Yankees 2007: Clippard Meets Yanks; Beats Mets
Yankees 2007 — Game 44
Sunday May 20, 2007 at 8:00 p.m.
(Record: 19-23)
at New York Mets
[New York. May 22, 2007.] Tyler Clippard? Who? He is just another Yankees rookie pitcher thrown into a big game — and to our surprise, he made the most of it. Tyler Clippard pitched fantastic against the best offense in the NL — then he through in an RBI double.
Yankees 000 410 100 [6 12 0]
Mets 010 000 001 [2 7 0]
WP: T. Clippard (1-0)
LP: J. Maine (5-2)
Home runs: David Wright (7); Derek Jeter (3); Jorge Posada (6); Alex Rodriguez (17); Damion Easley (7)
Three Stars
#3. Johnny Damon - Damon has not done much, but, in a big moment in this game, he lifted a short fly ball single to right that scored two key runs for the Yanks.
#2. Derek Jeter - Jeter hit a bomb into the left field bleachers. The kind of home run that guarantees a victory — a la Game 4 2000 World Series — and the Yankees needed it.
#1. Tyler Clippard - Another Rookie, another first career start, another impressive performance. Save the Hughes injury-no-hitter game, this was probably the biggest of them all. Tyler may have earned himself another start or two. Everything may change when Roger arrives and Phil comes back, but it is good to know we have some grit down in triple-A.
May 22nd, 2007 at 03:14pm Cesium
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