Tonight Joba Chamberlain went 6.2 strong innings of shutout baseball for the Yankees to get his first win as a starter. The Yankees shut out the Pirates 10-0 in the 2nd game of the 3 game set in Pittsburgh. The story of the night was Joba Chamberlain his line 6.2 innings, 6 hits, 1 walk, 7 strikeouts. He threw a new personal high 114 pitches. Joba was able to extend himself by keeping his walks down from previous outings. His opponent Zach Duke did not fare as well, although his defense didn't help him out too much. Duke went 5 innings on 79 pitches giving up 7 hits, 3ER, 2 walks. The Pirates made 2 errors behind Duke both of which led to runs. Ohlendorf pitched 1.1 innings 0 hits 3K's (impressive). Veras finished out the game pitching 1 inning giving up 2 hits 1K. Melky Cabrera was 2 for 5 with 1 run and 1 RBI. Abreu was 3 for 5 with 2 runs and 4 RBI Solo HR. Jason Giambi was 1 for 4 with 2 RBI. Robinson Cano was 3 for 5 with 1 run 1RBI Solo HR.
Notes: Eric Hacker pitched a very good game for the Trenton Thunder tonight (6.2 innings, 4 hits, 0ER, 2 walks, 5K's). Hacker a 23rd round pick in 2002 is now 2-1 for Trenton with a 1.97ERA. Anthony Claggett pitched 1 inning of relief for Trenton (0 hits, 0ER, 0 walks, 1K) lowering his ERA to 1.27.
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