The New York Yankees escaped a sweep by beating the Baltimore Orioles by the score of 4-1 on Wednesday night. The Yankees really needed to pick up this win as they try to get on a nice run and go on a nice winning streak.
Andy Pettitte picked up the win as he tossed 6 2/3 innings. Pettitte allowed eight hits but only two runs in his six plus innings of action. Pettitte is now 5-5 on the season. Joba Chamberlain came in and pitched 1 1/3 innings of relief and only gave up one hit. Mariano Rivera then came in to pick up his 13th save of the season in the ninth inning.
Jason Giambi hit his 11th home run of the season in the fourth inning as he finished the game with two rbi. Giambi also had a rbi single in the second inning. Derek Jeter had a sac fly in the fifth inning and Johnny Damon had a infield rbi single that scored Hideki Matsui in the ninth inning.
Good win for the Yankees, let’s see if they can get some momentum and go on a nice winning streak now.
***Ian Kennedy has been placed on the disabled list so we could see Joba make his first start next week in Kennedy’s rotation spot.***
