Pineda Earns His First Yankee Win

Michael Pineda pitched 6 inning of 1 run ball agains the Sox tonight, striking out 7 in the process.  Nice work.  He actually pitched 6 innings of 2 hit no run ball, but came out for the seventh and gave up a homer and a single.  Cabral replaced him, balking the base runner over to second, before recording to out and being lifted for David Phelps.  Phelps then worked the 7 out save.  Probably his first.

Pineda was very strong early then saw his velo drop a bit.  Remember he's missed a lot of time over the last 2 years and will need to keep rebuilding for awhile.  But this was a big step.

Dean Anna homered!   But Yangervis seems have gone in the tank.  McCann finally had a meaningful hit with men on and the Yankees ended up winning 4-1.   Pineda and Phelps were the big stories, though.