Yankees High Five White Sox

The Yankees power surge continued tonight with a 5 home run outburst and a 8-1 drubbing of the White Sox. Alex Rodriguez once again went hitless, but Jorge Posada hit a pair of home runs, and Robinson Cano, Derek Jeter, and Shelley Duncan hit one each.
Andy Pettitte got to enjoy some run support and gave the Yankees bullpen some rest as a reward. Pettitte threw 117 pitches in a 7 inning effort in evening his record at 7-7.

The White Sox reached Pettitte for 1-0 lead in the 2nd on Scott Podsednik's RBI triple, but the Yankees quickly jumped on young lefty John Danks. Hideki Matsui lined a single to center and Posada followed with his 13th home run, from the right side of the plate, to tie the game at 1 apiece. Melky Cabrera later added an RBI single for a 3-1 lead.

In the 4th, Cano hit his 10th of the season off Danks (6-8), and 2 batters later, Duncan belted his 5th in 8 games. Derek Jeter homered off of Ryan Bukvich in the 7th and Posada hit his 2nd of the night and 14th of the season, this time from the left side, against knuckleballer Charlie Haeger. Haeger than hit Cano with a 71 mph knuckleball and was ejected by home plate ump Tom Hallion. White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen, who was ejected Tuesday night, argued vehemently, but to no avail. It was clearly a horrendous overreaction call by Hallion.

Despite having already thrown 106 pitches, Torre send Pettitte out for the 7th and he responded with a 1-2-3 inning. Luis Vizcaino and Brian Bruney finished up the Yankees 2nd straight win.

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Posada's multi homer game was the 14th of his career. The 2 homers raised his average to
.341.

To make room on the roster for Wilson Betemit, Chris Basak was sent down to Scranton. The Yankees also activated Jeff Karstens from the 60-day DL.

Pettitte's victory was the 193rd of his career and the 156th of his Yankees career.