Yanks Win, Take Series

AJ Burnett looked great for most of his heat and Shelley Duncan D truncated start agains the Angels in the series finale today. Working 5.2 he K'd 11 and walked 3 (squeezed!) and was cruising until Shelley Duncan played a flyball into a double in the 6th. Girardi wisely took him out, and Marte, Alby, Coke, the return of IPK, and Mo made a 3-2 lead stand up the rest of the way. Nice pitching! It was great to see Ian Kennedy back and his appearance was eventful as he loaded the bases on 2 walks and a hit batsmen before getting the third out in the 8th. Mo gave up a single to Abreu to start the 9th, then just took em down 1-2-3.

It was a weird game as ARod, Posada and Nick Swisher all sat to start. ARod would pinch hit unsuccessfully in the 9th and finish the game at 3B. Cano's 2 run single was the big blow for the Yanks today, and they didn't really grind tremendously well, but they seem to be over whatever the Angels had over them, and that's good. 97 wins and an offday tomorrow. Go Yanks!