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YANKEES 6
BLUE JAYS 7
Saturday afternoon at the Stadium, the frustration of this seaosn continued. Whether it be Joe Girardi’s horrible managing, or Alex Rodriguez’ pathetic swings with men on base, it all lead to the Yankees blowing a 6-2 lead, and losing 7-6 to the Blue Jays.
First off, a Robinson Cano error with a 6-2 lead, opened the flood gates for the Jays, and allowed them to cut the Yankee lead to 6-5. However, with runners on 2nd and 3rd.. Joe Girardi for some reason did NOT walk Jose Bautista to load the bases and present a force play. not only would it present a force play at all bases, and set up for a possible inning ending double play, but it would also bring to the plate the number 8 and 9 hitters for the Blue Jays. Instead… Girardi pitches to Bautista, and he singles to drive home the run. It seems like lately, Joe Girardi has been making some VERY questionable moves.
Secondly, we have Alex Rodriguez, who is HORRIBLE with runners in scoring position. Aside from his missed chances early in the game, the Yankees once again had 1st and 2nd base with 0 outs in the 9th inning, and A-Rod grounded into a double play to kill the Yankees chances of tieing the game.
A-Rod has been absolutely HORRIBLE in big spots this year. It’s time they move him out of the 4th spot..especially when he only has 78 RBI’s out of a clean up spot, and only has 2 RBI after the 7th inning.
A-Rod also set a RECORd for most duble plays in a month with 13. PATHETIC!!
The fact that everyone is blaming Robinson Can o for this loss..is STUPID. Cano’s error led to a run, and then the Yankees pitching and Girardi’s managing could not get anyone out. After the error…the Yanks still had the lead going into the next inning. The fact that the bullpen blew it, and Girardi can’t manage..is partial blame…and the fact that A-ROD sucks..is the other half to blame.
The Yankees will play out the rest of the schedule…including Pettitte vs Halladay on Sunday..which now means not much at all.
GAME NOTES:
AROD: 1-5, DP
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YANKEES 2
BLUE JAYS 1
Friday night at the Stadium, the Yankees outlasted the Toronto Blue Jays 2-1 in a pitchers duel. Carl Pavano and A.J. Burnett each shut down the offenses, but the Yankees scratched out 2 runs for the win.
Carl Pavano pitched 6 innings of 1 run ball for the Yankees. Pavano gave up only 1 run on 3 hits in his 72 pitch outing. Brian Bruney and Damaso Marte combined to retire the Blue Jays in the seventh inning, but Jose Veras ran into trouble in the eighth, allowing a double and a walk, but Edwar Ramirez struck out Snider and Mariano Rivera got the final two outs to escape the trouble. Rivera pitched a scoreless 9th inning to earn his third five-out save of the season.
Johnny Damon opened the fourth with a single and stole second base before Bobby Abreu laced a one-out double up the gap in left-center. Jason Giambi tacked on a sacrifice fly to left, scoring New York’s second run to give them a 2-0 lead. Alex Rodriguez continued to struggle, as he grounded into a double play with runners on yet again.
Darrell Rasner will try to give the Yankees their third straight win on Saturday afternoon when he takes the mound.
GAME NOTES:
PAVANO: 6IP, 3H, 1ER, 1SO
ABREU: 2-4, RBI
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YANKEES 3
RED SOX 2
Thursday afternoon at the Stadium, the Yankees narrowly avoided a sweep at the hands of the Red Sox, with a 3-2 walk off win. Jason Giambi hit a pinch hit 2 run homer in the 7th, to ties the game at 2-2, and then hit a walk off basehit off of Jonathan Papplebon in the bottom of the 9th inning to drive in the winning run. Mike Mussina pitched another outstanding game for the Yankees.
Mike Mussina pitched seven strong innings for the Yankees, giving up only 2 runs. Mussina scattered five hits, walked two and struck out six in the effort, but received a no-decision. Bruney, Marte and Rivera combined to shut down the Sox the rest of the way, with Mariano Rivera picking up the Win in relief.
