Jesus Times Two!!!!!!!!!!!

What an exciting game in the Bronx! Garcia didn't have it, but that didn't matter, because Tex homered and Cano hit a grandslam early to put the Yanks up 8-7 when Garcia left the game. Then the O's tied it up at 8 with a homer off of Scott Proctor. And then the fun began. In the bottom of the 5th Jesus Montero lead off the inning with his first big league homerun to give the Yanks a 9-8 lead. Later he homered again, this time with Martin aboard for an 11-8 lead. The O's picked up another run and then got a run off of Mo in the 9th, who, like Garcia was a little off. But they could not catch up to what Jesus had wrought. Yanks win 11-10.

Both of Montero's blasts were to the opposite field. He has easy and comfortable power to all fields, and that's just one of the myriad reasons we never supported trading him. Not for Lee, or anyone. This is our future 3 or 5 hitter and his bat is priceless. The Yanks best homegrown hitting prospect since Mickey Mantle. We are very lucky he was never traded.