Yankees vs. Royals - Box Score - April 10, 2008

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Melky Lights A Fire, Pettitte Cruises
Published 4/11/2008 by Brian at Depressed Fan
The Yanks cruised to a 6-1 win to salvage one game of their three-game set in KC behind a very strong 6.2 innings from Andy Pettitte. Early on it looked like the one run the Royals put up in the bottom of the first might just stand up, especially with the way the "Bombers" have been swinging the bat. Luckily, Girardi made a smart move inserting Melky into the two hole. The kid rewarded his skipper with a solo bomb to tie the game and wake the Yankee offense up in the top of the third. Pettitte got the ball directly to Joba, who threw 1.1 innings and finished off ...

Bronx Banter: Even Steven
Published 4/11/2008 at Baseball Toaster
... is just 32 years-old). Final Score: Yanks 6, Royals 1 . Chamberlain replaced Pettitte with one out in the seventh. He got out of inning unscathed but allowed two singles in the eighth (the Yankee lead was just 4-1 at the time). Jose Guillen, the potential tying run, struck out to end the inning. The last two pitches he saw were, in a word, unfair. First, he waved at a nasty, biting slider, and then Joba blew a fastball by him. It was right over the plate and came in at 99 mph according to the YES radar. Joba trudged off the mound. No arm swinging, no yelling. Just very tough.

Our first taste of Yanks-Sox tonight
Published 4/11/2008 by Dave & Aziz Nekoukar at NJ.com: Pride of the Yankees
If we've said it once, we've said it a hundred times: Andy Pettitte , Yankee stopper extraordinaire. The lefty came up big ( 6.2 IP, 5 H, 1 ER ) on a rain-soaked evening in KC, in a game that ...