I Like The Way The Yankees Looked Beating The A’s

The New York Yankees beat the Oakland Athletics by a score of 7-5. Starting for the Yankees was Sergio Mitre and he got a no decision. Phil Coke got the win.

Before the game started, I wondered how Tex was going to perform without A-Rod protecting him since A-Rod had the day off. He didn’t do too bad. He went 2-for-5 with a RBI.

In the first inning, I don’t think Cano had a chance to get the ball that was hit to him that allowed a run to score. It looked like it was a tough hop.

It always seems that Matsui gets the big base hit when the Yankees need it.

That was a nice shot Cano had in the first inning that cleared the bases. Too bad he had to get thrown out at third base trying to stretch it to a triple.

Sergio Mitre’s second start of the year for the Yankees was surprisingly effective for a journeyman. I don’t see him being effective much longer or pitching the rest of the year like he’s been. It seems the Yankees are just getting by with him starting.

After Adam Kennedy hit the ball to Derek Jeter in the fourth inning for the start of the double play, I thought Cano did another great job of throwing the ball to first base. I said it yesterday what an awesome throw Cano has. He throws across his body and it’s so cool to watch.

I thought it was a smart move by Joe Girardi to take out Mitre in the bottom of the sixth inning after Suzuki singled with no outs. I had a feeling that Mitre was going to have more runners on base and make a mess. Joe saw it too and decided it was enough.

Then Phil Coke gives up a two run home run. I thought if anyone was going to blow the lead, it would of been Mitre.

The things that come out of Michael Kay’s mouth some times. I couldn’t believe he was telling Paul O’Neil that O’Neil wasn’t that good of a player in Cincinnati and that he was a better player as a Yankees. I doubt O’Neil felt insulted because he deals with Kay every day.

Derek Jeter keeps piling up those hits. I don’t think Jeter made a bad play at first when he got picked off. The pitcher just made a great pick off move.

The A’s have weak arms in the outfield. Every time a Yankee comes around third base, you know the Yankees are going to score because the A’s outfielders have such bad throwing arms.

I thought the game was over once Phil Hughes came in and pitched a great seventh inning. Phil was hitting 96 on the radar gun. He looked a little shaky in the eighth inning. I thought Phil Hughes was the better option to continue the inning after he had men on second and third instead of bringing Brian Bruney in. I thought Joe Girardi lost his mind when he brought Brian in.

To my surprise, Bruney struck the batter out and then Joe brought in Mo who’s not good with inheriting base runners. Mo got out of it. I feel Joe lucked out today with those moves. That won’t work every time.

After Hughes didn’t have the best inning in the eighth, I was hoping that Mo wasn’t going to have a bad outing today because of the law of averages. You can’t be perfect every game. Mo was though.

Player of the Game: Derek Jeter. He drove in the Yankees’ go ahead run.

 

Yeah, the A's stink.