The New York Yankees defeated the Texas Rangers by the score of 3-2 on Wednesday night. The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York. The game was delayed by an hour and 45 minutes at the beginning because of rain. Freddy Garcia started for the Yankees and pitched very well. The Yankees bullpen was solid as well. The offense was led by Eric Chavez. Scott Feldman started for Texas and pitched pretty well and their offense was led by Josh Hamilton.
Garcia pitched 6 2/3 innings giving up four hits and two runs. Garcia earned his He walked one and struck out six. Boone Logan retired the only batter he faced, David Robertson pitched a perfect inning with a couple of strikeouts and Rafael Soriano pitched an inning giving up a base runner on an error and that is it. Feldman pitched six innings giving up seven hits and three runs, he walked four and struck out seven. Ross pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit, two walks and a strikeout, Alexi Ogando faced one batter and retired him and Mike Adams pitched an inning giving up two hits.
Derek Jeter had a hit and drew a walk, Nick Swisher had a hit and an RBI and Curtis Granderson had an RBI and drew a walk. Chavez had three hits, an RBI and drew a walk, Raul Ibanez had a hit and drew two walks and Russell Martin drew a walk. Ichiro Suzuki had two hits and Jayson Nix had two hits. Swisher hit a double and the Yankees were 3-11 with runners in scoring position and left 11 men on base. Nix had a stolen base.
Hamilton had two hits and two RBI, Adrian Beltre had a hit and David Murphy drew a walk. Mitch Moreland had a hit and hit a double. Hamilton hit two homeruns and the Rangers were 0-3 with runners in scoring position and left three men on base.
In the third Swisher hit an RBI double, Granderson hit a sacrifice fly and Chavez hit an RBI single to give the Yankees a 3-0 lead. Hamilton made it 3-1 in the fourth and then 3-2 in the sixth with solo homeruns. The final score was 3-2 as Robertson and Soriano were able to close it out, the only base runner against them was because of an error.
The Yankees improved their record to 70-47 and they will be going for the four game sweep on Thursday afternoon. The Rangers record dropped to 67-49. This was the battle for best record in the AL and the Yankees are pulling away a little with a 2 ½ game cushion now. It could come into play as it gives home field advantage through the first couple of rounds and also allows you to play the wild card team in the first round after they play a one game playoff.
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Thursday, August 16, 2012
Friday, August 10, 2012
Yankees Thursday postgame notes from Detroit
Here are the Yankees postgame notes from Thursday afternoon after earning a split in Detroit. The Yankees lost the first two games of the series and then won the last two. The notes are from the Lohud Yankees blog and also my thoughts mixed in.
I’m not sure Mark Teixeira has heard the theory that the Yankees big-power, low-batting-average offense will struggle against elite postseason pitching, but he certainly made an argument against it this afternoon. After Teixeira and Eric Chavez homered on back-to-back pitches in the eighth inning — first tying the game, then giving the Yankees the lead — Teixeira admitted that he was trying to go deep in that situation.
“I don’t do it all the time,” he said. “But I know against a guy like (Joaquin) Benoit, he’s not going to give up a lot of hits. So you just try to click him. You try to get a good pitch to hit, and I got a 2-0 pitch to hit. … I can just tell you guys I only hit home runs when I try to hit them, but no. It all depends on the situation. Obviously it’s not every time, but late in the game, when you have a closer out there, somebody that’s really tough to hit, you’ve got one out, chances are you’re not going to get four, five hits in a row. You see me and Eric up there trying to get pitches that we can drive, and we did.” It isn't usual that guys will say that but the Yankees definitely are a team that does it more. They are a homerun hitting team and they don't really apologize for it.
The end result was a win reminiscent of some of those mid-June, early-July games. The Yankees fought today, scratching out a one-run win that split this four-game series and left the team feeling good heading into Toronto. Before these back-to-back wins, the Yankees had lost 12 of 18, with eight of those losses by one run. Today, they proved they can still win a close one now and then. This could be the kind of game that turns them around and they go on a winning streak now.
“It feels kind of like we’re running uphill right now,” Chavez said. “Even yesterday, we score 10 runs and they mounted a good comeback. Like I said yesterday, wins are wins. You take them. And that was a good, fought, close game today.”
Home runs are exciting and ejections are memorable, but today’s game was just as much about the Yankees bullpen. Clay Rapada got the win, retiring the only two batters he faced, David Phelps stepped in as the setup man and got through the heart of the order, then Rafael Soriano pitched out of big trouble to close out the ninth. Soriano put runners at the corners with no outs before picking up his 27th save. The Yankees bullpen has been good all year and when you talk pitching I think you have to include them, they will be very big in the postseason.
