Yanks thump Penny, Tigers in 10-6 victory

By Larry Koestler On April 2, 2011 · 5 Comments · In Game Recaps

Keep 'em coming, Alex (photo c/o The AP)

After an awful 2010 followed by an improved spring training in which Yankee fans were cautiously optimistic about new pitching coach ‘s tweaking of the enigmatic righthander’s mechanics, all eyes were on entering Saturday afternoon’s start. Burnett wasn’t great, but he was serviceable enough, throwing 5 innings of three-run ball, though more encouraging were the peripherals — six strikeouts against one walk.

Unfortunately after coming out of the gate on fire striking out four of the first six batter he faced,  it looked like Burnett began to tire, and he began the fifth inning yielding three straight hits. Though he was able to get out of the inning only giving up two runs, the Yankee lead was cut in half, and despite having thrown only 86 pitches Joe Giradi opted to go to his bullpen to start the 6th inning. Despite a couple of hiccups — gave up a two-run bomb to in his two innings of relief work — the bullpen mostly managed to get the job done, and the Yankees dumped the Tigers for the second straight game, winning 10-6.

Of course, the other major story of the game was the offense, which continued to absolutely rake. After dropping three on Tiger starter in the first inning, unloaded for the second straight game, hitting another mammoth three-run bomb into the right field seats that staked the Yankees to a 6-0 lead. In the fifth, wasted little time endearing himself to the Yankee faithful, pumping a three-run blast of his own. And got in on the action as well, welcoming rookie Brayan Villarreal with a booming solo shot in the youngster’s first Major League appearance. All told the Yankees pounded out 12 hits (and the damage could have been even worse, as they stranded 15 runners), and almost everyone in the starting lineup has looked about as locked in as one could hope with perhaps the exception of and (though to Jorge’s credit he did walk twice today).

The Yankees are now 2-0 through their first two games of the season since 2005, and go for the series sweep tomorrow afternoon with toeing the rubber against .

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5 Responses to Yanks thump Penny, Tigers in 10-6 victory

  1. China Joe says:
    April 2, 2011 at 9:07 pm

    Stamina is often a problem for starters this early in the season, so AJ definitely gets a pass today. If he can keep up the impressive K/BB rate, Rothschild should run for president.

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  2. Uncle Mike says:
    April 2, 2011 at 9:12 pm

    So far, so good. Toronto is also 2-0, but the Red Sox lost yesterday (they’re winning as I type this), but the Magic Number to eliminate them is now 159. Is that arrogant? Yeah, it is. I’m a Yankee Fan, and if they don’t like it then they can stick it under a retractable roof (i.e., where the sun don’t shine).

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  3. oldpep says:
    April 2, 2011 at 11:06 pm

    Arod looks like it could be a 50/150 year with any luck.

    Boston is down 12-5 as I type

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    Simon Reply:
    April 2nd, 2011 at 11:32 pm

    Hey, it’s an odd year! Plus he’s supposedly 100% healthy.

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