July 18 – vs. Oakland

(Bronx, NY) – The Yanks started the post break run off on the right foot.  The weather was hot and so were the Yankee bats as they defeated the Oakland A’s by a score of 7-1 behind strong pitching from Mike Mussina, who improved to 12-6 on the year.  After being touched for a run in the first, the Moose settled down and the A’s never threatened again.  The bullpen behind David Robertson, Edwar Ramirez and Latroy Hawkins pitched 3 scoreless innings as well.

Richie Sexson picked up an RBI in his first Yankee at-bat to knot it at 1 in the first.  Robby Cano provided the winning cushion with a 3-run blast into the right center bleachers.  Abreu and A-Rod added RBI singles in the 4th and A-Rod dinged a solo homer later to round out the scoring.

Section 22 Guest Book:
Garrett McSharar (with John)
Jim Crowley (with Tom)
Jamie Keane (with Jamie)
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