Posted at 4:37 p.m., Wednesday, August 1, 2007
Baseball: Yanks hit 5 more HRs; A-Rod still at 499
By Jay Cohen
Associated Press
Alex Rodriguez remained stuck at 499 career homers, going 0-for-4 in the New York Yankees' 8-1 win over the Chicago White Sox today and matching the longest hitless streak of his big league career at 21 at-bats.
Jorge Posada homered twice, and Derek Jeter, Robinson Cano and Shelley Duncan also connected to give the Yankees 13 home runs in two games. That tied the team record for a two-game span set in a doubleheader at the Philadelphia Athletics on June 28, 1939.
Rodriguez is hitless since he went deep at Kansas City last Wednesday, dropping his season average to .295.
He flied out to left twice and grounded out to shortstop before his final at-bat in the seventh. He got a full-count pitch from reliever Ryan Bukvich and bounced out to third as camera flashes throughout the stands lit up Yankee Stadium.
