April 02, 2007
Yankees Open Season with Win
Not so fast Mr. Glaze. While you were busy frolicking in the nice spring weather, the Yanks were busy mounting a comeback, eventually defeating the D Rays 9-5. The streak lives on. Here’s the shakedown from opening day:The Good: Mariano Rivera came in to pitch the 9th inning and was dominant, hitting 98 mph routinely. He struck out all 3 batters he faced, needing just 13 pitches to do so. Alex Rodriguez (at the plate) looked good as well. He went 2-5 with a huge 2-run homerun in the 8th.
The Bad: Carl Pavano. In his first start since 2005, Pavano showed some signs of rust. He pitched only 4 and 1/3 innings, giving up 6 hits and 4 earned runs.
The Ugly: The Yankee fielding. Rodriguez missed an easy foul ball in the first inning, Jeter followed that with an errant throw, and Andy Phillips later threw one into center field. Hopefully, these were just opening day jitters, because you'r going to lose more games than you win when you make three errors.
On the whole, the Yanks didn't look great, but they played good enough to win. The offense showed why they are the most feared lineup in the MLB, and the Yanks bullben had 5 solid innings of work.
One final note, Mr. Glaze today is Monday, not Sunday. Most people don’t work on Sunday.
Posted by schleifj at April 2, 2007 07:22 PM