“They’re speed guys (on base),” Chris Stewart said. “So ground balls don’t really do much good in that situation. We’re trying to jam them, and trying to get them to flare a ball up in the air somewhere, and fortunately they did it all three times for us. Soriano made some huge pitches when he needed to.”
Give credit to Phelps as well. The Yankees didn’t want to use Dave Robertson after last night’s game, so Phelps was the eighth-inning guy. He fell behind 3-0 against Miguel Cabrera and still go the out, Prince Fielder’s single was particularly well hit, and Phelps got Austin Jackson out on a 2-0 slider/cutter (whatever you want to call it). Phelps has been great since being recalled from AAA. He is proving he can be a player for the Yankees in the future as well as right now.
“Larry came out and just asked, can you throw a cutter on the outer half?” Phelps said. “I said, Yeah, you know, I can make that pitch. I just went out there and threw it, and I was able to get an out with it. That’s a big situation right there. I was just a little more frustrated that I was getting behind 2-0 with a lot of the guys. But I was just staying on the glove and making pitches when I had to.”
Another nice start by Hiroki Kuroda. He settled for a no decision, but he pitched into the seventh inning and allowed his only runs in that wild fifth inning when Alex Avila homered and Andy Dirks gave the Tigers a lead with his controversial double. “I think the most important thing is for the team to win, and that’s what we did today,” Kuroda said. “No matter what happens out there, my job is to keep the game close, and whatever happens, happens. I’m just glad we got a win.”
By the way, Ibanez laughed when asked whether he would have held Dirks to a single had Welke not made that initial bad call. “I should have given myself more room,” Ibanez said. “I could have made the play anyway if I would have given myself more room.” That was a crazy play, I think he did hold up because of the umpire but who knows, it turned out to be the right call after all but Girardi definitely didn't like it. He said he was protesting where the runners were put though not the call.
Chavez came into this game 3-for-15 in his career against Benoit. “My numbers aren’t very good against him,” Chavez said. “In fact, they’re pretty terrible. I was looking for a heater, and I believe he left a changeup kind of up and away and I just saw it out of his hand.”
Chavez had nine hits this series, including two home runs. He hit .563 during these games in Detroit, but admitted afterward that he won’t be disappointed to take a few days off against lefties this weekend. He knows he needs the break.
Girardi on the decision to use Phelps and Soriano in the eighth, which was clearly discussed before he left the game: “We were possibly going to ask (Soriano) to get us four outs. I didn’t really want to use Robby today with what he did yesterday. If it’s a night game, maybe it’s a little bit different, but you don’t know what he’s going to have. He said he felt all right, but it’s my job to determine with Larry, physically is it risky and we didn’t want to do it. Phelpsie did a good job and so did Sori.”
Girardi said he’s expecting a fine but no suspension for today’s ejection. He did make contact with an umpire, but that seemed to be as much because Bob Davidson bumped into Girardi as anything. As he walked off the field, Girardi gave over-the-top “fair” and “foul” signals, but he said he wasn’t playing to the crowd, simply making his point one last time. “I don’t play to the crowd,” he said. “That’s not my personality. I was still very perturbed. … I’m extremely happy for what our guys accomplished today. That doesn’t mean I’m not going to be perturbed when I get a letter.”
Stewart on the Girardi ejection: “It’s good that he’s sticking up for us, and he wants things to go our way. That’s how it should be. It was good. It fired us up, obviously, to where we got some good swings after that and put the game away. So if he needs to get thrown out of every game in order for us to get a win, he needs to do that.”
Final word goes to Teixeira: “We ran into a really hot team. That team is a very good team over there. A lot like our team, I think. You have a team that has a very deep lineup, has a good bench, has an ace that can shut you down on any night. So I see a lot of similarities to our team and theirs. We just need it to halt their winning streak a little bit.”
I’m not sure Mark Teixeira has heard the theory that the Yankees big-power, low-batting-average offense will struggle against elite postseason pitching, but he certainly made an argument against it this afternoon. After Teixeira and Eric Chavez homered on back-to-back pitches in the eighth inning — first tying the game, then giving the Yankees the lead — Teixeira admitted that he was trying to go deep in that situation.
“I don’t do it all the time,” he said. “But I know against a guy like (Joaquin) Benoit, he’s not going to give up a lot of hits. So you just try to click him. You try to get a good pitch to hit, and I got a 2-0 pitch to hit. … I can just tell you guys I only hit home runs when I try to hit them, but no. It all depends on the situation. Obviously it’s not every time, but late in the game, when you have a closer out there, somebody that’s really tough to hit, you’ve got one out, chances are you’re not going to get four, five hits in a row. You see me and Eric up there trying to get pitches that we can drive, and we did.” It isn't usual that guys will say that but the Yankees definitely are a team that does it more. They are a homerun hitting team and they don't really apologize for it.
