The Yankee Stadium crowd didn't get to see Alex Rodriguez hit his 600th home run last night, but Jorge Posada picked up his 1,000th RBI in the Yankees 7-1 thumping of the Kansas City Royals.
The Yankees jumped on Royals' starter Brian Bannister for four runs in the 1st inning to immediately take control of the game. Robinson Cano's gapper with the bases loaded plated three and the second baseman came home when Posada doubled to right. In doing so, Posada became just the third major leaguer to reach the milestone while in the midst of an RBI streak of at least seven games. B.J. Surhoff and Yogi Berra were the others.
The run support would be all that A.J. Burnett would need in his first start since a laceration laced tirade in the Yankees clubhouse on July 17. Burnett needed just 58 pitches to toss five scoreless innings before a hellacious thunder storm hit the Bronx. When the game resumed 85 minutes later Chad Gaudin took over the pitching duties.
A-Rod had two hits in four trips to the plate, but didn't come close to becoming the 7th player to reach the 600 home run plateau.
Notes
Former Yankees farmhand Kanekoa Texeira pitched for KC in the 8th. Texeira had been claimed by Seattle in this year's Rule V draft and was later dealt to Seattle.
Fans used to cringe when Robinson Cano came up with the bases loaded, but this year Cano is 5-10. He's come to the plate (128) with ducks on the pond more than any other player since 2005.
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