| Team | R | H | E |
| Yankees (17-18) | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Indians (16-17) | 3 | 7 | 0 |
W: C Lee (6-0), L: C Wang (6-1), S: R Betancourt (4)
Cliff Lee dominated on Wednesday night in the Bronx. He was a strike throwing machine with pinpoint control. Chien-Ming Wang didn’t pitch all that badly, but he obviously had some control problems with three free passes. But the story was Lee who gave up 6 hits over seven innings while striking out seven batters. He was simply stellar.
The Yankees couldn’t get anything going offensively and only Bobby Abreu managed a multi-hit game with a single and a double. The Yankees pushed only one runner to third base the whole night. Clearly they are missing Posada and A-Rod having not scored a single run in their last fourteen innings.
The early part of this season is becoming very reminiscent of last season when the Yankees got off to a horrendous start due to injuries in the pitching staff. This time, two of their offensive powerhouses are on the bench and you can obviously see that they’re a different team without them in the lineup.
Game Notes:
- Hideki Matsui extended his hit streak to 16 games.
- Kyle Farnsworth pitched another scoerless inning on Tuesday night.
Today’s matchup:
Yankee Stadium | 1:05 PM ET
Mike Mussina, RHP (4-3, 4.23) vs. Paul Byrd, RHP (1-2, 3.74)
