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Opening Day, 1976

Mrs. Gehrig and Mrs. Ruth

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DJ Passes JD Again

Derek Jeter doubled home a run in the 3rd inning of this afternoon's Yankees-Mariners game to pass Joe Dimaggio for sole posession of 5th place on the team's all-time doubles list.

Jeter passed Joe D in last night's game for 4th place on the franchise's runs scored list.

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Wang With a W

The Yankees have come to rely on Chien-Ming Wang to do what he does best- win. Last night The Wanger ended the Yankees 3-game losing streak and won after a Yankees loss for the 11th time in his career. Wang was on his game as was the defense behind him as the Yankees beat the Seattle Mariners 5-1. Defense let down Mariners starter Erik Bedard with 4 errors that lead to a pair of unearned runs.

The first of those four errors bit the Mariners in the 1st inning. Derek Jeter reached on a miscue by fellow shortstop Yuniesky Betancourt and came around on singles by Bobby Abreu and Hideki Matsui. Adrian Beltre's error of a Morgan Ensberg hot shot started the 2nd and Ensberg was credited with a stolen base after Jose Lopez dropped Kenji Johjima's throw to 2nd Base. Alberto Gonzalez followed with a single and both runners came home on Melky Cabrera's lined double into the left field corner.

Wang, who had to leave after 6 innings and 90 pitches due to a hand cramp, only allowed one runner to reach 2nd Base through 5 innings. In the 6th, Ichiro Suzuki singled, stole 2nd and 3rd, and came home on a Raul Ibanez ground out for the lone Mariners run.

The Yankees came up with a pair of insurance runs in the 8th to seal the deal. Ensberg's single scored Abreu and Jose Molina brought home another run with a sacrifice fly. That made it a non-save situation for Mariano Rivera who retired the Mariners in order in the 9th to finish off the win.

News and Notes

Derek Jeter scored his 1,391st run to pass Joe Dimaggio for sole possession of 4th place on the all-time team list.

Chien-Ming Wang is now 6-0, 3.00 on the season and 7-0 lifetime against the Mariners.

Jose Molina, who started the season red hot, is now in an 0-22 slump.

As expected, Bobby Murcer returned to the YES booth last night, joining Michael Kay and Paul O'Neill.

May 2, 2008

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Seattle	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		1	4	4
NY Yankees	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	X		5	7	0

Seattle	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Suzuki, CF	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	.273
Lopez, 2B	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	.298
Ibanez, LF	4	0	1	1	0	1	0	.294
Beltre, 3B	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	.283
Clement, DH	3	0	0	0	1	2	1	.167
Sexson, 1B	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	.223
Balentien, RF	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	.182
Burke, C	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.158
a-Vidro, PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200
Johjima, C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.175
Betancourt, SS	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	.290
Totals	30	1	4	1	2	8	10
a-Grounded out for Burke in the 8th.
BATTING 2B: Ibanez (6, Wang). TB: Suzuki 2; Ibanez 2; Betancourt. RBI: Ibanez (21). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Sexson; Lopez. GIDP: Betancourt. Team LOB: 4. BASERUNNING SB: Suzuki 3 (10, 2nd base off Chamberlain/Molina, 2nd base off Wang/Molina, 3rd base off Wang/Molina). FIELDING E: Betancourt (5, fielding), Beltre (6, fielding), Lopez (3, missed catch), Burke (1, fielding). Seattle IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Bedard (L, 2-1) 7.0 4 3 1 1 6 0 1.82 Rowland-Smith 0.1 2 2 2 1 1 0 6.23 Green 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1.7 NY Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG Cabrera, CF 4 0 1 2 0 0 0 .284 Jeter, SS 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 .275 Abreu, RF 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 .284 Duncan, S, 1B 3 1 1 0 1 2 2 .190 Matsui, LF 4 0 1 1 0 1 3 .313 Giambi, DH 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 .160 Ensberg, 3B 4 1 1 1 0 1 2 .235 Molina, C 3 0 0 1 0 1 3 .218 Gonzalez, 2B 4 1 1 0 0 2 2 .269 Totals 32 5 7 5 2 8 16 BATTING 2B: Cabrera (3, Bedard). TB: Cabrera 2; Abreu 2; Duncan, S; Matsui; Ensberg; Gonzalez. RBI: Matsui (14), Cabrera 2 (14), Ensberg (4), Molina (3). 2-out RBI: Matsui. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Giambi; Abreu; Molina; Gonzalez. SF: Molina. Team LOB: 7. BASERUNNING CS: Ensberg (1, 2nd base by Bedard/Burke). FIELDING DP: (Gonzalez-Jeter-Duncan, S). NY Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Wang (W, 6-0) 6.0 3 1 1 2 5 0 3.00 Farnsworth (H, 3) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.77 Chamberlain (H, 7) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.46 Rivera 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 HBP: Giambi (by Bedard). Pitches-strikes: Bedard 103-72, Rowland-Smith 22-13, Green 7-7, Wang 90-53, Farnsworth 14-10, Chamberlain 19-12, Rivera 15-10. Ground outs-fly outs: Bedard 6-9, Rowland-Smith 0-0, Green 0-1, Wang 8-5, Farnsworth 1-0, Chamberlain 2-1, Rivera 1-1. Batters faced: Bedard 29, Rowland-Smith 4, Green 3, Wang 22, Farnsworth 3, Chamberlain 4, Rivera 3. Inherited runners-scored: Green 3-2. Umpires: HP: Mike Winters. 1B: Paul Schrieber. 2B: Laz Diaz. 3B: Wally Bell. Weather: 49 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 16 mph, L to R. T: 2:57. Att: 52,199.

