Yankees vs. Tigers - Box Score - May 09, 2008

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Game 37: Rogers Rolls, Homers Hibernate, Jones Nearly Ruins It All
Published 5/10/2008 by Mike McClary at :: The Daily Fungo ::
... The Gist: Game #37 featured a terrific outing from #37 Kenny Rogers, three hits from Pudge Rodriguez and ridiculous ninth inning from Todd Jones. Luckily, and most importantly, it all added up to a Tigers’ 6-5 win over the Yankees. Rogers gave the Tigers a ...

Bronx Banter: Out Of Reach
Published 5/10/2008 at Baseball Toaster
... to walk Hideki Matsui, thus ending Godzilla's hitting streak, to have the right-handed Jones face the right-handed Shelley Duncan. Duncan took ball one, then got good wood on a ball low and away and lifted it to deep left center. Unfortunately, he got a little too much air under the ball and hit it a bit too much toward center where defensive replacement Curtis Granderson easily reeled it in for the final out, leaving the Yankees 180 feet short of extending the game. Final score: 6-5 Tigers.

Not O-Kei
Published 5/10/2008 by Dave & Aziz Nekoukar at NJ.com: Pride of the Yankees
... , quoting Joe Girardi before last night's game regarding whether Igawa would start his next slated game: " There's no situation we've talked (about) as of right now" that would keep the Yankees from starting Igawa again Wednesday at Tampa Bay. Ed Price, quoting Girardi after Igawa's three-inning , 11-hit, six-run performance in which he didn't strike out or walk a batter: "The plan is for him to start again in five days. But sometimes -- I mean, that's the plan. I'll sit down and watch the tape and take a better look at (last night). But he's not pitching like he's capable ...