The Magic Number is ONE!

One is the number of Yankee wins or Sox losses that it will take for the Yanks to clinch the AL East Championship. One was also the number of hits CC gave up over 7 innings as he collected his 19th win of the season. Phil Hughes pitched a 1-2-3 8th, and Mo gave up a hit and hit Youkilis before closing the show in the 9th. Yanks won 3-0, but it should have been a lot more lopsided. They got a lot of runners on but were on 1-15 with RISP. They need to fix that up. Dice-K's luck continued most of the day, save for giving up Cano's 24th homer. The Yanks loaded the bases against Billy Wagner in the 8th and Damon finally singled to knock in the other two runs. The Yanks go win #100 and the clincher tomorrow. Go Yanks!