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| Andy Pettitte throws a pitch against the Kansas City Royals Wednesday night. (Getty Images) |
The Yankees were able to take the series finale tonight after they were buoyed by a great start from Andy Pettitte. Their offense seems to be getting back to normal as they were able to put up 8 runs against the Royals tonight. The Yankees won by a final score of 8-3.
Andy Pettitte allowed 2 runs on 7 hits in 7 innings of work. He struck out 8 and walked 1 He made two mistakes tonight and those were 2 pitches that were hit for home runs.
Pettitte came out to start the 8th inning, but after walking the first batter he faced, Joe Girardi came out an went to the bullpen. He threw 98 pitches and 71 of them were for strikes. He had a comfortable lead and after throwing 115 pitches his last outing against the Reds, so there was no need for him to continue pitching.
Although Pettitte allowed 7 hits, 5 of them were either bloop hits or infield hits. The Royals weren't able to get good wood on the ball, but they were finding the holes to get on base. All in all, just a solid effort by Andy Pettitte.
The Yankees flashed the leather behind Pettitte tonight. Mark Teixeira dove to his right to start a run saving inning ending double play in the 3rd inning.
The Yankees offense exploded tonight when they put 8 runs on the board. Curtis Granderson got them going with a solo shot in the 1st inning. Alex Rodriguez would add to that with a 2 run shot in the 1st inning as well. A-Rod also added a home run in the 3rd inning. This was his 60th multi home run game of his career.
The Yanks' plated 3 in the 1st, 2 in the 3rd, and 3 in the 5th.
With a win tonight, the Yankees won the series with 2 wins. They have a scheduled off day for travel tomorrow and then they will start a 9 game road trip.
