And then the heavens opened up and hell froze over...all at once

Yeah, sorry about that Game 2 post. It was too depressing a loss to bother with it again. All you need to know is that C.C. Sabathia was bad and the bullpen was worse. It might have even been the worse loss of the season for the squad, as they plated 11 runs against what is essentially a triple-A team in the Indians and still couldn't hold the lead. Luckily, the bombers redeemed themselves with a big come-back victory yesterday which I will now explore.

But before I do, I have to say that two perfect games in a season is absurd, but two perfect games in the span of a month is unfathomable. Congratulations, Doc. You deserved it. Bradden? You can "suck it."

GAME 3: Indians 3, Yankees 7
Box Score

With two baserunners on and two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning yesterday afternoon, Yankee first baseman Mark Teixeira stepped up to the dish in yet another huge spot. The score was 3-2 Cleveland at that point, as Jeter's two-out, two-run single and Granderson's double off made it a 2nd-and-3rd game-changing situation. Tex had driven in his first run in ten games yesterday after being struck by a pitch with the bases loaded, but the three-hole slugger hadn't done so via a base hit since May 17th. One might say he's been struggling through the first third of 2010, and that's being fairly generous. Now the seventh inning comeback rested on his shoulders. With a bad swing on an 0-1 fastball to push the count to 0-2, it looked like Mark was doomed to fail yet again. However, Indian reliever Tony Sipp let him back into the count by wasting two pitches, and after fouling off a tough 2-2 fastball, Tex unloaded on a hanging slider, sending it deep into the bleachers in left to give the Yanks the lead and eventually the win.

In his post-game interview, Mark claimed that he has had a "good" month of May, even wishing that the next four months would be filled with similar success. Really, Mark? All right, let's have a look. In this month up and through the 30th, he's hit for a .281 BA while recording 6 home runs, 25 RBIs, and 11 multi-hit games, as compared to a .136 BA, 2 homer runs, 9 RBIs, and 1 multi-hit game in April. Statisically speaking, Mark wasn't jesting. He did indeed have a stellar month. But if you look harder, you'll see that from May 9th to May 29th, he had just 2 home runs, that went 10 games without an RBI, and that he had a 6-game stint with just 2 hits. The numbers were there, but the consistency wasn't. And the latter is what this lineup needs out of Mark more than anything.