Yankees 9 Devil Rays 5
My thoughts:
Carl Pavano pitched a whole lot better than his line would indicate. Errors absolutely ruined him. ARod drops a popup and costs Carl 4 more pitches. Jeter makes an errant throw and costs Carl an UER. An error by Phelps was key in the Rays 4 run inning essentially allowing the last 2 runs to score while Crawford would have been out. He stuff was good, he was getting behind hitters, but his sinker and curve looked pretty nice.
A worry is Damon's calf strain which is what it sounds like. They made it sound like it isnt a big deal, but with a 33 yr old who relies on speed for most of his game, his legs need to be tip top. We'll see how he responds on Wednesday.
Our offense looked fantastic. ARod hits a monster homer. Posada drilled one oppo. The lineup faced 152 pitches in 8 innings. Abreu 2-5 with an RBI. Giambi with 3 RBI. And one thing that was nice was to see the return of small ball. 2 sac bunts led to 3 runs and 3 SB were integral in 2 runs.
The relief corps was lights out. 4.2IP 3H 5K 0ER 0BB.
Overall, a solid yankee win.