Joba Chamberlain and the New York Yankees defeat the Rays 6-2 to win yet another series. Chamberlain was dominant. His line: 8 innings pitched (ties career high), 0 runs allowed, 3 hits, 2 walks and, struck out 5 lowering his season ERA to 3.58. The Yankees took the lead early and never looked back. Mark Teixeira gave the Yankees the lead in the 1st inning with an RBI single, making it 1-0. In the 4th, the Yankees struck again. Robinson Cano grounded out to 2nd which scored Alex Rodriguez to make it 2-0. Cano wouldn't stop there. In the 6th, Cano hit a mammoth homerun to deep right to give the Yankees a 3-0 lead. In the 8th, with Cody Ransom on 2nd, Posada singled to shallow center field to make it a 4-0 game. The Yankees didn't stop there, in the 9th, Melky Cabrera and Mark Teixeira both hit deep solo homeruns. With a 6-0 lead, Brian Bruney relieves Chamberlain and surrenders 2 runs on 2 hits in just 1/3 of an inning. The 2 runs came off the bat of Evan Longoria who deposited a 2-run homerun into the left field seats. With the score now at 6-2 in favor of the Yankees, Mariano Rivera comes on to pitch two-thirds of an inning in a non-save situation, only allowing a walk and striking out Michel Hernandez to end the game. They improve to 62-39 on the year. The Rays fall to 55-47 and fall 7.5 games behind the Yankees for first place. As of now, Boston trails Oakland 8-5 and if Oakland can hold on the Yankees will be up 3.5 games on the Red Sox. No doubt in my mind here, Joba Chamberlain was the player of the game.
Winning Pitcher - Joba Chamberlain (7-2)
Losing Pitcher - Matt Garza (7-8)
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