Yankees destroy Mattingly back to Bronx

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 Yankees destroy Mattingly back to Bronx

Kuroda shut down Los Angeles into the seventh inning, Ichiro Suzuki homered and drove in three runs, and the New York Yankees spoiled Mattingly’s return to the Bronx with a 6-4 victory over the sloppy Dodgers in the opener of a day-night doubleheader. ”Once the game started I didn’t really focus too much on who I was facing,” Kuroda said through a translator. Yankees Jersey

”I was trying to contribute for the Yankees. ” Lyle Overbay hit a two-run double against South Korean rookie Hyun-Jin Ryu (6-3) in the first game in New York between the old October rivals since Los Angeles clinched the 1981 World Series title with a win in Game 6 at the original Yankee Stadium.Wade Boggs Jersey

He also tried to throw a runner out at first on a single to right field in the second inning and struck out to end the game against Mariano Rivera. ”His talent’s great and his aggressiveness we love, because you love the way he plays,” Mattingly said. ‘A.J. Burnett Jersey But we’ve got to make sure that we continue to teach, and for him to understand the right times to take those chances. ” Suzuki made a leaping catch at the wall in right field for the first out of the eighth before Hanley Ramirez connected for a two-run homer off Preston Claiborne for his fourth hit of the game to cut the lead to 6-4.Yogi Berra Jersey