Thursday, July 21, 2016

Yankees Shut Out Orioles on Pineda's Pitching on Picture Perfect Night

Last night in the Bronx, the Yankees shut out the Orioles 5-0.  That made 2 wins for the Yankees v Orioles pushing Orioles out of 1st & putting the Yankees back over .500, the 1st time since April.  The game was played under perfect conditions and to top it off,  caps were given out to the fans. The game was exciting from the 1st inning with Gardner hitting a hard long ball to track. The Oriole outfielder had his glove on the ball but bobbled it when he banged into the wall.  (Something you never want to see - when your team is playing the outfield.)  This gave Gardner a standing triple which was ruled a hit - which I agree.  Mark Teixeira broke his dry spell at bat with a home run and big baby Arod was off the roster & wasn't missed.   Pineda pitched 6 strong innings with 6K's.  Although, Pineda put the Orioles in scoring positions, he worked himself out of trouble.  I thought Mgr. Joe was going to take him out in the 6th with over 100 pitches & Orioles posing a threat.  I was wrong.  Relief came in the 7th with great pitching.  In the bottom of the 6th, the Yankees had the bases loaded with no outs.   They only brought in 1 run but the Yankees managed a major win & big blow to Baltimore.  And, did I mention we all got Yankee caps.

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