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It is a simple equation: solid pitching plus timely hitting equals baseball victories. The New York Yankees proved that this weekend against the Toronto Blue Jays. Although none of their starters was superb, they kept the team in the game and someone from the odd collection of rejects the Yankees have put together will eventually come through.
On Sunday, it was Lyle Overbay‘s turn to be the star. This is the guy the Boston Red Sox cut just days before the start of the 2013 season. He waited until the bottom of the seventh to blast an R.A. Dickey pitch over the wall in right center. The two run homer gave the Yankees a 3-2 lead and the bullpen locked it down the rest of the way. Overbay now has 11 runs batted in for the season.
It was a great series for the Yankees picking up four wins against the team that was supposed to rise to the top of the American League East. New York didn’t blow them away, winning two games by one run and two games by two runs, they simply got the job done.
Now it is important for the Yankees to not have a let down. The worst team in baseball, the Houston Astros, come to town Monday for a three game set. If they take advantage of the opportunity the schedule has given them, they might just catch the Red Sox. Fate hasn’t smiled on them too much in 2013, so now that it has they need to be ready.
Darren Pare is a MLB writer for www.RantSports.com. Follow him on Twitter at dpare71, like him on Facebook or add him to your network on Google.
