Final
Yankees turn to Mussina against Orioles
Sep 18, 2007 - 1:09 PM Baltimore (64-85) at NY Yankees (86-64) 7:05 pm EDTBRONX, New York (Ticker) - The New York Yankees continue their playoff push Tuesday when they meet the Baltimore Orioles.
After rookies Joba Chamberlain and Phil Hughes won the last two nights, the Yankees turn to veteran Mike Mussina (9-10, 5.28 ERA).
Mussina made his return to the rotation last Wednesday, allowing five hits over 5 2/3 scoreless innings in beating Toronto.
New York, which has won 10 of its last 12 games, has closed within 3 1/2 games of first-place Boston (90-61) in the American League East. The Yankees are 3 1/2 games in front of Detroit (83-68) in the wild card race.
Hughes worked 5 2/3 effective innings and Hideki Matsui homered, leading the Yankees to an 8-5 win in the series opener.
Playing out the string, Baltimore has lost 20 of its last 26 games.
Taking the mound to try to put at least a temporary stop to the slide is righthander Jon Leicester (2-1, 6.32), a recent addition to the rotation who made five appearances out of the bullpen before making his first start September 8 against Boston, earning an 11-5 win.
Leicester has won both of his two starts, most recently tossing 5 2/3 strong innings in a 3-0 win over the Angels on Thursday.
- AL
FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
BALTIMORE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
NY YANKEES 0 0 0 6 0 1 5 0 x 12 13 1 (FINAL)
BATTERIES: BAL - JON LEICESTER, ROCKY CHERRY (5TH), FERNANDO CABRERA (7TH), ROB
BELL (7TH) AND RAMON HERNANDEZ, GUSTAVO MOLINA (8TH)
NYY - MIKE MUSSINA, JOSE VERAS (8TH), RON
Sep 18 10:10 PM - AL
AT NY YANKEES - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY MELKY CABRERA SCORED JORGE POSADA AND ROBINSON
CANO.
SITUATION: 5 RUNS IN, M CABRERA ON FIRST, D MIENTKIEWICZ ON
SECOND, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: BALTIMORE 0
NY YANKEES 12 BOTTOM, 7TH
DUE UP FOR NY YANKEES: J DAMON (.258, 0-FOR-4)
Orioles vs. YankeesSep 18 9:44 PM - AL
AT NY YANKEES - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY DOUG MIENTKIEWICZ SCORED HIDEKI MATSUI.
SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, D MIENTKIEWICZ ON FIRST, R CANO ON SECOND, J
POSADA ON THIRD, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: BALTIMORE 0
NY YANKEES 10 BOTTOM, 7TH
DUE UP FOR NY YANKEES: M CABRERA (.281, 0-FOR-2, SF, RBI)
Orioles vs. YankeesSep 18 9:43 PM - AL
AT NY YANKEES - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY ROBINSON CANO SCORED BOBBY ABREU.
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, R CANO ON FIRST, J POSADA ON SECOND, H
MATSUI ON THIRD, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: BALTIMORE 0
NY YANKEES 9 BOTTOM, 7TH
DUE UP FOR NY YANKEES: D MIENTKIEWICZ (.243, 1-FOR-3, HR, 3 RBI)
Orioles vs. YankeesSep 18 9:42 PM - AL
AT NY YANKEES - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY HIDEKI MATSUI SCORED DEREK JETER.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, H MATSUI ON FIRST, B ABREU ON SECOND, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: BALTIMORE 0
NY YANKEES 8 BOTTOM, 7TH
DUE UP FOR NY YANKEES: J POSADA (.337, 0-FOR-1, 2 BB)
Orioles vs. YankeesSep 18 9:34 PM - AL
AT NY YANKEES - SCORING UPDATE
SACRIFICE FLY BY MELKY CABRERA SCORED JORGE POSADA.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, R CANO ON SECOND, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: BALTIMORE 0
NY YANKEES 7 BOTTOM, 6TH
DUE UP FOR NY YANKEES: J DAMON (.259, 0-FOR-3)
Orioles vs. YankeesSep 18 9:02 PM - AL
AT NY YANKEES - SCORING UPDATE
THREE-RUN HOME RUN BY DOUG MIENTKIEWICZ (5) TO RIGHT WITH 1
OUT IN THE 4TH OFF JON LEICESTER SCORED JORGE POSADA AND ROBINSON
CANO.
CURRENT SCORE: BALTIMORE 0, NY YANKEES 6
DUE UP FOR NY YANKEES: M CABRERA (.282, 0-FOR-1)
Orioles vs. YankeesSep 18 8:19 PM - AL
AT NY YANKEES - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY ROBINSON CANO SCORED HIDEKI MATSUI.
SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, R CANO ON FIRST, J POSADA ON SECOND, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: BALTIMORE 0
NY YANKEES 3 BOTTOM, 4TH
DUE UP FOR NY YANKEES: D MIENTKIEWICZ (.239, 0-FOR-1)
Orioles vs. YankeesSep 18 8:17 PM - AL
AT NY YANKEES - SCORING UPDATE
DOUBLE BY HIDEKI MATSUI SCORED DEREK JETER AND BOBBY ABREU.
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, H MATSUI ON SECOND, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: BALTIMORE 0
NY YANKEES 2 BOTTOM, 4TH
DUE UP FOR NY YANKEES: J POSADA (.337, 0-FOR-1)
Orioles vs. YankeesSep 18 8:09 PM
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