{"id":632,"date":"2009-05-25T12:02:57","date_gmt":"2009-05-25T17:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.homeboyznetwork.com\/?p=632"},"modified":"2009-05-25T12:37:22","modified_gmt":"2009-05-25T17:37:22","slug":"phillies-snap-the-yankees-winning-streak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.homeboyznetwork.com\/?p=632","title":{"rendered":"Phillies snap the Yankees winning streak."},"content":{"rendered":"

Jimmy Rollins(notes) sent A.J. Burnett\u2019s(notes) first pitch of the night deep over the right-field scoreboard.Carlos Ruiz(notes) had his first homer since Game 3 of last October\u2019s World Series and Jayson Werth(notes) became the first player to reach the left field second deck.<\/p>\n

For the Yankees, Mark Teixeria hit the first drive into the suite level, just below the upper deck.<\/p>\n

Seven more home runs were hit at baseball\u2019s newest launching pad on Friday night when the top home run-hitting teams in each league faced off. Four were hit by the Philadelphia Phillies, who rolled to a 7-3 victory in the first interleague game at new Yankee Stadium and ended New York\u2019s nine-game winning streak.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll the home runs were actually pretty legit, I thought,\u201d Rollins said. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter if the field is anything under 500 feet, it\u2019s going to give up some home runs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Raul Ibanez(notes) also homered for the World Series champions, who have won seven of eight\u2014all on the road.
\nAlex Rodriguez(notes) hit his sixth since rejoining the Yankees on May 8 and with 559 pulled within four of Reggie Jackson for 11th on the career list. Derek Jeter(notes) and Teixeira connected in the eighth, after the Phillies had gone ahead 7-1.<\/p>\n

There have been 82 homers at Yankee Stadium, a record for the first 21 games at a major league park, according to the Elias Sports Bureau and five more than were hit at Houston\u2019s Enron Field in 2000. There already have been nine games of five or more homers and three of seven or more. Fifty-one of the homers have gone to right field.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt travels good, there\u2019s no doubt,\u201d Teixeira said. \u201cBut at least to right field and right-center, it\u2019s always traveled good, even in the old place.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rollins, who hit his 29th leadoff homer, envisioned leading off on Thursday.<\/p>\n

\u201cI kind of said it would nice to do, first time at Yankee Stadium, my first swing, you know, be a home run. I prayed on it. Prayers get answered,\u201d he said. \u201cIt would have been nice had I did it at the old Yankee Stadium, but unfortunately I didn\u2019t have the opportunity to play there.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was 80 degrees at game time and AccuWeather.com predicted a home-run festival on the first warm, humid night of the season.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn respect to the temperature and humidity, and the laws of baseball flight, the number of home runs should be down,\u201d senior meteorologist Henry Margusity said in a statement. \u201cWe can only conclude from the weather data that the number of home runs should only go up this summer. AccuWeather.com is already predicting higher-than-normal humidity in the New York City area this summer, which means the home run derby should continue at Yankee Stadium.\u201d<\/p>\n

Given a 5-0, fifth-inning lead, Brett Myers(notes) (4-2) allowed three runs and eight hits in eight innings with no walks and five strikeouts. Burnett (2-2) dropped to 0-2 in his last seven starts, giving up five runs and eight hits in six innings and tying his career high for homers allowed with three.<\/p>\n

Burnett hit Philadelphia\u2019s second batter, Chase Utley(notes), on a shoulder with a pitch. Myers threw his second pitch behind Jeter, prompting plate umpire Mike Winters to warn both dugouts.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that\u2019s what we need to do as team,\u201d Myers said. \u201cI think everybody protects each other on a team and, you know, I mean it\u2019s part of the game. I mean it\u2019s kind of like eye for an eye.\u201d<\/p>\n

Burnett said he wasn\u2019t trying to hit Utley but understood what Myers was doing.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t pitch that way. Those guys know that,\u201d he said. \u201cHe was just sticking up for his teammate.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chien-Ming Wang(notes), activated before the game after nearly a month on the disabled list, made his third career relief appearance and gave up a long homer deep over the Yankees bullpen to Ibanez. Wang threw 51 pitches, allowing two runs and six hits in three innings while lowering his ERA from 34.50 to 25.00.<\/p>\n

\u201cI saw a lot more velocity. I saw a lot more sink when the ball was down,\u201d New York manager Joe Girardi said. \u201cHis arm strength is back. His sinker was exploding. It was a step in the right direction.\u201d -yahoo.com<\/p>\n

<\/em><\/p>\n

What a great game this was. \u00a0If this is the start of Myers “changing it up” well then I think he should change it up all the time. \u00a0What a great game he pitched and what great run support he got from this team. \u00a0Good win here and was great to snap that losing streak from those Yankees!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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