Saturday, September 26th, 2009
The Yankees put themselves within one game of clinching a Division title on Saturday afternoon behind ace lefty CC Sabathia. Sabathia proved to be nearly unhittable, allowing his only hit until the top half of the fifth inning - a bouncing squib placed perfectly out of the reach of second baseman Robinson Cano. CC went on to pitch 7 relentless frames of one-hit, shutout baseball, striking out 8 and walking 2. Phil Hughes pitched a scoreless 8th, striking out 2 of the 3 men he faced, and Mariano Rivera closed it in the 9th, allowing one hit and striking out 2 for his 43rd save of the season.
Dice-K Matsuzaka countered Sabathia on Saturday, and simply found himself to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Matsuzaka posed a pressing challenge on Yankee hitters, going 7 strong innings himself, allowing just 1 run on 6 hits. Matsuzaka, though his line seems flawless, actually found himself in a few ominous jams. The Yankees would threaten him with two separate situations of men on first and second with no one out and failed to score, then proceeded to load the bases with no one out and failed to score, thanks to a great, run-saving play by catcher Victor Martinez. Nevertheless, following two strong starts off the DL, Matsuzaka gave his Sox a very good chance to win a ball game. Unfortunately for them, the Yankees were up for the challenge.
W: Sabathia (19-7, 3.21)
L: Matsuzaka (3-6, 6.08)
S: Rivera (43)
Homeruns:
NYY: Cano (24)
BOS: None
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