca, but couldn’t you go 11-8 and still win the WS?
I thought the same thing but didn’t want to be one to start that conversation…
This is true. But my point is that you don’t want to lose four in any one round =)
Yes but you can’t win 11 in any one round so you would want to win 4 times before losing 4 times in 2 straight series after winning 3 games before losing 3 games in the first round. convoluted but still….