View from the Seats

The view from the seats tonight comes from 332B as the Yankees took a big game from the Tampa Bay Rays. Tonight was an exciting game and I was here with a large crew including Ben Kabak from River Ave Blues. Despite a 5-0 first inning lead, this game never felt totally safe. Phil Hughes walked too many hitters and felt compelled to nibble too often with two strikes. With two strikes, Hughes was unable to finish many guys which ran his pitch count way up.

But the Yankees offense came alive with each member of the starting lineup getting a hit, none bigger than Robinson Cano's bit two out triple to extend the Yankees lead. Joba Chamberlain provided some tense moments as well but came away with the save tonight.

Tonight was a cold--and very windy--night at the Stadium, and the game felt like an October affair. And although the crowd was, on a whole, pretty dead from the cold, we had an entertaining fan in front of us telling Carl Crawford how much he sucked over and over again. Another big win for the Yanks as they move up 2.5 in the division and put their magic number to clinch at playoff spot at 3.


-Andrew