The end result was a win reminiscent of some of those mid-June, early-July games. The Yankees fought today, scratching out a one-run win that split this four-game series and left the team feeling good heading into Toronto. Before these back-to-back wins, the Yankees had lost 12 of 18, with eight of those losses by one run. Today, they proved they can still win a close one now and then. This could be the kind of game that turns them around and they go on a winning streak now.
“It feels kind of like we’re running uphill right now,” Chavez said. “Even yesterday, we score 10 runs and they mounted a good comeback. Like I said yesterday, wins are wins. You take them. And that was a good, fought, close game today.”
Home runs are exciting and ejections are memorable, but today’s game was just as much about the Yankees bullpen. Clay Rapada got the win, retiring the only two batters he faced, David Phelps stepped in as the setup man and got through the heart of the order, then Rafael Soriano pitched out of big trouble to close out the ninth. Soriano put runners at the corners with no outs before picking up his 27th save. The Yankees bullpen has been good all year and when you talk pitching I think you have to include them, they will be very big in the postseason.
“They’re speed guys (on base),” Chris Stewart said. “So ground balls don’t really do much good in that situation. We’re trying to jam them, and trying to get them to flare a ball up in the air somewhere, and fortunately they did it all three times for us. Soriano made some huge pitches when he needed to.”
Give credit to Phelps as well. The Yankees didn’t want to use Dave Robertson after last night’s game, so Phelps was the eighth-inning guy. He fell behind 3-0 against Miguel Cabrera and still go the out, Prince Fielder’s single was particularly well hit, and Phelps got Austin Jackson out on a 2-0 slider/cutter (whatever you want to call it). Phelps has been great since being recalled from AAA. He is proving he can be a player for the Yankees in the future as well as right now.
“Larry came out and just asked, can you throw a cutter on the outer half?” Phelps said. “I said, Yeah, you know, I can make that pitch. I just went out there and threw it, and I was able to get an out with it. That’s a big situation right there. I was just a little more frustrated that I was getting behind 2-0 with a lot of the guys. But I was just staying on the glove and making pitches when I had to.”
Another nice start by Hiroki Kuroda. He settled for a no decision, but he pitched into the seventh inning and allowed his only runs in that wild fifth inning when Alex Avila homered and Andy Dirks gave the Tigers a lead with his controversial double. “I think the most important thing is for the team to win, and that’s what we did today,” Kuroda said. “No matter what happens out there, my job is to keep the game close, and whatever happens, happens. I’m just glad we got a win.”
By the way, Ibanez laughed when asked whether he would have held Dirks to a single had Welke not made that initial bad call. “I should have given myself more room,” Ibanez said. “I could have made the play anyway if I would have given myself more room.” That was a crazy play, I think he did hold up because of the umpire but who knows, it turned out to be the right call after all but Girardi definitely didn't like it. He said he was protesting where the runners were put though not the call.
Chavez came into this game 3-for-15 in his career against Benoit. “My numbers aren’t very good against him,” Chavez said. “In fact, they’re pretty terrible. I was looking for a heater, and I believe he left a changeup kind of up and away and I just saw it out of his hand.”
Chavez had nine hits this series, including two home runs. He hit .563 during these games in Detroit, but admitted afterward that he won’t be disappointed to take a few days off against lefties this weekend. He knows he needs the break.
Girardi on the decision to use Phelps and Soriano in the eighth, which was clearly discussed before he left the game: “We were possibly going to ask (Soriano) to get us four outs. I didn’t really want to use Robby today with what he did yesterday. If it’s a night game, maybe it’s a little bit different, but you don’t know what he’s going to have. He said he felt all right, but it’s my job to determine with Larry, physically is it risky and we didn’t want to do it. Phelpsie did a good job and so did Sori.”
Girardi said he’s expecting a fine but no suspension for today’s ejection. He did make contact with an umpire, but that seemed to be as much because Bob Davidson bumped into Girardi as anything. As he walked off the field, Girardi gave over-the-top “fair” and “foul” signals, but he said he wasn’t playing to the crowd, simply making his point one last time. “I don’t play to the crowd,” he said. “That’s not my personality. I was still very perturbed. … I’m extremely happy for what our guys accomplished today. That doesn’t mean I’m not going to be perturbed when I get a letter.”
Stewart on the Girardi ejection: “It’s good that he’s sticking up for us, and he wants things to go our way. That’s how it should be. It was good. It fired us up, obviously, to where we got some good swings after that and put the game away. So if he needs to get thrown out of every game in order for us to get a win, he needs to do that.”
Final word goes to Teixeira: “We ran into a really hot team. That team is a very good team over there. A lot like our team, I think. You have a team that has a very deep lineup, has a good bench, has an ace that can shut you down on any night. So I see a lot of similarities to our team and theirs. We just need it to halt their winning streak a little bit.”
