YANKEES CONTINUE TO BASH
PITCHING STILL A RASH
BY LEE GANNON
SPORTSWRITER
DAILY PLANET
NEW YORK - THE BASH BROTHERS - ALL DOZEN OR SO - CONTINUE TO ROCK THE BALL.
TOO MANY SORE-NECKED YANKEE PITCHERS - FROM TURNING TOO QUICKLY TO SEE WHERE THEIR LATEST OFFERING IS HEADED - CONTINUE TO HOLD THE TEAM BACK.
LEADOFF HITTER HANK CONGER'S TWO HOMERS TUESDAY WERE THE DIFFERENCE - THAT AND A BULLPEN THAT HELD UP LATE AFTER COLLAPSING THE EVENING BEFORE - IN A 3-2 YANKEE WIN OVER TEXAS..
NEW YORK IS NOW 64-52, A PAIR OF GAMES AHEAD OF TORNTO AND FIVE
OVER THE RED SOX.
THE WHITE SOX (67-50) LEAD THE AL CENTRAL BY FOUR OVER 63-54 MINNESOTA AND EIGHT OVER 60-59 DETROIT.
OUT IN THE WEST DIVISION, THE 64-54 ANGELS ARE ONE-HALF GAME IN FRONT OF SEATTLE, A GAME AHEAD OF OAKLAND (63-55) AND SEVEN AHEAD OF TEXAS.
"WHICH ALLL MEANS THE WILD CARD IS A SHOOT-OUT FROM HERE ON IN," SAID YANKEES GM HANK STEINBRENNER.
NEW YORK IS ALMOST IS CLOSE TO HITTING .300 AS A TEAM, PARKED AT .297 AS NEWCOMERS KEN KENDRICK, KYLE RAMIREZ AND MICAH HORN HAVEN'T HIT.
"IT'S THE FIRST TIME UP FOR KYLE AND MICAH, SO IT MAY BE THEY JUST GET A TASTE," STEINBRENNER SAID. "ADDY FERMAMDEZ AND MICHAEL STANTON HAD BEEN SLUMPING, SO WE TRIED TO SHAKE THINGS UP."
MORE SHAKING MAY BE NECESSARY TO FINE-TUNE THE OFFENSE - JUST CROSS YOUR FINGERS PITCHING-WISE, AS NOBODY HAS STOOD OUT YET.
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