Another solid start out of Andy Pettitte who is living up to the hype of being a nasty second half pitcher. The Yankees are also living up to their hype as a second half team with their eighth straight win.
It was an ugly start of the game for the Yanks as an Alex Rodriguez error cost Andy two runs and 11 extra pitches in the first inning. But red hot Robbie Cano put the Yanks on the board and got the team back on track with an absolute bomb of a home run to dead center in the fourth inning. Of course the real fireworks started when Craig Hansen retaliated against Arod in the eighth inning.
The Yanks did the smart thing and simply battered Hansen out of the game to lock up the victory, but this little tiff seems far from over. It's nice to have a little heat between these two teams a la 2003/2004, but it also gets frustrating when you have to start watching your best players get suspended for these transgressions or worse getting hurt over them.
Youkilis and Joba will probably always have bad blood between them so as long as they are both in the bigs and on opposing teams, but the Yanks and the Sox need to turn that hatred into more intense play on the field and not more intense fighting on the field.
Barring an early afternoon trade the Yanks will be sending out Sidney Ponson. Even the Yankees have won all his starts he hasn't exactly pitched like a winner with an ERA near 4.50 and a WHIP of almost 1.70. If he gets the start it is probably his last in pinstripes with the Jarrod Washburn deal seemingly imminent. Not only that but Ian Kennedy is starting to get hot down in AAA and could be ready to rejoin the team soon if he keeps it up.
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