Alex Rodriguez failed to get home runners in scoring position on numerous occasions, and heard the boos from the crowd all day long. A-Rod struck out 3 times, and stranded 4 runners in scoring position. Trailing 2-0, Girardi called on Jason Giambi in the 7th inning to come off the bench with a runner (Cody Ransom) on 2nd base to pinch hit. Jason Giambi delivered with a 2 run bomb over the center field fence and off of the black wall, to tie the game at 2-2. In the 9th, the bases would be loaded, and up came Jason Giambi again, but this time to face Jonathan Papplebon. Papplebon got ahead of Giambi 0-2, and made the mistake of hanging the ball over the plate for Gimabi, who would line the ball into center field for the walk off RBI.
With the win, the Yankees avoided the sweep, and kept whatever little chance they have left to survive in the season. The Yanks next task will be to try and sweep the Toronto Blue Jays, in whcih they will face Burnett and Holliday.
GAME NOTES:
MUSSINA: 7IP, 5H, 2ER, 6SO
GIAMBI: 2-2, HR, 3RBI
JETER: 3-4
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YANKEES 3
RED SOX 7
Tuesday night at the Stadium, the Yankees lost to the Red Sox 7-3. Andy Pettitte was squeezed all night by the home plate umpire, and could not get a strike called. The Yankee offense had plenty of opportunities but stranded runners in scoring position all nght long. Alex Rodriguez grounded into 2 double plays, and popped up with men in scoring position.
Andy Pettitte threw 4.2 innings and allowed 6 runs on 10 hits. Pettitte walked 3 and struck out 3, and was not given any calls on the corners.
Jonny Damon hit 2 homeruns on the night, and got the Yankees off to a 1-0 lead with a homer i the 1st inning. It was Damon’s first two-homer game since July 30, 2006. Alex Rodriguez continued to be horrible with runners in scorking position all night long, and received loud “boos” from the crowd.
It looks as if the Yankees season is about over…as they need to win the next two games against Boston. Even if they win those 2 games..they will still be 4 games back with a month to go.
Sidney Ponson will take the mound on Wednesday, with the season on the line.
GAME NOTES:
PETTITTE: 4.2IP, 10H, 6ER
DAMON: 2-4, 2HR, 2RBI
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Alex Rodriguez is HORRIBLE when it counts…..
A-Rod cannot even get a sac-fly to get a run in.
STRIKE OUT or DOUBLE PLAY everytime theres men on base.
How many times tonight do we have A-Rod come up with men in scoring position, and he pops up weakly, or half swings into a double play.
Anyone who ever brings up stats of his at bats in clutch situations last season, and claims he has big hits….is a MORON!! His whole career as a Yankee, he chokes in the clutch, and actually changes his swing because he’s nervous with men in scoring position.
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Is this game fixed????
This current Yankees vs Red Sox game has to be one of the most one sided home plate umping I have EVER seen in all of my years watching baseball.
Andy Pettitte has been getting squeezed all night…and it gets worse and worse as the game goes on. Strikes right down the middle of the plate…called Balls!!!
I can’t believe Pettitte or Girardi hasn’t been tossed yet.
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Tuesday night at the Stadium will mark the start of a “Do or Die” series for the Yankees against the Red Sox. Basically, the Yankees must sweep the Sox to have any chance of catching them for the Wild Card. The Yankees enter the series behind Boston by 5 games in the Wild Card race.
New York and Boston have evenly split their 12 games so far this season, meeting another six times before the season ends. The Yankees are trying to avoid being left out of postseason play for the first time since 1993.
Here are the projected starters:
Tues: PETTITTE vs Wakefield
Wed: PONSON vs Byrd
Thur: MUSSINA vs Lester
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YANKEES 8
ORIOLES 7
Sunday afternoon at Camden Yards, the Yankees completed a much needed sweep of the Baltimore Orioles, 8-7. In a game which saw the Yankees blow a 7-2 lead, Robinson Cano came up with a huge homerun to break a 7-7 ties in the 7th inning, and give the Yankees the lead for good, 8-7.
