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| Hiroki Kuroda pitches against the Orioles on Wednesday. (Getty Images) |
Raul Ibanez did it again. Just when you thought the Yankees lost a crucial Game 3, Joe Girardi made a gutsy move to pinch hit Raul Ibanez for Alex Rodriguez, which paid off. Ibanez jumped on a 1-0 pinch and belted it into the right field seats to tie the game a two. But he wasn't done. With the game still tied a two in the twelfth Ibanez would come up again and launch a solo shot to deep right , which sent the Yankee off to a Game 3 win.
Hiroki Kuroda started for the Yankees and he was brilliant. Kuroda allowed 2 runs on 5 hits in 8 1/3 innings of work. He stuck out 3 and walked only 1 batter. Kuroda finished his night with 105 pitches thrown, in which 65 of them were for strikes.
Kuroda made two mistakes tonight: A solo shot to Ryan Flaherty and a solo shot to Manny Machado.
The Yankee bullpen was outstanding tonight as well. Boone Logan, Rafael Soriano, and David Robertson limited the Orioles to just 2 hits over 3 2/3 innings.
David Robertson pitched a scoreless eleventh and twelfth inning as he picked up the win tonight.
Down one going into the third, Derek Jeter drove in the first Yankee run with his RBI triple to center field which plated Russell Martin.
Derek Jeter left the game in the ninth inning after an apparent leg injury. Jeter fouled a ball off of his foot during an at-bat and he is listed as day-to-day.
The Yankees and Orioles will play Game 4 of the American League Division Series tomorrow night.
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