Yankees vs. Angels - Box Score - August 08, 2008

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Bronx Banter: Denial Ain't Just A River In Egypt
Published 8/9/2008 at Baseball Toaster
... Cabrera groundout to first base. That brought the Yankees within one run of the Angels, but Rasner couldn't hold it any longer. Torii Hunter, who was 4 for 5 on the night with 4 RBIs and a great first-inning catch on a dead run toward the wall in center, led off the seventh with a home run. After a groundout, a Howie Kendrick single drove Rasner from the game in favor of Brian Bruney, who proceeded to allow Hendrick and two of his teammates to score, inflating the Angels' lead to 10-5 , which is how it ended. After the game, Kennedy seemed disturbingly undisturbed by his poor ...

Torii And Howie's Four-Fers Lead Angels Charge: Angels 10, Yankees 5
Published 8/9/2008 by Rob (noreply@blogger.com) at 6-4-2 — an Angels/Dodgers double play blog
... as day-to-day.) The rest of the game was surprisingly tame, with Jose Arredondo facing the minimum in the seventh and eighth. Scot Shields finished the game, giving up a pair of singles to pinch-hitter Wilson Betemit and Damon, but got Derek Jeter to ground out to first to end it. Both Hunter and Kendrick ended the game 4-for-5, with Hunter a triple away from the cycle. Chone Figgins struggled again tonight, going 0-for-5 with three strikeouts, two of those looking. ESPN Box • MLB.com recap

Tough night for Kennedy
Published 8/9/2008 by D&A at NJ.com: Pride of the Yankees
It's safe to say that's probably not how Ian Kennedy envisioned his return to the big leagues. He yielded five earned runs and nine hits over ...

The Yankees should have made that trade for Johan Santana
Published 8/20/2008 by Richie Rich at Home Run Derby
... But he’s been eaten alive when brought up to The Show.  Most recently, Kennedy was called up to start in place of the injured Joba Chamberlain - and the Angels torched him for 9 hits and 5 Earned Runs in 2+ innings and he was sent back down to AAA. ...