What a mess. The Yankees had this game wrapped up numerous times and couldn’t put zeros on the board until LaTroy Hawkins came in and put the fire out with his new No. 22 jersey.

Chien-Ming Wang is still the team’s ace and one bad start doesn’t take that away from him, but wow could he not get an out once the Yankees gave him a 7-3 lead. However, I could not believe what it took to get Joe Girardi out of the dugout to pull Wang from the game. After he loaded the bases and continued to give up hits, there was still no movement in the pen. Lucky for Joe the offense came back for the Bombers or he would have more questions to answer in another managerial blunder against Boston.

Now at 9-7, the Yankees are tied for first with the Red Sox and with a win tonight can be three over .500 with a three game set against at Baltimore, which could boost their record nicely as they try to separate themselves from the pack in the East. The Yankees will finally get an off day on Monday an they could be a nice 12-8 (.600) or possibly better by then.

Notes: Jason Giambi had his first multi-hit game of the season last night and has five hits on the season, three of which are against Mike Timlin including two home runs. Every Yankees starter last night had at least one hit and one run scored. The Yankees bullpen pitched five innings last night giving up only one run on five hits.