[ThePundit]

Ken Davidoff gives blow by blow of the first Yankees intrasquad game. Igawa pitched 2 solid innings. To see all the rest of the innings, click on the link.

FIRST INNING:

Igawa looks smooth. Brett Gardner bunted his first pitch for a single; Igawa was a bit slow covering the bag. But he got Bronson Sardinha to ground into a double play to Derek Jeter. And then Jose Tabata grounded to second base. 7 pitches, 6 strikes.

In the bottom half, with Jeff Karstens pitching, Johnny Damon flies to centerfield. Derek Jeter grounds to second. And Matsui strikes out on what appeared from the press box to be a nasty pitch that tailed away from him.

SECOND INNING:

Igawa works very quickly. Gets the ball, turns around and throws it. A reporter's dream. Anyway, Juan Miranda made the first out by popping out a 2-and-2 pitch to shortstop. Josh Phelps grounded to A-Rod, whose throw to first was picked out of the dirt by sure-fielding Doug Mientkiewicz. And Marcos Vechionacci grounds to Derek Jeter to end the half inning. So assuming Igawa is done, he allows only an infield hit, finishes with 19 pitches, 14 strikes. Not a bad start.

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[EmpireWF]

I wouldn't have any expectations after 19 pitches lol...gotta love the monotany (sp?) of spring training.