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A Jeterian style of winning

May 1, 2010 by Kevin Rozell

The Pitching:

Andy Pettitte didn’t have the spectacular stuff he had in earlier starts, but as always, he battle and managed to go through six innings and keep the team in the game. He gave up three runs in the first inning, but only one run over the next five innings of work. His pitching line was: 6.0IP 7H 4R 4ER 2BB 3K (97 Pitches, 66 for Strikes).

Alfredo Aceves came on in the 7th inning, and threw up a scoreless frame. He wound up picking up the win, moving his season record to (W, 2-0). Damaso Marte started the 8th, recorded and out and was pulled for Joba Chamberlain. Joba recorded the outs with ease, and then it was all up to Mo to close it out. Rivera entered the game to a rousing ovation in the 9th inning, and as soon as the opposing team heard ”Enter Sandman” blasting from the stadium speakers…they knew the game was over. Mariano struck out two batters in the inning, and picked up the save (S, 7). In total, he’s now thrown nine innings of scoreless baseball this season.

The Offense:

The team was placed in a 3-0 hole to start the game, but that didn’t stop Derek Jeter from taking the problem into his own hands. In fact, he put up a Jeterian performance. Derek supplied four of the six runs the Yankees scored on the game. Derek singled in the first inning to give him 2,776 career hits, which allowed him to pass Ken Griffey Jr. for the most among all active players. In the 5th inning, Jeter tied the game at 4-4, with a 2-run home run off Freddy Garcia. In the 7th inning, he gave the team the go ahead runs when he smacked a 2-run RBI triple off Matt Thornton. All in all, Derek’s state line was: 3-for-4, with two runs and 4RBI’s.

Alex Rodriguez and Robinson Cano both went 1-for-4, and picked up an RBI. Brett Gardner went 2-for-3, picking up two runs and a stolen base (SB, 10).

After the game, Ozzie Guillen had this to say about Derek: “He is God,” Guillen said. “I say he’s God all the time. It’s fun to watch him play the game. He’s the No. 1 ambassador in this game. The guy always has good-looking women around him, too. I mean, God bless him.”

To be honest, I always thought Mariano Rivera was God.

New York Yankees
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
D Jeter SS	4	2	3	4	0	0	13	.330	.354	.521
N Johnson DH	2	0	0	0	1	1	16	.138	.383	.224
a-J Posada PH-DH	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	.310	.394	.638
M Teixeira 1B	2	1	0	0	2	0	20	.136	.300	.259
A Rodriguez 3B	4	0	1	1	0	0	12	.250	.337	.440
R Cano 2B	4	0	1	1	0	0	18	.400	.436	.765
N Swisher RF	4	0	0	0	0	1	14	.250	.345	.434
C Granderson CF	3	0	0	0	1	1	16	.221	.310	.377
F Cervelli C	3	1	0	0	0	0	16	.360	.448	.400
B Gardner LF	3	2	2	0	0	0	15	.323	.397	.385
Totals	30	6	7	6	4	4	145
a-struck out swinging for N Johnson in the 7th
BATTING 2B: A Rodriguez (6, F Garcia) 3B: D Jeter (1, M Thornton) HR: D Jeter (4, 5th inning off F Garcia 1 on, 2 Out) RBI: A Rodriguez (14), R Cano (18), D Jeter 4 (18) 2-out RBI: D Jeter 2 GIDP: N Swisher Yankees RISP: 4-7 (D Jeter 2-2, A Rodriguez 1-2, J Posada 0-1, R Cano 1-1, N Swisher 0-1) Team LOB: 5
BASERUNNING SB: B Gardner (10, 2nd base off F Garcia/D Lucy)

New York Yankees
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
A Pettitte	6.0	7	4	4	2	3	1	97-66	2.12
A Aceves (W, 2-0)	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	20-11	4.15
D Marte (H, 2)	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6-3	5.79
J Chamberlain (H, 5)	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5-5	3.48
M Rivera (S, 7)	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	20-12	0.00
Totals	9.0	8	4	4	3	5	1	148-97
PITCHING WP: A Pettitte IBB: P Konerko (By A Aceves) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: A Pettitte 18/27; A Aceves 3/5; D Marte 0/1; J Chamberlain 2/2; M Rivera 1/3 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: A Pettitte 24-3-17-22; A Aceves 2-2-3-4; D Marte 2-0-0-1; J Chamberlain 2-0-1-2; M Rivera 2-4-5-1 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: A Pettitte 7-8; A Aceves 1-2; D Marte 1-0; J Chamberlain 2-0; M Rivera 0-1 Game Scores: A Pettitte 43