Jesus Montero returned to the Bronx tonight and greeted his former team with a solo home run. It was nice to see Montero, surely bittersweet for some of his biggest supporters, and cool to see him hurt the Yankees in a way that didn’t hurt too much.
Hiroki Kuroda got into trouble and worked out of trouble for seven innings. He was unspectacular but delivered a tough, veteran performance. Oh yeah, he out-pitched Felix Hernandez. The crushing blow was a three run homer from Raul Ibanez who has hit for power so far this season. Andruw Jones added a pinch-hit, two run homer as the Yanks beat the Mariners, 6-2.
P.S. Robbie Cano went 4-4 and is now batting .308; Alex Rodriguez had two hits and is hitting .297. The slow starters are starting to heat up.
[Photo Via:Elevated Encouragement, Zero, Frank Franklin II/AP]
cool that ibanez (guitars) and andruw hit homers in the same game! cool that kuroda outpitched the king. cool that jesus had himself a moment, but it didn't hurt us. cool that robbie & alex are hitting well. hopefully, tex will join the parade soon. really cool that the yanks won!
The maligned heart of the order went 8 for 11.
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I know it's still early, but....
Josh Hamilton's current line: .407, .463, .873, 1.336
17 HRs in 118 AB (1 every 7 AB!!!!!!!!)
Just sick!