» Yanks Win 5th In A Row, 9-3 Yankees Blog

June 09, 2007

YANKEES 9
PIRATES 3

Saturday Afternoon at The Stadium, the Yankees defeated the Pirates 9-3, in Roger Clemens return. Roger Clemens pitched 6 innings, leading to the victory, which was the 5th in a row for the Yankees.

Clemens threw 108 pitches in the start, limiting the Pirates to three runs and five hits in helping the Yankees extend their winning streak to a season-high five games. The Rocket also achieved a milestone of sorts, earning career strikeout No. 4,606 to pass Randy Johnson for second on the all-time list. Clemens ended up with 7 strikeouts on the afternoon.

Offensively, the Bombers jumped on Pittsburgh starter Paul Maholm to build a three-run cushion in the bottom half of the first, with Alex Rodriguez and Robinson Cano driving in runs. Another run scored on a Posada single to left that brought in a run on an error charged to Paulino. In the 6th, 7th, and 8th innings, the Yankees padded the lead… Abreu came through with a run-scoring single and Rodriguez hit a sacrifice fly to open up a three-run advantage in the sixth, and New York added two in the seventh and one more in the eighth on Hideki Matsui’s sacrifice fly.

The Yankees have been on a roll … and loook to keep the streak going on Sunday afternoon, when Tyler Clippard faces Shawn Chacon.

GAME NOTES:
CLEMENS: 6 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 7 SO
CANO: 3-5, RBI
POSADA: 1-3, RBI
DAMON: 2-5, RBI