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Joba goes 6 innings as Jeter homer leads to Yankee victory posted on 06/14/2008

Joba Chamberlain is getting more comfortable as a starting pitcher.  Last night, having a pitch count of 95, Chamberlain threw 88 pitches in six strong innings as he only gave up one run. Now, the training wheels are off for Chamberlain, no more pitch counts. Derek Jeter homered off of Doug Brocail in the 8th inning for the decisive margin.

 In the first inning, Alex Rodriguez drove in Bobby Abreu with an RBI single. That was Rodriguez' 33rd RBI of the year, and it gave the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  Chamberlain was cruising along until the fourth inning, where he intentionally walked Carlos Lee after Lance Berkman reached on a fielder's choice. Wigginton then singled in Berkman for the Astros only run of the game.

 On the other side, Shawn Chacon pitched a great game for the Astros as he gave up only 3 hits in 6.2 innings. He looked god as he earned yet another no decision which seems to be his calling. At the beginning of this season, he earned a no decision in 10 consecutive starts setting a Major League record. 

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Yankees lose 2-1, as Royals snap 11 game road losing streak posted on 06/07/2008

After winning in dramatic fashion on Thursday afternoon on a walkoff two run homer by Jason Giambi, the Yankees hoped to take that momentum into tonight's game. Tonight wasn't the night as Royals rookie pitcher, Kyle Davies, pitched a gem, scattering only one run and seven hits over a well pitched 6 2/3 innings.  Davies earned the win as he rendered trhe Yankee bats quiet. Davies was called up from Triple A last Saturday. He proceeded to defeat the Indians' C.C Sabathia in snapping the Royals 12 game losing streak. Tonight he snapped the Royals 11 game road losing streak by mixing up his pitches, attacking the strike zone early and often and keeping the Yankees hitters off balanced and guessing.

 On the other side, Darrell Rasner pitched yet another excellent game for the Yankees.  Once again, though, he was betrayed by a lack of offense.  In Rasner's last three starts, the Yankees have scored a combined three runs, losing all three games. Tonight Rasner consistently worked into and out of trouble. He gave up leadoff doubles on three separate occasions and five doubles for the game.  He did his best Houdini impression tonight, giving up only two runs over eight innings of work while throwing 120 pitches. Rasner, as usual, worked very quickly and threw strikes.  Though the Royals hit him relatively well the entire night, they just couldn't seal the deal with runners in scoring position.

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Yanks win 5-1 as pitchers shine, Jeter passes the Mick posted on 06/04/2008

After last night's disaster in Joba Chamberlain's first career start, things were back to normal tonight for the Yankees as they didn't have to deal with the media circus.

 Mike Mussina took the ball looking to get the Yankees back on track by ending their three-game losing streak.  He did so, pitching six effective innings and earning the win.  The win was number nine for Mussina, which ties him for the league lead. Mussina, whose loss of velocity has been well documented this season, kept the Bluejays hitters off balanced with an array of different offspeed pitches and a fastball which sported impressive late movement.  One night after Chamberlain went 2.1 innings in his first start, the Yankees were in need of a good start to give the bullpen a bit of a breather and Mussina provided that.

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Joba Chamberlain's debut as a starting pitcher posted on 06/03/2008

Tonight was the well hyped debut of Joba Chamberlain as a starting pitcher in the major leagues. As is well known the process to mold Joba into a starter has begun.  They have started loosening his arm up over the course of the past couple of weeks, and tonight was the big day where he saw the mound for the first time as a starting pitcher in the majors.  His pitch count was limited to 70, but this wasn't a normal day at the Stadium by any means. More media members, a more excited crowd are the main factors that made this a game that was different than usual.

 As far as the start itself, Chamberlain was shaky.  Although he only gave up one run and one hit, he walked four batters and labored through 2.1 IP and threw 62 pitches.  Joba's velocity was there on his fastball and slider, the break was there on the curve as well, but he just couldn't get a grasp for his command. That was the main source of his wildness, as he seemed like he was a bit too wound up for this start.  He walked three batters in the 1st inning, committed a balk, and Jose Molina contributed to the inning with a past ball that advanced a runner.  All things considered Chamberlain escaped relatively unscathed as he only gave up a run.  He started to settle down in the 2nd inning, as he only threw 16 pitches, but was taken out after an out in the 3rd inning having thrown 62 pitches.

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