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Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Fun Facts about Last Night's Game!


In the first inning, Derek Jeter hit his into team-leading 10th doubleplay of the season!
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Later, Jason Giambi notched his Major League-leading 13th hit-by-pitch!
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Bobby Abreu, our man batting third, is a big 5 for his last 41!
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Over his last four starts, Darrel Rasner has achieved an ERA of 7.00!
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Yank pitchers hurled two big scoreless innings!
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Pirate starter Tom Gorzelanny threw more balls than strikes!
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Over six innings, the Gorz walked five, hit a guy and gave up six hits -- and we tallied three runs!
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In the third, the Gorze walked Rasner and Melky Cabrera on eight pitches, loading the bases with no outs for our big three hitters. Jeet hit a comebacker, and Bobby whacked a doubleplay!
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For Friday's doubleheader against the Mets, the Yanks will start the famed pitching duo of Giese & Ponson! (Of the famed rhyme: "Giese, Ponson and a day to groan!")

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

If Matsui had been able to play, he would have hit into that double play.