Perhaps embarrassed that they had lost two straight games to one of the worst teams in baseball, the Yankees salvaged the final game of the series this afternoon behind a powerful offense and the arm of Kenny Rogers.
Rogers threw 139 pitches in a complete game, six-hit shutout, and was backed by an offense that put up 12 runs. He walked four and struck out just one, throwing a lot of pitches early on in the game. “I wouldn’t have given you a nickel on the chances he would pitch nine innings with the number of pitches he threw those first few innings,” manager Joe Torre said.