Even if they didn’t want to admit it, many Yankee fans likely wrote Friday night’s game off as a loss before a pitch was tossed. Lefty Jon Lester, who has been one of the best pitchers in the American League this year, against Joba Chamberlain, who has the potential to be even better than Lester but has struggled mightily of late, seemed like mismatch in favor of the Red Sox. Good thing you can’t predict baseball, as the Yankees thumped Boston 9-5, with one of the larger blows being an awesomely long A-Rod home run into the second deck in left field, one of the rare times I’ve seen that happen at the new park. (ETA According to Cliff Corcoran, it’s only the second time, and both were by Alex).
Additionally, amidst the sweet offensive shellacking of Lester (who sounds like he’ll be OK), was one of Joba’s best outings in a while. Not only did he turn in a quality start (6IP, 3ER), but even better was how quickly he was working, barely shaking Posada off and really not giving the Red Sox any time to settle in or get too comfortable. Great game all in all.
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