The Yankees really to earn a split in Detroit
The New York Yankees defeated the Detroit Tigers by the score of 4-3 on Thursday afternoon. The game took place at Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan. It was the fourth and final game of the series and the Yankees were able to win to split the four games. Hiroki Kuroda started for the Yankees and pitched ok, the bullpen was good. Eric Chavez and Raul Ibanez led the Yankees offense. Doug Fister started for the Tigers and pitched well, their bullpen blew the lead. Omar Infante and Alex Avila led the Tigers offense.
Kuroda pitched 6 1/3 innings giving up ten hits and three runs. He didn’t walk a batter and struck out five, Clay Rapada picked up his third win of the season pitching to two batters and retiring them both. He had a strikeout, David Phelps pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and Rafael Soriano picked up a four out save, his 27th of the season. Soriano pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up two hits. Fister pitched 6 1/3 innings giving up eight hits and two runs. He walked a batter and struck out four, Octavio Dotel retired both batters he faced and one was on a strikeout and Joaquin Benoit lost his third game of the season pitching an inning giving up two hits and two runs with a walk. Jose Valverde pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout.
Derek Jeter had a hit, Robinson Cano had a hit and Mark Teixeira had a hit and an RBI. Chavez had two hits and an RBI, Curtis Granderson drew a walk and Ibanez had two hits and an RBI. Ichiro Suzuki had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Chris Stewart had two hits. Ibanez, Cano and Stewart each hit a double. Ibanez hit a triple and Chavez and Teixeira each hit a homerun, they were back-to-back. The Yankees were 1-7 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base. Jeter was caught stealing.
Andy Dirks had two hits and an RBI, Miguel Cabrera had a hit and Prince Fielder had two hits. Brennan Boesch had a hit, Jhonny Peralta had a hit and Avila had two hits and two RBI. Infante had three hits and Ramon Santiago had a hit. Peralta, Dirks and Avila each hit a double and Avila hit a homerun. The Tigers were 2-10 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base. Infante was caught stealing and committed an error.
The Yankees improved their record to 65-46 and the Tigers record fell to 60-52. The Yankees extended their lead in the AL East to six games in the loss column over the Tampa Bay Rays and Baltimore Orioles. The Yankees will begin a three game weekend series in Toronto on Friday night.
Derek Jeter had a hit, Robinson Cano had a hit and Mark Teixeira had a hit and an RBI. Chavez had two hits and an RBI, Curtis Granderson drew a walk and Ibanez had two hits and an RBI. Ichiro Suzuki had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Chris Stewart had two hits. Ibanez, Cano and Stewart each hit a double. Ibanez hit a triple and Chavez and Teixeira each hit a homerun, they were back-to-back. The Yankees were 1-7 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base. Jeter was caught stealing.
Andy Dirks had two hits and an RBI, Miguel Cabrera had a hit and Prince Fielder had two hits. Brennan Boesch had a hit, Jhonny Peralta had a hit and Avila had two hits and two RBI. Infante had three hits and Ramon Santiago had a hit. Peralta, Dirks and Avila each hit a double and Avila hit a homerun. The Tigers were 2-10 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base. Infante was caught stealing and committed an error.
The Yankees improved their record to 65-46 and the Tigers record fell to 60-52. The Yankees extended their lead in the AL East to six games in the loss column over the Tampa Bay Rays and Baltimore Orioles. The Yankees will begin a three game weekend series in Toronto on Friday night.
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
The Yankees drop their third straight as they lose to the Orioles at home
The New York Yankees were defeated by the Baltimore Orioles by the score of 5-4 on Monday night. The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York. Freddy Garcia started for the Yankees and pitched ok and Eric Chavez led the Yankees offense. Mike Gonzalez pitched very well and then got into some trouble late and Nick Markakis led the Orioles offense.
Garcia pitched six innings giving up nine hits and three runs with two strikeouts. He lost his fifth game of the season. Boone Logan pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and two runs with a walk and two strikeouts, David Phelps pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up a hit and a walk with a strikeout and Clay Rapada gave up two hits without recording an out. Chad Qualls faced two batters and retired them both. Gonzalez won his third game of the season pitching 6 2/3 innings giving up six hits and four runs with no walks and eight strikeouts. Darren O’Day faced one batter and retired him, Strop pitched one inning giving up a hit and Jim Johnson saved his 31st game of the season pitching an inning giving up a hit and a walk and striking out two.
Derek Jeter had two hits, Nick Swisher had a hit and Raul Ibanez had two hits and an RBI. Chavez had two hits, two RBI and drew a walk, Ichiro Suzuki had a hit and an RBI and Swisher had a double. Ibanez, Chavez and Suzuki each hit a homerun. The Yankees were 1-4 with runners in scoring position and they left five men on base. Suzuki had a stolen base, Stewart had a passed ball.
