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The Yankees put on an offensive display Tuesday night, socking six home runs on route to a 12-3 victory over the Tigers. Alex Rodriguez and Jorge Posada both homered twice and Gary Sheffield and Robinson Cano also went deep. Mike Mussina contributed seven scoreless innings to get his fifth win of the season.
What seemed like a routine victory changed in the bottom of the seventh when Tigers’ pitcher, Franklyn German, hit Alex Rodriguez. It may have been a message since A-Rod had already hit two home runs, it may not have been, but for the first time in a long time, the Yankees responded. Paul Quantrill waited until he had two outs in the eighth and then threw a pitch behind Jason Smith. After both benches were warned, Quantrill wound up and hit Smith in the back, earning himself and Joe Torre an ejection from the game. Quantrill blamed his sudden onset of wildness on the wet conditions, but Gothamist was glad to see the Yankee pitchers stand up for their hitters. The Yankee batters have been hit far too often since Roger Clemens left town and perhaps Tuesday’s retaliation is a sign that had better stop.
The Yankees will face the Tigers twice more this week, with Chien-Ming Wang and Kevin Brown taking the mound. It will be interesting to see if the Tigers decide to continue this beanbrawl and throw at the Yankees or wait until they meet again in July to settle the score.
Photo by Gregory Bull/AP via ESPN
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Quantrill is like school on Sunday ... no class. You don't throw behind a guy and then follow it up with a bean ball. He should be suspended. What a jackanapes.
whatever. Quantrill was awesome. He was backing up the team and showed some major league balls. Hopefully the Tigers and the rest of the league will have learned their lesson and will back off. Yankee batters are hit by pitchers more than any others. Its when our pitchers DONT retaliate that things get worse. I think Joe was just like "enough is enough". Jeter had his wrist broken twice, once by Pedro in 03 and once by Vicor Zambrano last year, and the trend has only continued this year. This shit has to stop now, and Quantril was all nails last night. Good for him.