[洋基] Jorge Posada's grand slam powers New York Yankees to

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Jorge Posada's grand slam powers New York Yankees to sweep of Astros, first-place tie with Rays BY PETER BOTTE DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER Originally Published:Sunday, June 13th 2010, 4:57 PM Updated: Sunday, June 13th 2010, 4:57 PM ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Jorge Posada's first game back behind the palate in a month immediately resulted in further debate about the former All-Star's role for at least the remainder of this season. Posada crushed his second grand slam in as many days to propel the Yankees into a tie with Tampa Bay for first place in the AL East. But he also had to be removed after eight innings of the Bomber's series-sweeping 9-5 win over Houston Sunday at the Stadium because he experienced "soreness" in the right foot that recently landed on the disabled list. Clearly, how much should Posada catch and how often he should serve as the Yankees'DH will remain a fluid topic of discussion. Joe Girardi admittedly will have to continue to balance the need to keep the 38-year-old backstop's produtive power bat in the lineup with keeping him healthly amid the rigors of his defensive responsibilities. "I'm a little concerned. I wasn't even sure how many innings I was going to play today going into the game." Girardi said. "I'm not really surprised he's sore. But I think it's more important how he feels Tuesday and even(today), even though we're not playing. But there's always going to be a level of concern until it's completely gone." Girardi stressed that the soreness "is not in the same spot" as the fractured bone that sidelined Posada from May 17 until he was activated from the DL on June 2. Posada acknowledged he's not sure if he'll play Tuesday aganist the Phillies, but added that he's not concerned because he believes the soreness stems from "just probably being tied because I hadn't caught in the while." Posada had just four hits in his fiest 33 at-bats as a DH since his return before rapping a grand slam for his 250th career home run in Saturday's 9-3 victory and reaching base three times(via the grand slam and two walks)Sunday. "He just seems more comfortable at the plate, and the more reps he get's he'll obviously be more the hitter he's been, on a consistent basis,"Girardi said. Robinson Cano's 100th career homer, a solo shot in the fourth, and Ramiro Pena's two runs single later in that inning had staked Phil Hughes(9-1) to a 3-1 lead. Posada, whose slam Saturday was a righthanded blast to the opposite-field, came up bating lefty with the bases loaded against righty reliever Casey Daigle and two outs in the fifth. He clocked Daigle's 2-0 pitch into the right-field seats for his ninth career grand slam and a six-run cushion, becoming the first Yankee to hit a grand slam in consecutive games since Bill Dickey in 1937. "To be in the situation to hit two grand slam is amazing. It doesn't happen offten, as you can tell," Posada said. "Bill Dickey, another catcher. it's amazing how baseball, out of all those people, it was another catcher, hitting two grand slams." That's pretty special. As special as last year's title run was for the Yankees' old guard, consider that this weekend sweep of the lowly Astros also was built around Andy Pettitte's eight win of the season Friday, two homers by Derek Jeter on Saturday, two scoreless innings by Mariano Rivera in three games and the two grand slams by Posada. "Old doesn't mean they're out to pasture." Girardi said. "We have some players that have some age on them, but they still have a lot of good baseball left. We tease them a little about being old, but that's the fun part of it." It's also fun to be back in first place - the Rays lost to the Marlins - for the first time since April 21. With Philadelphia arriving for the World Series rematch Tuesday, the Yanks(40-23) finished a 16-game stretch that included 13 13 games against Cleveland, Baltimore and Houston with a 12-4 mark. "I like the way we're playing and I don't care who we're playing....We've been winning series and that's what I want continue to do," Girardi said. "You have to play well on a consisten basis to be here right now and to be where we want to be at end of the year." From:NYDailyNews.com -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 59.112.163.43