Markakis had three hits and two RBI, J.J. Hardy had two hits and an RBI and Chris Davis had a hit. Adam Jones had a hit, Matt Wieters had a hit and drew a walk and Wilson Betemit had two hits and an RBI. Mark Reynolds had two hits and Omar Quintanilla had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk. Jones, Markakis and Reynolds each had a double. Betemit hit a homerun. The Orioles were 1-5 with runners in scoring position and they left seven men on base.
In the second Chavez hit an RBI single to make it 1-0 Yankees. The Orioles tied the game at one on a Betemit solo homerun in the second. In the fifth the Orioles took a 3-1 lead on a Quintanilla and Markakis sacrifice fly. Ibanez hit a solo homerun in the fifth which cut the lead to 3-2 Orioles. The Orioles increased their lead to 5-2 in the seventh. Markakis hit an RBI double and Hardy hit an RBI single. Chavez and Suzuki hit back-to-back homeruns in the seventh to make it a 5-4 game and that would be how it ended.
The Yankees have now lost three in a row and eight of their last 11 games. The eight losses in that frame had six of them come by two runs or less. The Yankees division lead is now 6 ½ over the Baltimore Orioles. The Yankees record dropped to 60-42 and the Orioles record improved to 54-49. The two teams will play game two of their three game series on Tuesday night.
Garcia pitched six innings giving up nine hits and three runs with two strikeouts. He lost his fifth game of the season. Boone Logan pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and two runs with a walk and two strikeouts, David Phelps pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up a hit and a walk with a strikeout and Clay Rapada gave up two hits without recording an out. Chad Qualls faced two batters and retired them both. Gonzalez won his third game of the season pitching 6 2/3 innings giving up six hits and four runs with no walks and eight strikeouts. Darren O’Day faced one batter and retired him, Strop pitched one inning giving up a hit and Jim Johnson saved his 31st game of the season pitching an inning giving up a hit and a walk and striking out two.
Derek Jeter had two hits, Nick Swisher had a hit and Raul Ibanez had two hits and an RBI. Chavez had two hits, two RBI and drew a walk, Ichiro Suzuki had a hit and an RBI and Swisher had a double. Ibanez, Chavez and Suzuki each hit a homerun. The Yankees were 1-4 with runners in scoring position and they left five men on base. Suzuki had a stolen base, Stewart had a passed ball.
Markakis had three hits and two RBI, J.J. Hardy had two hits and an RBI and Chris Davis had a hit. Adam Jones had a hit, Matt Wieters had a hit and drew a walk and Wilson Betemit had two hits and an RBI. Mark Reynolds had two hits and Omar Quintanilla had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk. Jones, Markakis and Reynolds each had a double. Betemit hit a homerun. The Orioles were 1-5 with runners in scoring position and they left seven men on base.
In the second Chavez hit an RBI single to make it 1-0 Yankees. The Orioles tied the game at one on a Betemit solo homerun in the second. In the fifth the Orioles took a 3-1 lead on a Quintanilla and Markakis sacrifice fly. Ibanez hit a solo homerun in the fifth which cut the lead to 3-2 Orioles. The Orioles increased their lead to 5-2 in the seventh. Markakis hit an RBI double and Hardy hit an RBI single. Chavez and Suzuki hit back-to-back homeruns in the seventh to make it a 5-4 game and that would be how it ended.
The Yankees have now lost three in a row and eight of their last 11 games. The eight losses in that frame had six of them come by two runs or less. The Yankees division lead is now 6 ½ over the Baltimore Orioles. The Yankees record dropped to 60-42 and the Orioles record improved to 54-49. The two teams will play game two of their three game series on Tuesday night.
Sunday, July 1, 2012
The Yankees gain a split in their four game series with the White Sox
The New York Yankees defeated the Chicago White Sox by the score of 4-2 on Sunday afternoon. The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx,NY. Phil Hughes started and pitched very well, he started off very poorly but turned it around. Rafael Soriano did what he has been doing so well, saving the game. The Yankees offense was led by Robinson Cano and Eric Chavez. Gavin Floyd started for the White Sox and he didn’t pitch great but he didn’t pitch terrible either. Alex Rios led the White Sox offense.
Hughes pitched eight innings giving up two runs on six hits with a walk and eight strikeouts. He gave up both runs and three hits in the first inning. Hughes improved his record to 9-6, Soriano won his 18th game of the season. Soriano pitched an inning giving up a walk and he struck out two. Floyd lost his eighth game of the season pitching 5 1/3 innings giving up eight hits and four runs with five walks and three strikeouts. Leyson Septimo pitched 2 1/3 perfect inning with two strikeouts and Nate Jones pitched to one batter and struck him out.
