The Captain and Mo Real

Lame, very lame. But the Captain and Mo were the story tonight. Sure there was some stuff in between, but they were the real difference. So was a gut it out performance by Andy Pettitte who struggled in the early going.

But El Capitan saved the day. I mentioned on Twitter tonight that even my wife says one day she'll be able to say she saw Derek Jeter play. She's a Yankees fan, but not a fanatic like yours truly.

If not for Robbie Cano's torrid start, which included another RBI single tonight, people would be talking about the hot April that Jeter is having. Tonight it was 3 hits, a double shy of the cycle, a game tying 2-run home run and a game winning 2-run triple.

He's now hitting .330. The hit total is up to 2,778. The OPS is .878. A 7-13 streak. 12 multi-hit games already.

Pettitte gave up a couple of cheap hits in the 1st and then the red hot Paul Konerko went deep for his major league leading 11th home run and a 3-0 lead. The veteran lefty settled down, allowing four runs in six innings of work. Al Aceves (2-0), Damaso Marte, and Joba Chamberlain than combined for two innings of Mo setup.

With all due respect, but no apologies to Goose Gossage, Mariano Rivera is the greatest relief pitcher of all time. I don't care Goose that you worked 2, 3, whatever innings per game. The guy in the '60s and prior would have told you that they didn't need you and would have gone 9 innings game in and game out.

Rivera is hands down the best there is. No one is better under pressure. Tonight was no problem. Three up, three down. Rivera blew away Alexei Ramirez and Gordon Beckham for his 7th save and a three game winning streak.