Gettin' Iggy wit it

The Yankees continued to take their road trip frustrations out on the Cleveland Indians tonight. One night after battering Jake Westbrook, the Bombers singled and double Jeremy Sowers to an early shower. Better than that, Kei Igawa had his best performance of the season, with 6 very good innings.

The Yankees started early with a lead off walk to Johnny Damon and a wind blown double by Derek Jeter, the first of his 3 hits on the night. Bobby Abreu's sac fly brought home Damon for a 1-0 lead.

The Indians took a 2-1 lead in the 3rd, but the Yankees bounced right back and bounced Sowers in the process. Jeter started it with career double #350, and came home on Abreu's single. AfterAlex Rodriguez hit into a force out, Jason Giambi put the Yankees ahead for good with an RBI double. Robinson Cano, Josh Phelps, and Damon each added RBI singles for a 5-run inning.

Igawa threw 92 pitches, 62 for strikes, in allowing 2 runs on 5 hits, with a walk and 5 strikeouts. He had his best control of the regular season in doing so. The bullpen continued to excel as well, with Scott Proctor, Sean Henn, and Chris Britton each tossing a scoreless frame.

The offense decided to add some more as well. A-Rod continued his torrid April with a 2-run HR, his 9th, in the 6th inning. Giambi followed with a solo shot (3) of his own for back to back blasts.

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A-Rod has had a hit in all 13 games played and leads the majors in RBI with 23, in addition to HRs. The RBI record for April of 29 is well within his reach.

Entering the game, the Yankees bullpen had the 2nd best ERA (2.39) in the AL, 2nd only to Cleveland (2.32).

Chien-Ming Wang is scheduled to throw for Tampa tomorrow, and hopefully will be activated from the DL early next week. Hideki Matsui is very close to starting a rehab assignment as well.