Javier Vazquez (4-5) pleased a lot of Yankees fans tonight in a pitcher’s duel against Brian Matusz (2-6).

Vazquez pitched seven innings and gave up four hits and just one run which was a homerun to right field off the bat of Corey Patterson (3).  Vazquez could not agree on a sign from Francisco Cervelli which resulted in a mistake pitch.  Vazquez also struck out five hitters on the night.  Matusz was not too far off from Vazquez.  He pitched 6.2 innings and gave up six hits and three runs.  Only one of those runs was earned because of a throwing error off Miguel Tejada in the sixth inning off the bat of Alex Rodriguez.

Alex hit a sharp ground ball to Tejada at third.  His throw bounced in the dirt and Ty Wigginton was not able to handle it.  This error allowed Derek Jeter and Nick Swisher to score when the ball rolled away from Wigginton.  The earned run of the night was a solo homerun off Curtis Granderson in the 5th inning (his first homerun in pinstripes at home).

The bombers may have managed to get the win tonight, but the bats really struggled tonight.  The team went 1-for-9 with RISP and left eight runners stranded on base throughout the game.  Nick Swisher and Francisco Cervelli both did not get hits tonight and Mark Teixeira exited the game early due to a bruising on his left foot.

Teixeira fouled a ball off his foot in his first AB of the game.  In his second AB he hit a grounder and winced as he was jogging to first base. to first base.  To be safe, Joe Girardi took Teixeira out of the game to have his foot examined.  Fortunately, the X-rays came back negative and all it was was some bruising.  His replacement was Juan Miranda who also did not get a hit tonight.  Teix is day-to-day but expects to play tomorrow.