Yankees 2007: Yanks Win One For Torre
Yankees 2007 — Game 24
Saturday April 28, 2007 at 3:55 p.m.
(Record: 9-13)
Boston Red Sox
[New York. April 29, 2007.] As the rumors about Torre’s dismissal fly, the Yanks actually won a game. After Karstens left the game with no out in the first — after breaking his leg on a line drive up the middle — Kei Igawa pitched a gem. This is the kind of pitching the Yankees need from their starters (or reliever in this case). Except for the to-be-expected bad eighth inning by Farnsworth, the Yanks staff held the Sox in check in this much needed 3-1 victory. Posada supplied all of the offense.
Boston 000 000 010 [1 7 2]
Yankees 000 201 00X [3 7 1]
WP: K. Igawa (2-1)
LP: T. Wakefield (2-3)
S: M. Rivera (1)
Home Runs: Jorge Posada (3)
Three Stars
#3. Mariano Rivera - It is sad to say, but in this game (on April 29, 2007), Mariano Rivera earned his first save of the season. He has already blown two saves this year and has an ERA too high for me to even mention — it would hurt too much. The Yankees and their fans can only hope Mariano will be Mariano the rest of the season.
#2. Jorge Posada - I still have no idea how Jorge Posada was able to take an inside Wakefield knuckleball (that was tailing in) and crush it into the rightfield stands. Well, he did it, and it was all the Yankees and Igawa needed.
#1. Kei Igawa - After Karstens went down, Igawa trotted out from the bullpen with two on, none out and Ortiz up in the first inning. As I awoke from the haze, he promptly induced Ortiz into a double-play and after avoiding Manny, he struck out J.D. Drew. Six innings later, it was the seventh, and Igawa had completed 6 innings, giving the Sox only two hits. He won this much needed game for the Yankees. It looks like he is back in the rotation…
April 29th, 2007 at 09:36am Cesium
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