Andy Pettitte allowed one run in eight innings and Mariano Rivera struck out two in the ninth for the save as the Bombers won last night in Oakland. The Yankee scoring all came in the sixth and because I was up watching the Lakers crumble in the second half, I saw what went down. Derek Jeter led off with an infield single and then Bobby Abreu walked on a full count pitch that looked a lot like a strike. Alex Rodriguez followed and he walked too, on a 3-1 pitch that looked also like a strike. Then the birthday boy, Hideki Matsui came up and roped a line drive over the fence in right center field for a Grand
Final: Yanks 4, A’s 1.