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Andy Pettitte got his first start of the spring today, and he did his job. He went 1.2 innings, allowing one hit, one walk, and he struck out two batters. Dan Giese pitched 2.1 innings, allowing a solo home run and he picked up two K's.

     Ian Kennedy was rocked for 5ER during his 2.2 innings of work.  You can't defend that, but people are going crazy with this. These games mean absolutely nothing. Everyone is entitled to bad outings. Joba has had a horrible spring so far, and you don't hear anyone bashing him.

     The Yankees only scored 2 runs off of Blue Jays pitching today. The only runs scored on the game were from a two-run home run from Brett Gardner. It really is amazing, considering he only hit 9HR's in 1448 at-bats during his minor league career. It was his third home run of the spring, and he has only had 21 at-bats. Watch out you guys..Gardner has this job pretty much locked up.

March 9, 2009    1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   R   H   E  Toronto 0 0 1 0 1 3 1 0 0   6 9 0 NY Yankees 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0   2 8 0

NY Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG Gardner, CF 3 1 2 2 0 0 0 .381   Jackson, A, CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .214 Cabrera, M, LF 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .278   Curtis, LF 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 Teixeira, 1B 3 0 2 0 0 1 1 .500   Miranda, 1B 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .111 Posada, DH 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 .375   a-Duncan, S, PH-DH 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .333 Swisher, RF 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .133   Linden, RF 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .091 Molina, J, C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .313   Cash, C 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .444 Berroa, 2B 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 .500   Bernier, 2B 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 .214 Leone, 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200   Russo, 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Pena, SS 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 .250   Nunez, E, SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 Totals 33 2 8 2 1 10 7   a-Struck out for Posada in the 8th. BATTING
2B: Teixeira (2, Mills), Berroa (3, Mills).
HR: Gardner (3, 3rd inning off Mills, 1 on, 1 out).
TB: Gardner 5; Cabrera, M; Curtis; Teixeira 3; Berroa 2; Bernier.
RBI: Gardner 2 (4).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Posada; Leone; Teixeira.
GIDP: Russo.
Team LOB: 5.

NY Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Pettitte 1.2 1 0 0 1 2 0 0.00 Giese (H, 2) 2.1 2 1 1 0 2 1 6.48 Kennedy (L, 0-2) 2.2 5 5 5 1 1 1 8.22 Jackson, S 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.86 Albaladejo 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2.45 Robertson 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.25

Final Score: Toronto 6, NY Yankees 2

(Statistics, Courtesy of MLB.com)

     The Yankees now have a record of 4-8-1 this spring. The Yanks will take on the Cincinnati Reds tomorrow night at George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Florida. The game will actually be televised for a change. The game will be carried on the YES Network and its set to start at 7:15PM ET. The pitching match up will be Joba Chamberlain vs. Nick Masset.

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