Didn’t see any of this one due to a beautiful early evening spent on the Great Lawn playing catch and drinking wine, followed by a trip to Shake Shack in honor of National Hamburger Day. Thankfully the Yankees did what they were supposed to do and ripped the last-place Indians 8-2 on Friday night.
In Curtis Granderson‘s much-anticipated return to the lineup, Phil Hughes regained his early season dominant form, throwing seven innings of two-run ball while striking out eight in the process, including the first five batters he faced(!) It was actually only a two-run game going into the bottom of the seventh, primarily due to a second inning Nick Swisher two-run home run (has anyone come through with more timely bombs than Swish thus far this season? I think not) that gave the Yankees an early and much-needed lead.
The gamebreaking blast was a Robinson Cano grand slam in the 7th, which helped give the Yankees their biggest margin of victory in nearly two weeks, since Andy Pettitte beat the Twins 7-1 on Saturday, May 15. It was also Cano’s first career start batting cleanup. After reaching a season-low point on May 17 of .322/.380/.575 (which is still obviously fantastic), Cano’s back on fire, and his season line now sits at .351/.398/.596.
Granderson reached base three times in his return, drawing a walk, pounding a double and getting hit by a pitch. Good to have you back, Curtis.
Oh, and Randy Winn, my favorite Yankee of all time (/sarcasm) was finally and mercifully DFA’d. (a) Who didn’t see this day coming, and (b) Huzzah!
Photo courtesy of The NY Daily News.
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