[新聞] Yanks catch Alex's June bug

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From: http://tinyurl.com/2md4kl Yanks catch Alex's June bug BY SEAN BRENNAN DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER Friday, June 15th 2007, 4:00 AM The latest All-Star voting totals showed Alex Rodriguez was leading the entire civilized baseball world with more than 1.4 million tallies to date. Who knows where those numbers will be by the time Rodriguez closes out his sizzling June. Yesterday, Rodriguez racked up three more hits and knocked in two more runs as the Yankees closed out their sweep of the Diamondbacks with a 7-1 victory at the Stadium. The Yankees' winning streak now stands at nine, the longest by any team this season. "I think he's relaxed, I think that's the best part of Alex right now," Joe Torre said after Rodriguez's 3-for-4 afternoon. "Because if you're relaxed, all of a sudden you just allow your ability to do what it does. He's got special ability. But I think the best thing I see about Alex right now is that he's having some fun and he just feels very comfortable right now." Rodriguez's afternoon got off to a somewhat humble start when he came to bat in the first with the bases loaded and none out after consecutive singles by Melky Cabrera, Derek Jeter and Bobby Abreu. Last Thursday, Rodriguez launched the 15th grand slam of his career in a similar scenario. But this time all Rodriguez could manage against a wild Doug Davis was a walk, which forced in Cabrera with the game's first run and began Davis' slide. "He was a little bit wild and he wasn't in the strike zone early," Rodriguez said. "We wanted to make him come to the strike zone and get him out of there." Rodriguez jumped on Davis in the third inning when the Bombers began to build on their 2-1 lead. After Abreu walked to open the inning, Rodriguez doubled to left to bring Abreu all the way around to score for a 3-1 lead. Rodriguez advanced to third on an error by Arizona left fielder Scott Hairston before being knocked in by Hideki Matsui's double for a 4-1 lead. Rodriguez singled and scored again in the Yankees' three-run seventh before ending his day with an eighth-inning single. He finished with three hits, scored twice and added a pair of RBI to boost his major league-leading total to 68, more than halfway to last season's total of 121. After managing only 11 RBI in 102 at bats in a forgettable month of May, Rodriguez has 23 RBI in 13 games in just 46 June at-bats. He is also hitting a cool .391 this month. With numbers like those, perhaps Rodriguez might want to petition to have a 31st day added to the month. "It's easier when the team is playing well," said Rodriguez, who made his first start at DH yesterday since Aug. 20 of last season against the Red Sox. "Pitching and hitting and all that stuff is contagious." -- Drive to my World: http://www.wretch.cc/album/album.php?id=rodvader&book=19 -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 203.69.75.117