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YANKEES 9
ROYALS 4



Tuesday Night in Kansas City, the Yankees offense poured it on again, leading them to their 5th straight victory. The Yankees defeated the Royals 9-4, and cut the Wild Card deficit down to 4 games.



Chien-Ming Wang (11-5) held Kansas City to four runs on seven hits over six innings, walking two and striking out three. Wang pitched well, considering, it is sometimes tough to pitch with a 7-0 lead after 2 innings.


The Yankee offense came to play, yet again, this time scoring 7 runs in the first two innings. Jorge Posada and Bobby Abreu each drove in two runs, while Johnny Damon and Hideki Matsui scored twice apiece for New York. The Yankees have put up 63 runs in their last five games and won 10 of 12 since the All-Star Break. Posada drilled a two-run single in a four-run first and Abreu drove in runs in both of the first two frames.


The win, coupled with an Indians loss, and Seattle loss, puts the Yankees 4 games behind the Wild Card leading Indians, and just 2 bheind Seattle.
The Yankees will go for thei 6th straight in Kansas City Wednesday, when they send out Mike Mussina vs Gil Meche.



GAME NOTES:
WANG: 6 IP, 7H, 4 ER, 3 SO
JETER: 4-6
ABREU: 2-5, 2 RBI
POSADA: 1-3, 2 RBI
MATSUI: 2-5, RBI



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