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YANKEES 16
WHITESOX 3



Tuesday Night at the Stadium, the Yankees hit a record 8 homeruns, on their way to a 16-3 victory over the White Sox. Hideki Matsui led the way with two home runs, giving him a total of 13 long balls in July, which marks the most by any player in the Major Leagues this month.


Mike Mussina pitched well, surrendering 3 runs on six hits in six innings and improved to 6-7 on the season. Mussina struck out six without walking a batter. The only mistake ofthe night was a 3 run homerun to Jose Uribe in the 2nd inning of the game.



Offensively, the Yankee bats were on fire, and they tied a club record by hitting 8 homeruns on the evening. Hideki Matsui led the way with two home runs, and Bobby Abreu, Robinson Cano, Melky Cabrera, Johnny Damon, Shelley Duncan and Jorge Posada also pitched in with homeruns. 7 different Yankees hit homeruns. The one person that everyone came to see hit a homerun, Alex Rodriguez, went 0-5 on the night.
Aside from his homerun, Jorge Posada went 4 for 5 on th enight, driving in 3 RBI.

Wednesday night the Yankees will pitch Andy Pettitte vs John Danks.


GAME NOTES
MUSSINA: 6IP, 6H, 3ER, 6SO
POSADA: 4-5, HR, 2RBI
ABREU: 3-4, HR, 3RBI
MATSUI: 2-3, 2HR, 3RBI
CANO: 2-5, HR, 3RBI
CABRERA: 1-4, HR, 2RBI
DUNCAN: 1-1, HR, RBI
DAMON: 2-3, HR, RBI


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