Just when you think this team is out, they pull you back in.
Mike Mussina was so-so and left the game on the wrong side of the ledger, but Xavier Nady singled in the go-ahead run in the eighth, Cody Ransom ripped a three-run shot in the ninth and Bobby Abreu banged out five hits as the
Yanks upended the Orioles 9-4 in Baltimore. The Bombers launched back-to-back jacks twice in this one and scored six runs in the final two innings to keep themselves within shouting distance (six games) of the Boston Red Sox in the wild card hunt.
Life interfered (but in a good way) so I wasn't as "tuned in" as I usually am for this game. John and Suzy kept me abreast for the middle innings (as only they can) and I watched the final 1 1/2 innings, but no roundup. To make up for it, I'll provide a bonus pictorial to my usual two for this pathetic excuse of a writeup.
And the moment I thought would never arrive will arrive Saturday night. Carl Pavano (0-0, 0.00) will take the hill for the Yanks against Jeremy Guthrie (10-9, 3.15 ERA). Guthrie is having an excellent season despite hovering around the .500 mark. The righty is 3-1 with a 1.50 ERA in August and has pitched into the sixth inning in all but two of his 27 starts this season. Guthrie is 1-1 with a 2.70 ERA in two starts against the Yankees this season. Then there's Pavano. Pavano's
last start was a good one (7 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 0 BB, 2 K) as he picked up a victory in the Yanks 8-2 win over the Minnesota Twins. Unfortunately, that game came in April 2007. I don't know what to expect from Pavano and I'm sure I wasn't the only one who was disturbed watching him joke around on the bench during Friday night's win, but the Bombers are in a tough spot and they need him.
May God have mercy on us all.
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