PostGame, Yankees 4 Orioles 1

NYY: 17-8
BAL: 7-19

WP: CC Sabathia(4-1)
LP: Jeremy Guthrie(0-4)
S: Joba Chamberlain(1)

Starters:

NYY-- CC Sabathia
8.0 IP, 6 H, 1 Earned Run, 2 Walks, 2 K, 1 HR Allowed

BAL-- Jeremy Guthrie
7.0 IP, 6 H, 4 Earned Runs, 2 Walks, 2 K, 1 HR Allowed

Pitching:
CC Sabathia kept rolling tonight as he had great command of all of his pitches and only throwing 106 pitches over 8 innings. His fastball was on tonight though he only struck two batters out. Sabathia just looked totally in command tonight as he lowered his ERA to 2.74. Following CC, Mariano Rivera had the night off so Joba Chamberlain was called upon to nail down his 1st save of the 2010 season and only his 2nd save of his career.

Offense:
The bats weren't all alive tonight. Down 1-0 in the bottom of the 4th, Nick Swisher came up with Alex Rodriguez aboard, and he ripped one to the right fielder Nick Markakis which allowed A-Rod to score on an RBI single and Swisher tied the ballgame up. In the same inning with Nick Swisher & Brett Gardner on base and Randy Winn up, he hit a moon shot to right center field his first as a Yankee and the Yankees then took a 4-1 lead which is the score they would win by.

Offensive Box Score:

1. SS Derek Jeter, 0-4
2. DH Nick Johnson, 0-3, 1 Walk
3. 1B Mark Teixeira, 0-4, 1 K
4. 3B Alex Rodriguez, 1-4, 1 RUN, 1 K
5. 2B Robinson Cano, 0-4
6. C Jorge Posada, 0-2, 1 K ( Left after 5 innings due to right calf tightness)
7. RF Nick Swisher, 3-3, 1 RUN, 1 RBI(16)
8. CF Brett Gardner, 1-2, 1 RUN, 1 Walk
9. LF Randy Winn, 1-3, 1 RUN, 3 RBI(3), 1 HOME RUN(1)

Game Picture:

The Game Picture for tonight's ball game goes to the number 9 hitter, Randy Winn who jacked a 3 run home run to right center field in the bottom half of the 4th to give CC Sabathia the 4-1 lead which he would use to earn his 4th win of the season.

The Yankees will call upon A.J Burnett for tomorrow night's ball game which will start at 7:05 PM at the Stadium in the Bronx. The Orioles will send rookie southpaw Brian Matusz to the mound in game 2 of the series.