Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Burnett strong again yanks win 7-2

A.j. Burnett picked up Chein-Ming Wang again. Burnett gave the Yankees exactly what they needed a solid 8 innings, 9 strike outs, 3 hits and 1 walk. He did give up 2 runs after after Evan Longoria single to left. But was able to pitch out of trouble in the 7th. The Yankees quickly got the the lead back in the top of 8th. Gardner doubles, moved to 3rd on Jeters single, Gardner scored on Teixiera's Sac fly. Gardner added a ground rule RBI double in the 8th along with Derek Jeter hitting a 3 run homer to put it away. Nick Swisher continues to be hot going 2-4 with another homer a solo shot. Brian Bruney pitched a 1-2-3 ninth striking out the side. The Yankees may have played their most complete game this season.

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