The New York Yankees take two out of three from the Tampa Bay Rays
The New York Yankees won two out of three games over the Tampa Bay Rays in the Bronx,NY. They played Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday nights. The Yankees won the first game by the score of 5-3, they lost the second game 4-1 and won on Thursday night by the score of 5-3. How and why did the Yankees win the series? I will try and answer those questions in this article.
The Yankees were very frustrated by getting swept in Tampa three games to begin the season. Tampa is a different team at home then they are on the road. They are a very good, young team with good pitching and they make things happen offensively. The Yankees pitching is the biggest reason they won this series. In Tampa they were awful to start the season, their pitching has just recently started to look much better. They had been struggling through April and the beginning of May.
The other big reason the Yankees won this series is because they were able to have their big hitters step up. Robinson Cano and Alex Rodriguez are in the middle of the lineup and they have been struggling. They each had a hit in the first win and Raul Ibanez had a big homerun. In the second win Cano had three hits and two RBI and Rodriguez had a couple of hits.
The other reason they won this series is because Dave Robertson was able to save the first game and Soriano the last game. The middle game of the series was lost when Robertson blew the save and the Rays scored four times in the ninth inning.
The key to the Yankees success starts with their pitching and then they need clutch hitting especially from their stars. Their bullpen is their strength and that should continue. They have a good mix of men down there. The loss of Rivera won’t help but they do have guys that are capable of getting the job done. The offense is starting to heat up now so I wouldn’t worry about that so much. The starting pitching is what will make or break the Yankees and right now they are looking pretty good.
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