2 Outta 3 Ain't Bad

Well, as the song says two out of three ain't bad. Saw some fight in the loss on Wednesday, and came back last night to win, so the team seems to be displaying some of the grit of their manager.

Here is a breakdown so far of what each player did in the first series of the season, from looking at the box scores. BTW, this is in no particular order.

Giambi:0-for-8 with an RBI
Abreu: 5-for-10 with two runs and an RBI
ARod: 3-for-11 wit a home run, and three RBI
Damon: 2-for-11 with a double and a triple
Jeter: 3-for-10 with a run
Melky: 3-for-8 with a home run and two runs scored
Cano: 1-for-11
Matsui: 2-for-9 with an RBI
Posada: 0-for-2
Molina: 2-for-6

**the team has drawn seven walks and struck out 16 times, while scoring eight runs ... Cano has been left in scoring position four times this season, including three times in the 3-2 last night, for the season, the Yankees have left seven runners in scoring position.

**Nice outing by Hughes, two runs on four hits in six innings with four K's and a walk ... In two innings, Joba has allowed only one hit and has three strikeouts ... Rivera has two saves on the young season allowing only one hit and 2 k's ... MLB.com says that he did not record his second save of last season until May 3, 2007 at Texas.

**The Yankees have turned six double-plays this season, including five in the 5-2 loss on April 2 ... The defense has two errors this year.

**Looking ahead, Peter Abraham of the Journal News has the rotation for the next series against Tampa

Friday: RHP Ian Kennedy vs. RHP Andy Sonnanstine, 7:05 (YES)
Saturday: LHP Andy Pettitte vs. RHP Edwin Jackson, 1:05 (YES)
Sunday: RHP Chien-Ming Wang vs. RHP James Shields, 1:05 (YES)
Monday: RHP Mike Mussina vs. RHP Jason Hammel, 7:05 (YES/ESPN)

**Posada has been held out of the lineup the past two days due to a sore shoulder.

**In tonight's pre-game story Jeter had his 17-game hitting streak snapped, in which he went 30-for-78 since Sept. 13, 2007 at Toronto.

**LoHud.com has the Lineups
YANKEESDamon CFJeter SSAbreu RFRodriguez 3BGiambi 1BCano 2BPosada CMatsui LFBetemit DHKennedy RHP

**The New York Times, has this piece on Joba on how he shy's away from logos on carpets ... Also is their a future pitching coach on the horizon.

**The Bombers Beat had the minor league rotations

**Mike and the Mad Dog are making too much of a big deal with the Joba fist pumping.