Javier Vazquez, our favorite Yankees whipping boy, deserves credit last night for his best performance of the season against the cross town Mets.  Vazquez did not allow a hit until the 5th inning, and he even laid down a very nice scarafice bunt.  He was removed from the game only because he developed a blister on his pitching finger.  Vazquez looked very comfortable in the spacious Citi-field against a national league team, but he has always been a better warm weather guy.  Let’s hope Vazquez, who has now given up only 2 runs in his 13 1/3 innings, is righting himself.   He improved his record to 3-4 and his E.R.A. to 6.69.  Take a look at the Yankees pitching performances below.

New York Yankees
Pitchers IP  H  R ER BB SO HR PC-ST ERA
J Vazquez
(W, 3-4)		 6.0 1 0 0 2 6 0 70-46 6.69
D Robertson
(H, 5)		 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5-3 7.07
D Marte 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3-3 3.86
J Chamberlain
(H, 8)		 1.2 0 0 0 0 3 0 27-18 4.50
M Rivera
(S, 8)		 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 16-12 2.03
Totals 9.0 4 1 1 2 9 0 121-82  
PITCHING
D Marte pitched to 1 batter in the 7th
First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: J Vazquez 11/19; D Robertson 1/2; D Marte 1/1; J Chamberlain 4/5; M Rivera 4/5
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: J Vazquez 16-7-13-10; D Robertson 1-0-0-2; D Marte 2-0-0-1; J Chamberlain 2-2-12-2; M Rivera 4-2-1-5
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J Vazquez 4-7; D Robertson 0-1; D Marte 0-0; J Chamberlain 1-1; M Rivera 2-1
Game Scores: J Vazquez 74

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