Derek Jeter had a hit, Curtis Granderson had a hit and drew a walk and Mark Teixeira drew two walks. Cano had two hits and two RBI, Nick Swisher had a hit and Raul Ibanez had a hit. Chavez had two hits and two RBI and drew a walk, DeWayne Wise drew a walk. Chavez and Cano each had a homerun. The Yankees were 1-7 with runners in scoring position and they left nine men on base. Ibanez had a stolen base.
Alejandro De Aza had a hit, Kevin Youkilis had a hit and an RBI and Paul Konerko had a hit. Rios had two hits and an RBI, A.J. Pierzynski had a hit and Dayan Viciedo drew a walk. Alexi Ramirez drew a walk, De Aza and Rios each hit a double. The White Sox were 2-7 with runners in scoring position and they left six men on base. Ramirez had a stolen base, Youkilis committed an error.
The White Sox took a 2-0 lead in the first inning on a Youkilis and Rios RBI single. The Yankees had bases loaded no outs in the bottom of the first and failed to score. The Yankees tied the score at two in the second on a Chavez two run homerun. In the third Cano hit a two run homerun to give the Yankees a 4-2 lead. That would be the final score as the pitching was good the rest of the way by both sides.
The Yankees and White Sox split the four game series. The White Sox won the first two games and the Yankees won the last two games. The Yankees improved their record to 48-30 and the White Sox record dropped to 42-37. The Yankees are in first place in the AL East and have built up a six game lead on the second place Baltimore Orioles. The Yankees will play a three game series in Tampa beginning Monday night.
Hughes pitched eight innings giving up two runs on six hits with a walk and eight strikeouts. He gave up both runs and three hits in the first inning. Hughes improved his record to 9-6, Soriano won his 18th game of the season. Soriano pitched an inning giving up a walk and he struck out two. Floyd lost his eighth game of the season pitching 5 1/3 innings giving up eight hits and four runs with five walks and three strikeouts. Leyson Septimo pitched 2 1/3 perfect inning with two strikeouts and Nate Jones pitched to one batter and struck him out.
Derek Jeter had a hit, Curtis Granderson had a hit and drew a walk and Mark Teixeira drew two walks. Cano had two hits and two RBI, Nick Swisher had a hit and Raul Ibanez had a hit. Chavez had two hits and two RBI and drew a walk, DeWayne Wise drew a walk. Chavez and Cano each had a homerun. The Yankees were 1-7 with runners in scoring position and they left nine men on base. Ibanez had a stolen base.
Alejandro De Aza had a hit, Kevin Youkilis had a hit and an RBI and Paul Konerko had a hit. Rios had two hits and an RBI, A.J. Pierzynski had a hit and Dayan Viciedo drew a walk. Alexi Ramirez drew a walk, De Aza and Rios each hit a double. The White Sox were 2-7 with runners in scoring position and they left six men on base. Ramirez had a stolen base, Youkilis committed an error.
The White Sox took a 2-0 lead in the first inning on a Youkilis and Rios RBI single. The Yankees had bases loaded no outs in the bottom of the first and failed to score. The Yankees tied the score at two in the second on a Chavez two run homerun. In the third Cano hit a two run homerun to give the Yankees a 4-2 lead. That would be the final score as the pitching was good the rest of the way by both sides.
The Yankees and White Sox split the four game series. The White Sox won the first two games and the Yankees won the last two games. The Yankees improved their record to 48-30 and the White Sox record dropped to 42-37. The Yankees are in first place in the AL East and have built up a six game lead on the second place Baltimore Orioles. The Yankees will play a three game series in Tampa beginning Monday night.
Sunday, June 24, 2012
The New York Yankees even the Subway series at a game
The New York Yankees defeated the New York Mets by the score of 4-3 on Saturday night. The Mets got out to a 3-0 lead and the Yankees rallied late. Ivan Nova started for the Yankees and pitched ok, the Yankees bullpen was great. Raul Ibanez had the big hit for the Yankees. Chris Young started for the Mets and pitched pretty well, the bullpen pitched well. There wasn’t a Mets batter who had more then one hit.
Nova pitched 5 2/3 innings giving up five hits and three runs with two of them being earned. He walked three and struck out seven. Clay Rapada won his second game of the season pitching to one batter and striking him out. Cody Eppley pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit, Boone Logan faced two batters and struck them both out and Dave Robertson pitched an inning walking two and striking out three. Rafael Soriano earned his 14th save of the season pitching an inning and giving up a hit and striking out two. Young pitched six innings giving up four hits and three runs with three walks and four strikeouts. Jon Rauch took the loss and is now 3-7 on the season. Rauch pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and a run with a strikeout, Tim Byrdak pitched to two batters and retired them both and Jeremy Hefner pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout.
