It's always nice when the Yankees get to ease out of a homestand by going to their secondary digs just south of the Mason-Dixon Line. It is a perpetual joke among Yankees and Sox fans that Baltimore is either Yankee Stadium South or Fenway South when each team roles into town.
Now it is becoming downright sad. Now I despise competitive balance, but with certain teams I always feel bad because at one point they used to be good and due to incompetent leadership they have continued to falter.
The Yankees can have little sympathy for the O's right now and they were unrelenting against an awful bullpen. After A-Rod's clutch single in the seventh to give Sabathia the lead, the bats went to task on the Baltimore bullpen, scoring seven in the ninth.
Speaking of Sabathia, the big man continued his unmitigated dominance of opposing bats. Over his past six starts Sabathia has an ERA of 1.83 and has struck out 53 batters in 44 innings of work. Opponents are hitting a minuscule .206 off him. It is the performance Yankee fans have been hoping for since the big man signed his name on the dotted line last off-season.
With Sabathia on point and Andy Pettitte looking like the Andy Pettitte of 10 years ago the Yankees appear to have their top two lined up for the playoffs. Now they just need A.J. Burnett to come around, and while things might not look good right now, everyone knows that he can be streaky. Personally I would rather he suck right now than a month from now. He still has at least four starts to straighten things out.
It is off to Toronto now and a series of unfortunate pitching match ups. The Yankees may just be hoping for a split as they toss out Chad Gaudin, Joba Chamberlain, Andy Pettitte and Mitre against the Jays.
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