Power Sergio

Last night former Marlin starter, Sergio Mitre took the mound on a cold, wet night in the Bronx. Mitre's last start in the majors coming back in 2007, no one knew what to expect. Well he sure didn't dazzle anyone with his 5 2/3 innings of 4 run ball, but he did give the Yankees a good chance to win the game and they did just that. Mitre got the win in a 6-4 game as the Yankees topped the Orioles despite a 30 minute rain delay. Mitre ran into a considerable amount of jams throughout the course of the game, but managed to minimize the damage and allowed the Yankee bats to propel the team to 5 straight victories.

The offense was lead by Alex Rodriguez and Robinson Cano. Rodriguez was hit by a pitch, stole second, and scored on a pair of fly balls in the second inning. In the 4th he came up with bases loaded and drilled a hard hit ball right by the shortstop Izturis for a 2 run go ahead single. Later in the game Cano came up and hit a rocket into the right field bleachers for a 2-run HR putting the Yankees ahead for good.

Last night's win combined with Boston's 4-2 loss, put the Yankees in sole possession of first place in the American league east. This is the first time the Yankees have been in possession of first this late in the year since October of 2006. The Yankee offense hasn't been getting overwhelming amounts of hits, but are finding ways to squeek out just enough runs to win the game. The bullpen last night, just like the previous 4 games, looked phenominal. Alfredo Aceves or Ace, pitched 1 1/3 innings, followed by Coke for an inning, and then of course Mariano to close it down. Coke got Luke Scott to hit a sharp line drive right to Teixeira who stepped on the bag for a double play, doubling off Markakis to end the 8th. Teixeira's defense has been stellar all season and was on display again last night. Yankees will go for the sweep and 6 wins in a row with AJ Burnett vs Berken on Wednesday in an afternoon game in the Bronx.