Pitching was ugly, as Darrell Rasner threw 97 pitches in just 3 1/3 innings, giving up five runs, three of them earned, on 8 hits. Edwar Ramirez came into the game and served up a two-run homer to Brian Roberts in the fifth, allowing Baltimore to tie the game at 7-7. Veras, Marte, and Rivera held the Orioles off the board for the rest of the game.
Offensively, the Yankees scored seven runs through the first four innings.
Robinson Cano had 4 hits, 2 RBI, and the game winning homerun. Johhny Damon also had a homerun, and 3 RBI to help the Yankees. Damon’s homer came in the 2nd inning, to give the Yankees their first lead of the game. Xavier Nady stayed hot, adding a 2-4 game with 2 RBI’s.
The sweep was a MUST for the Yankees, and now sets up for a more important MUST sweep series against the Boston Red Sox at the Stadium. The series starts on Tuesday night.
GAME NOTES:
RASNER: 3.1IP, 8H, 3ER
CANO: 4-5, HR, 2RBI
DAMON: 2-6, HR, 3RBI
NADY: 2-5, 2RBI
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YANKEES 5
ORIOLES 3
Saturday night in Baltimore, the Yankees defeated the Orioles, 5-3. Jason Giambi hit a 2 run homerun, and also had an RBI single, to giv the Yankees their offense, behind a decent pitching performance from Carl Pavano…. YES..Carl Pavano.
Carl Pavano actually made it through a game without getting injured, and although he got into trouble in just about every inning, he kep tthe damage to a minimal. Pavano gave up 3 runs on 7 hits, while striking out 5 batter and walking 1. Pavano threw 91 pitches over five innings, 54 of them for strikes, survived hitting two batters and set down eight of the final 12 batters he faced.
Pavano was relieved in the 6th inning by Brian Bruney, who pitched two scoreless innings, and then Veras and Rivera closed the game out with an inning each.
Yankees jumped out to a 1st inning lead, on an Alex Rodriguez triple which scored Johnny Damon, and then Jason Giambi hit a bsehit into the shift, to score A-Rod from 3rd base, and the Yanks led 2-0.
In the 3rd inning, Jason Giambi connected on a 2 run homerun, to give the Yankees a 4-3 lead. In the 7th inning, Hideki Matsui added a homerun to give the Yankees an insurance run, and a 5-3 lead.
The Yankees will send Darrell Rasner to the mound on Sunday afternoon. The Yanks picked up a game on the Red Sox, and cut the Wild Card lead down to 5 games.
GAME NOTES:
PAVANO: 5IP, 7H, 3ER, 5SO
GIAMBI: 2-4, HR, 3RBI
AROD: 1-3, HR, RBI
MATSUI: 1-4, HR, RBI
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YANKEES 9
ORIOLES 4
Friday night in Baltimore, the Yankees came from behind to defeat the Orioles, 9-4. Even though the Yankees hit 4 homeruns, and look like they clobbered the Orioles, it wasn’t that easy. The Yanks had to come from behind, but exploded in the 8th and 9th innings.
Mike Mussina finished with a no-decision and six innings of four-run, nine-hit baseball. Mussina walked no batters, and struck out three. when Mussina left the game after the 6th inning, the Yanks were trailing 4-3. Jose Veras pitched a scoreless 7th inning, and picked up the win.
Offensively, the highlight were: two different sets of back-to-back home runs, a five-hit night for Bobby Abreu, and Derek Jeter collected his 2,500 career hit. Robinson Cano and Jose Molina hit the first set of back to back homers, which tied the game at 3-3.
In the 8th inning, Yankees tied the game, when Bobby Abreu scored on a wild pitch by rookie Kam Mickolio, and then the game winner was scored in the same at-bat on an RBI-single to right by Xavier Nady.
In the 9th inning, Cody Ransom and Xavier Nady hit another pair of back to back homers, to add the icing on the cake.
Saturday night, Carl Pavano… Yes… Carl Pavano will make the start for the Yankees, if he doesnt get hurt before then.
GAME NOTES:
MUSSINA: 6IP, 9H, 4ER, 3SO
CANO: 2-4, HR, RBI
MOLINA: 1-4, HR, RBI
ABREU: 5-5, RBI
RANSOM: 1-1, HR, RBI
NADY:
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