Andy outshines young Lefty!

Over the last couple of games the Yankees dropped 2 out of 3 with Texas and then dropped the first 2 against the Nation. They battled back to take the next 2 before 1st place Tampa arrived at the Stadium last night. The match up was the young stud Kazmir vs the old veteran lefty Pettitte and it was a good one. It was a great game from the start. Jeter came up huge with a 2 out 2 run double to give Andy all the runs he would need. Kazmir struckout alot of batters early but as with most strike out pitchers that means his pitch count was climbing up and up. By the 6th inning he was gone. Kazmir K'd 9 in 5 innings and only gave up 2 runs but that was plenty. Pettitte was just plain better. The Rays didn't hit more then 2 balls hard all night. As it was Andy only gave up 4 hits in 8 STRONG innings. In the 8th the Yanks tacked on another 3 runs and it was good night the lights. I hope the yankees can build on this game. They had a lot of good things happen for them. Melky hit a solo shot in the 8th after having a rough go of it with 3 K's prior. Cano is starting it heat up and he has been for a the last month or so. He had another 2 hits. Jeter added 2 hits as did Posada, Molina, and Abreu. Today Fat Sidney takes the ball. I the Yankees can get a bunch of runs today. Let's close out the 1st half strong and make a run in the 2nd half.