Yankees 12, Royals 5
I'd have liked 12-2 a lot better. Once again the starting pitching lets down and we're down 3-0 before we even come to bat.
But KC's 3-0 lead wasn't enough for Affelt (who's so tough apparently he scared Ozzie Guillen into using his B-team against the Royals last week). Walk to Damon, walk to Jeter, a bomb by Sheffield, and it's a tie game.
And that was that. Today we put some this together with the walks and this one never felt in doubt once we got the lead. Chacon lasted six innings, giving up all five runs, and got the win, not necessarily well-deserved but earned.
Excellent patience at the plate again today, which makes me happy. The bullpen was good again, Meyers, Farnsworth, and Villone (a wonderful-sounding law firm -- two Ivy League-type barristers and the street-fighter type for those tacky but lucrative personal-injury cases) going untouched the over the final three innings in mop-up duty. This doesn't seem important but the way you become one of "Joe's Guys" is not just by clutch performances; it's by not losing focus in situatioins where it's easy to, also.
One more day game against the Royals (enact a minimum payroll NOW!) then it's off to Minnesota, where the bats will have a tougher test against an excellent Twins staff.
Mets @ Nationals
Is on as I write this. Hoping for the some more fireworks, but so far Pedro is on his best behavior. That can't last, can it?
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