Derek Jeter had a hit, Curtis Granderson drew a walk and Robinson Cano drew a walk. Mark Teixeira drew a walk, Nick Swisher had two hits and Ibanez had a hit and three RBI. Chavez had a hit and an RBI, Swisher had a double and Ibanez and Chavez each hit a homerun. The Yankees were 1-4 with runners in scoring position and they left four men on base. Jeter and Granderson each had a stolen base. Jeter and Rodriguez each committed an error.
Kirk Nieuwenhuis had a hit and an RBI, Jordany Valdespin had a hit and David Wright had a hit. Lucas Duda had a hit, Daniel Murphy had a hit and drew a walk and Omar Quintanilla had a hit and drew a walk. Josh Thole had an RBI and drew three walks, Young had a hit and an RBI. Quintanilla, Murphy and Valdespin each had a double. Nieuwenhuis hit a homerun. The Mets were 1-14 with runners in scoring position and they left 11 men on base.
The Mets took a 1-0 lead in the third inning. Nieuwenhuis hit a solo homerun. In the fourth Thole grounded out and it was 2-0 Mets. Young had an RBI single in the sixth to push the lead to 3-0. In the seventh Ibanez hit a three run homerun and Chavez a solo homerun to give the Yankees a 4-3 lead. The four runs in the seventh were the final runs scored in the game.
The Yankees ended their three game losing streak and secured a season series win over the Mets. The Yankees improved their record to 42-28 and the Mets record fell to 39-33. The two teams will play the rubber game of their three game series on Sunday night. It will be a marquee matchup as CC Sabathia and R.A. Dickey faceoff on national television. The Yankees will try to make it five wins in six games for the season series.
Nova pitched 5 2/3 innings giving up five hits and three runs with two of them being earned. He walked three and struck out seven. Clay Rapada won his second game of the season pitching to one batter and striking him out. Cody Eppley pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit, Boone Logan faced two batters and struck them both out and Dave Robertson pitched an inning walking two and striking out three. Rafael Soriano earned his 14th save of the season pitching an inning and giving up a hit and striking out two. Young pitched six innings giving up four hits and three runs with three walks and four strikeouts. Jon Rauch took the loss and is now 3-7 on the season. Rauch pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and a run with a strikeout, Tim Byrdak pitched to two batters and retired them both and Jeremy Hefner pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout.
Derek Jeter had a hit, Curtis Granderson drew a walk and Robinson Cano drew a walk. Mark Teixeira drew a walk, Nick Swisher had two hits and Ibanez had a hit and three RBI. Chavez had a hit and an RBI, Swisher had a double and Ibanez and Chavez each hit a homerun. The Yankees were 1-4 with runners in scoring position and they left four men on base. Jeter and Granderson each had a stolen base. Jeter and Rodriguez each committed an error.
Kirk Nieuwenhuis had a hit and an RBI, Jordany Valdespin had a hit and David Wright had a hit. Lucas Duda had a hit, Daniel Murphy had a hit and drew a walk and Omar Quintanilla had a hit and drew a walk. Josh Thole had an RBI and drew three walks, Young had a hit and an RBI. Quintanilla, Murphy and Valdespin each had a double. Nieuwenhuis hit a homerun. The Mets were 1-14 with runners in scoring position and they left 11 men on base.
The Mets took a 1-0 lead in the third inning. Nieuwenhuis hit a solo homerun. In the fourth Thole grounded out and it was 2-0 Mets. Young had an RBI single in the sixth to push the lead to 3-0. In the seventh Ibanez hit a three run homerun and Chavez a solo homerun to give the Yankees a 4-3 lead. The four runs in the seventh were the final runs scored in the game.
The Yankees ended their three game losing streak and secured a season series win over the Mets. The Yankees improved their record to 42-28 and the Mets record fell to 39-33. The two teams will play the rubber game of their three game series on Sunday night. It will be a marquee matchup as CC Sabathia and R.A. Dickey faceoff on national television. The Yankees will try to make it five wins in six games for the season series.
Monday, April 30, 2012
The New York Yankees defeat the Baltimore Orioles behind stellar pitching
The New York Yankees defeated the Baltimore Orioles on Monday night by the score of 2-1. It was a very quick game, especially quick for a Yankees/Orioles game. Hiroki Kuroda started for the Yankees and pitched great. David Robertson and Mariano Rivera closed it out for the Yankees. Eric Chavez was the Yankees offense. Mark Teixeira had a couple of hits. Jason Hammel and a couple of Orioles relievers didn’t pitch bad but they got no offensive support.
