The New York Yankees challenged the the Chicago White Sox yesterday at US Cellular Field with the Yankees triumphant 8 to 5. It was a thrilling night of baseball that anyone with cheap Yankee tickets online will definitely cherish.
Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia (3.95 ERA) got the win, while Mark Buehrle (3.79 ERA) took the loss for the White Sox. CC Sabathia went 7 solid innings for the Yankees, allowed 10 hits, 2 home runs and 5 earned runs with no walks and 5 strikeouts. Also pitching for the Yankees was Phil Hughes (3.43). The White Sox’s starter Mark Buehrle went 4.1 innings, allowed 12 hits, one home run and 7 earned runs with one walk and no strikeouts. Tony Pena (4.50), Randy Williams (0.00), Octavio Dotel (2.83), Scott Linebrink (2.61), and Jhonny Nunez (0.00) also pitched for the White Sox. With the win, Sabathia’s record goes to 11-7, while Buehrle falls to 11-5. Mariano Rivera earned the save for the Yankees, bringing his saves up to 30.
Melky Cabrera provided much of the offense for the Yankees with an incredible 4 runs batted in. In addition to the 8 runs, the Yankees managed 15 hits and committed no errors. Melky Cabrera led the Yankees in hitting with 4 hits, followed by Jerry Hairston’s 2 hits, and Nick Swisher with 2. Robinson Cano had a tough day at the plate, leaving 7 runners on base. Gordon Beckham had the most hits for the White Sox (3), followed by Carlos Quentin (2), and Paul Konerko (2). The White Sox mustered 5 runs, 11 hits and no errors.
Umpiring duties were performed by Greg Gibson, Ted Barrett, Tim McClelland and Andy Fletcher. There were 36,325 White Sox ticket holders in attendance at US Cellular Field.
The win puts the Yankees at a record of 63-42, at the top of their division, while the loss brings the White Sox to 54-52, (1.5 games behind the division leader). Next up for the Yankees are the Toronto Blue Jays (51-54) at Toronto Blue Jays Rogers Centre. If you are in the area you might want to check out what’s available for Toronto Blue Jays tickets because that game should be a good one. The White Sox will next take on the Los Angeles Angels Of Anaheim (63-40) at Us Cellular Field in what should be a very good game of MLB baseball. Buy your Los Angeles Angels Of Anaheim tickets today and take in all the thrills.