Good to get the 1st win out of the way. Looked like it could be more of the same in the early going as they wasted runners at 1st and 3rd none out in the first, although they had already scored one at that point, and then wasted 1st and 2nd nobody out in the 2nd. However in the 3rd, thanks to Mussina paying too much attention to Rios he offered up a cookie to Vernon on the 1st pitch.
A solid start from Burnett, yes he only had 3 K’s but as long as he is keeping the ball down and getting ground balls that’s when he is successful. Well Burnett induced 9 outs via ground ball compared to 4 in the air. Even more impressive is how easy Burnett can make it look out there. He wasn’t in any jams out there at all until his 1st and only walk in the 7th and then the HR to Rodriguez.
Nice to see Barajas prove that it is possible to throw out a runner with Burnett on the mound after every steal attempt last year against Burnett was a success.
Now for the stats:
Adv: Eckstein (1)
Pitching Adv: Hawkins
Adv+: Rios (1)
Pitching Adv+: Mussina
NAdv: Wells (1), Scutaro (2), Rodriguez
Pitching NAdv: Accardo (1), Mussina 2
WG: Scutaro (1), Damon, Rodriguez
ME(r): Jeter
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