Melky Cabrera hit a two run home run in the bottom of the eighth to break a tie game and give the Yankees a 8-6 lead and hand it over to the Sandman. Rivera was not lights out but got the job done nontheless.
Rivera faced the top of the order and got Ian Kinsler swinging for the first out. Tough hitting Michael Young was next and Mo got to a full count before Young lined a double to right as Melky's dive was unsuccessful. Hank Blalock singled up the middle with Young taking third on the play. With the tying runs on Nelson Cruz stepped up to the plate and he had already hit a home run in this game and launched a mammoth home run last night. Mo got him swinging and then got Murphy to pop up to A-Rod to end the game.
For Rivera ,it's his 12th save in 13 save opportunities. He is now only six saves short of the magic 500 number. His record on the season remains at 0-1 and his ERA is lowered to 2.38.
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Moises Young Diaz wrote:
Mariano, 494 Saves and counting....LOL.