Yankees Win Thriller in Minesota

The Yankees pulled out a huge victory last night as they beat the Twins by a final score of 9-6 in the 12th inning. The Yankees had the lead in the late innings and Mike Mussina gave them another solid outing but Mariano Rivera blew his first save of the season, allowing a three-run home run to Delmon Young in the ninth. Alex Rodriguez gave the Yankees the lead with a solo shot to center field in the 12th. Xavier Nady added another bomb to help the Yankees win. Jose Veras was great out of the bullpen and the struggles appear to be over for him. The Yankees will play another game today as they take on the Twins in the rubber game at 1:05.

A-Rod watches his game-winning home run fly over the seat in center.

Other Notes:
-The Red Sox won a thrilling game at Fenway 19-16. The Red Sox were up 10-0 at the end of the first but came back late to win it. The Red Sox have a 5 game lead on the Yankees in the Wild Card but the Yankees did gain a game on the Rays who lost last night in Oakland.
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Yankees Get Pudge

The Yankees have acquired 36 year old catcher Ivan "Pudge" Rodriguez in a two player deal with the Detroit Tigers. The Yankees traded RHP Kyle Farnsworth in exchange for Rodriguez who is hitting .295 with 5 home runs this season. Although this move weakens the Yankees strong bullpen, it gives them a bat at the catcher spot and a stacked lineup that will look like this:
DH Damon
SS Jeter
RF Abreu
3B A. Rodriguez
1B Giambi
2B Cano
LF Nady
C I. Rodriguez
CF M. Cabrera
The Yankees will likely call up Brian Bruney who was a surprisingly good performer early in the season before getting hurt. Bruney will help the bullpen as pitchers like Jose Veras and Edwar Ramirez will take on larger roles in Farnsworth's absence.

Great Day for the Yankees in Boston

The Yankees had one of their best days all season last night as they beat the Red Sox 1-0 behind Joba and made a huge trade with Pittsburgh. The Yankees won 1-0 last night at Fenway to take game one and go within tow games of the Red Sox in the wild card race. The Yankees rode the great pitching of Joba Chamberlain and Mariano Rivera to go to a season high 12 games over .500. The Yankees also made a big trade last night with the Pirates to get LF Xavier Nady and LHP Damaso Marte in exchange for OF Jose Tabata, and right handers Dan Mccutchen, Ross Ohelndorf and Jeff Karstens. Tabata has great potential but he has struggled so far this season. The Yankees took care of their need in left field that was vacated by Matsui's injury and the Yankees bolstered their bullpen by getting Marte. The Yankees will play against the Red Sox on saturday a 3:55 on FOX with Andy Pettitte matching up against knuckleballer Tim Wakefield.

Yankees Win Their Sixth Game in a Row

The Yankees finished off their second straight sweep last night as they beat the Twins 5-1. The Yankees have had great pitching from their starters following the all-star break. Mike Mussina came up big for the Yanks last night as he pitched eight innings of scoreless baseball to get his major league high tieing 13th win. The Yankees will play again on Friday against the Red Sox as Joba Chamberlain goes against Josh Beckett.

Yankees Lose Game 1 in Pittsburgh

The Yankees pitching did not come through last night as the Yankees lost their first game against the Pirates. The Yankees sent Darell Rasner to the mound and he was not effective. The Yankees will come back out there tonight and try to win their first game ever in PNC park.

Yankees Win Game 1 In Huston

Joba Chamberlain finally goes deep into the game as the Yankees win the first game in Huston against the Astros. The Yankees took the game by a final score of 2-1. Joba Chamberlain had a great outing for the Yanks and he finally went deep into the game. Joba went 6 innings giving up only one earned run on 88 pitches. Joba will have no pitch limit in his next start on Thursday and he is officially a member of the rotation. Derek Jeter was the main producer on the offensive side as he gave the Yankees the lead with a home run in the eight inning. The Yankees will take on Huston at 7:05 tonight as they try to take the second game with Mike Mussina on the mound.

Yanks Take Series in Oakland

The Yankees took game 3 in Oakland last night and therefore, won the series taking tow out of three from the Athletics. The Yankees saw some great pitching from Andy Pettitte as he went eight innings giving up only one earned run. The Yankees head to Huston tonight and Joba Chamberlain will make his third start. Joba could reach the mid nighties with his pitch count so the Yankees are hoping for length. This is the first road game in interleague play for the Yankees so we will finally see the pitchers hit.