Game's like these are why I love being a Yankees fan. Without the Red Sox, who else could we have games like these with? I was on the edge of my seat every single pitch of the last three innings.
First off, we got treated to a great pitching duel between two of the greatest of all time, love 'em or hate 'em, Roger Clemens and Curt Schilling. Even more exciting was seeing Joba throw the hook for the first time. Those sox looked baffled. After blowing by hitters with 100mph fastballs and hard sliders for the whole of his short major league career, Joba brought out his latest weapon at the best time. Kudos to Mike Lowell for finally getting some offense off of Joba the great.
Also, Jeter woke up at the perfect time. With Schilling dominating the entire night prior to the eighth, Derek showed us why we call him "captain," with a go-ahead 3-run dinger that ultimately decide the fate of the ballgame. With one swing of the bat, he turned a gem tossed by Curt Schilling to a loss.
The only real down-side of this game was another shaky performance for Mariano. I grew up watching Mo nail down the coffin night in and night out. But honestly, I can't take this anymore. He just seemed very nervous on the mound, up until that last at-bat to Ortiz. It looked like he really locked down at that point.
Well that's it for another chapter of Yankees-Red Sox. The Bombers will finish off the last two weeks of the season with games against Baltimore, Tampa Bay, and Toronto. Hopefully we continue winning all of the games that we should, which with this upcoming schedule, should be all of them.
AL EAST Standings
Boston 90-60 --
New York 85-64 4.5 GB
Toronto 75-75 15.0 GB
Baltimore 64-84 25.0 GB
Tampa Bay 63-87 27.0 GB
AL Wild Card
New York 85-64 --
Detroit 83-67 2.5 GB
Seattle 78-70 6.5 GB
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