March 30, 2004
A Little Bit of Luck
Gary Sheffield puts the Yankees ahead with a hit to right. Behind 0-2 in the count, Zambrano throws a high waste pitch. Sheffield is turns his head away and takes a short defensive swing, and ends up with a double down the right-field line to drive in Rodriguez.
Zambrano gets out of the inning on a great play by Lugo on a broken bat pop by Sierra into no-man's land in shallow center. Zambrano is likely finished for the game, as there is action in the TB bullpen. He throws 92 pitches, 56 for strikes while striking out four, against a very good offense. If he can pitch like this consistently, the Devil Rays will have a good #1 starter.