On Hideki Matsui's birthday, he got the best present a player could ask for; a grand-slam to give his team the victory. After Pettite looked shaky in the the first two innings, he recovered and allowed on two runners to reach base between the 3-8 innings, and retired the last 9 batters in a row. He struck out 6 and walked only 1, and threw 70 of his 113 pitches for strikes. The Yankee bullpen threw over 4 innings wednesday night, and they needed a rest. Andy gave them just that, and only Rivera was needed to come in for relief. He walked one and struck out two and continued his dominance as a closer. He only has 18 saves, which is 9 behind the league leader, but he has pitched the most innings of any closer and has the lowest ERA and WHIP amongst ANY pitcher in baseball.
Player of the Game: Obviously, its Matsui. He hit a grand-slam on his birthday, and that was the difference maker in tonight's game. He has only 33 RBIs and 7 HRs, but is batting 322, which is his career best.
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