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YANKEES 7
GIANTS 3



Friday Night in San Francisco, the Yankees defeated the Giants 7-3, to snap their 3 game losing streak. Kei Igawa made his first start for the Yankees since returning from the minor leagues, and looked ver impressive for the first 4 innings, but got a little shaky in the 5th.


Kei Igawa took the mound against the San Francisco Giants, and looked good to start. Through the first 4 inings, Igawa had given up 0 runs, and struck out 5. However, in the 5th inning, he ran into some trouble. Igawa gave up a few hits ina row, and then loaded the bases, and walked Barry Bonds to bring in a run. The Yankees still had a 6-3 lead at this point, when Igawa was pulled from the game for reliever Luis Vizcaino. Vizcaino gave up a deep drive to left, and a great jumping the wall catch by Hideki Matsui saved the game from possibly being tied.


Offensively, the Yankee bats finally came alive, after being shutdown in Colorado. Melky Cabrera stroked a two-run single to put the Yankees up 3-0 in the second inning. In the fifth. Bobby Abreu doubled off the warning track in right-center field to score Derek Jeter, and Rodriguez lined a single to center knocking in Yankees’ fifth run. Alex Rodriguez had a huge game, going 4-for-4 with 2 RBI.


Game 2 of the series in San Fran will be Satruday afternoon when the Yanks send out ace Chien-Ming Wang to face Matt Morris.



GAME NOTES:
IGAWA: 4.2 IP, 2 ER, 4 H, 5 SO
A-ROD: 4-4, 2 RBI
CABRERA: 2-5, 2 RBI
JETER: 2-4, RBI
CANO: 2-3
CAIRO: 2-3



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