Kuroda pitched seven innings giving up one run and four hits with a walk and three strikeouts. Robertson struck out the side in his inning of work and Rivera pitched a scoreless inning to pick up his fifth save of the season. Rivera did give up a hit but that was erased with a game ending double play. Kuroda improved to 2-3 on the season, Hammel saw his record drop to 3-1. Hammel pitched six innings giving up five hits and two runs with two walks and five strikeouts. Matt Lindstrom pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout and Jim Johnson pitched a perfect inning.
Derek Jeter had a hit, Curtis Granderson drew a walk and Alex Rodriguez drew a walk. Robinson Cano had a hit, Teixeira had two hits and Chavez had a hit and two RBI. Chavez had a homerun and the Yankees were 0-1 with runners in scoring position stranding four men on base.
J.J. Hardy had a hit, Nick Markakis had a hit and Adam Jones had a hit and drew a walk. Matt Wieters had a hit, Chris Davis had an RBI and Wilson Betemit had a hit. The Orioles were 0-1 with runners in scoring position and left two men on base.
All the runs in the game were scored in the second inning. The Orioles took a 1-0 lead when Davis hit a sacrifice fly. The Yankees took a 2-1 lead on a Chavez homerun. The 2-1 lead stood up the rest of the game.
The Yankees are now 13-9 on the season and the Orioles are 14-9 on the season. The two teams will square off in game two of the three game series on Tuesday night in the Bronx.
Kuroda pitched seven innings giving up one run and four hits with a walk and three strikeouts. Robertson struck out the side in his inning of work and Rivera pitched a scoreless inning to pick up his fifth save of the season. Rivera did give up a hit but that was erased with a game ending double play. Kuroda improved to 2-3 on the season, Hammel saw his record drop to 3-1. Hammel pitched six innings giving up five hits and two runs with two walks and five strikeouts. Matt Lindstrom pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout and Jim Johnson pitched a perfect inning.
Derek Jeter had a hit, Curtis Granderson drew a walk and Alex Rodriguez drew a walk. Robinson Cano had a hit, Teixeira had two hits and Chavez had a hit and two RBI. Chavez had a homerun and the Yankees were 0-1 with runners in scoring position stranding four men on base.
J.J. Hardy had a hit, Nick Markakis had a hit and Adam Jones had a hit and drew a walk. Matt Wieters had a hit, Chris Davis had an RBI and Wilson Betemit had a hit. The Orioles were 0-1 with runners in scoring position and left two men on base.
All the runs in the game were scored in the second inning. The Orioles took a 1-0 lead when Davis hit a sacrifice fly. The Yankees took a 2-1 lead on a Chavez homerun. The 2-1 lead stood up the rest of the game.
The Yankees are now 13-9 on the season and the Orioles are 14-9 on the season. The two teams will square off in game two of the three game series on Tuesday night in the Bronx.
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Yankees Take Series over the Rangers
The New York Yankees defeated the Texas Rangers taking the series two games to one. C.C. Sabathia started and didn't pitch his best but he still had a chance to get his first win of the season. Joba Chamberlain gave up a run though and prevented that from happening. Rafael Soriano redeemed himself with a clean inning and Mariano Rivera picked up his seventh save of the season.
Eric Chavez who was playing for Alex Rodriguez who was sitting out with back and oblique stiffness had two hits and the game winning RBI single. The Yankees hit three more homeruns to add to their league leading total. They have 27 on the season, Russel Martin, Robinson Cano and Curtis Granderson all hit one. Granderson and Martin were two run homers and Cano had a solo one. Martin has been a great addition so far offensively and defensively, he looks like a steal. Chavez has also played great so far going 7/15 on the season.
The Yankees are 9-5 on the season and in first place by 2 1/2 games over the Toronto Blue Jays. They will head to Toronto to take on the Blue Jays for two games beginning on Tuesday. A.J. Burnett who is 3-0 will pitch the Tuesday game and Bartolo Colon will make his first start on Wednesday night. They have off Monday and Thursday and will play a weekend series in Baltimore.
Eric Chavez who was playing for Alex Rodriguez who was sitting out with back and oblique stiffness had two hits and the game winning RBI single. The Yankees hit three more homeruns to add to their league leading total. They have 27 on the season, Russel Martin, Robinson Cano and Curtis Granderson all hit one. Granderson and Martin were two run homers and Cano had a solo one. Martin has been a great addition so far offensively and defensively, he looks like a steal. Chavez has also played great so far going 7/15 on the season.
The Yankees are 9-5 on the season and in first place by 2 1/2 games over the Toronto Blue Jays. They will head to Toronto to take on the Blue Jays for two games beginning on Tuesday. A.J. Burnett who is 3-0 will pitch the Tuesday game and Bartolo Colon will make his first start on Wednesday night. They have off Monday and Thursday and will play a weekend series in Baltimore.
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