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The Daily Yankeeland - 4/28

The Yankees play the finale of their four game set with the Indians tonight in Cleveland. Even though Tuesday's home game is at night, can the Yankees ever have an early start on a travel day? Is it because this game is on ESPN again. Seriously.

Weather may effect tonight's game as well. There's a 50% chance of rain by game time and it increases to 60% by 8 p.m.

Derek Jeter's double yesterday tied him with Joe Dimaggio for 5th place on the all-time team list with 389 two-baggers.

Chien-Ming Wang joined teammates Andy Pettitte (1997) and Mike Mussina (2003) in starting the season 5-0. Wang also had one no decision. Wang changed speeds yesterday much more often than he did in last year's two ALDS losses.

Mussina starts tonight's finale against left-hander Aaron Laffey.

Alex Rodriguez is not 100% recovered from his quad strain, but will continue to play. He has just 2 RBI in his last 13 games and just 10 for the month.

Robinson Cano ended an 0-14 slide with his single yesterday. And of course then he was picked off. That's how his April has gone.

Indians centerfielder Grady Sizemore saw his 382 game consecutive playing streak on Sunday after mildly spraining his ankle on Saturday. Sizemore was gunned down at 2nd Base by Jorge Posada, whose shoulder paid the price yesterday.

Roger Clemens' world could be getting a whole lot uglier. Stories are starting to surface that Clemens had a 10-year extra marital affair with trouble country singer Mindy McCready. It gets worse. McReady was reportedly on 15 when the affair began.

Tigers Hall of Fame broadcaster Ernie Harwell has written a piece in the Detroit Free Press on Yankees bench coach Rob Thomson's Tiger roots.

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Where Have You Gone Joe DiMaggio

While the major league Yankees continue to flop, there are a number of minor leaguers in the Yankees' system that are having outstanding seasons. One of those players is Charleston River Dog's Mitch Hilligoss.

Hilligoss tied the Atlantic League record by hitting in his 35th consecutive game. He didn't accomplish the feat until his final at-bat. The 2-run double pulled him even with another former Yankees prospect Scott Seabol, who hit in 35 games for the 1999 Greensboro Bats.

Hilligoss' streak is the 3rd longest in the last 20 years of minor league baseball. Only Joey Cora (37) and Brent Gates (36) have hit in more consecutive games. Just as any major leaguer, Hilligoss will also be chasing Joe DiMaggio. The Yankee Clipper set the minor league record by hitting in 61 straight games in 1933.

Longest Streaks in Minor League History

61 - Joe DiMaggio (1933)
55 - Roman Mejias (1954)
49 - Jack Ness (1915)

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56 Games or Marilyn Monroe?

Hard to tell which is the greatest accomplishment. Either way, Joe D started his trek towards both on this date in 1936. The Yankee Clipper made him major league debut, going 3-6 against the St. Louis Browns. He wore #9.

15 years later another rookie, Gil McDougald had himself a day to remember. McDougald, the 1951 AL ROY, drove in 6 runs in one inning as the Yankees stomped the same St. Louis Browns 17-3.

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