Game 3 VS Seattle

     With the Yankees playing on the West Coast it means Saturdays game started at about 4:00 pm East Coast time. I was interested in seeing how we would overcome yesterdays defeat. Andy Pettitte was on the mound which normally means good things for us. Although this year he has been struggling a bit. Coming into the game he was 4 and 3 coming of a stint on the disabled list. I always always try to watch him pitch. Hes one of my favorites and I love the glare over the glove. In fact I use the glare when I'm bowling! I glare at the pins. GRRR watch out pins!!! Although Andy has struggled throughout his career against Seattle. At 12-13 the M's are the only American league team he has a losing record against. Saturday was different He looked focused. Waiting on every batter to step in the batters box on every pitch. And early on he was dealing. Getting a lot of ground outs. Andy's final line was 7 1/3 inning pitched gave up only 3 hits and the lone run of the game for the Mariners. He had 6 strikeouts. It was a historic day for Andy earning his 250th career win. 213 with the Yankees. Sadly, though I don't think he will reach the magic number of 300.
    Offensively the Yankees scored in the first inning like they did in Fridays game. Second baseman Robinson Cano drove in the games first run when he drove Mark Teixera in. Cano now has 40 RBIs on the season. In the fourth inning Seattle got on the board. The Yankees quickly answered in the top of the fifth when Jayson Nix drove in the first of two RBIs on the day. Brett Gardner had two doubles on the day and was 3 for 5. The Yankees left a lot of guys on base. I think at my last count there were at least 8. In Fridays game I made note we were just missing pitches. Today though we were making better contact. Vernon Wells who had been struggling the past few games had 2 hits. Maybe hes starting to find his groove. On another note. The Seattle crowd gave a standing ovation to their rookie catcher Bantz it was his first career at bat in the bigs. He struck out going 0-2.
      The score was 3-1 going into the 9th after David Robertson made the 8th a little interesting. The 9 that means one man. Mariano Rivera. Hes having a solid year blowing one save which came against the Mets. Rivera faced 5 batters and the Mariners had 1st and 2nd with one out. Rivera struck out the side to save his 22 on the year. Rivera has 36 saves VS the M's.  I don't know if I will be able to do a Yankees recap tomorrow. NASCAR is on at about the same time. Although maybe ill record the gamegame and watch