The New York Yankees defeated the Cleveland Indians by the score of 11-7 on Friday night. Ivan Nova started and pitched a really good game. He went seven innings giving up two runs and four hits. The bullpen was a mess in finishing the game and they had to use Mariano Rivera with a big lead to get the job done. Kevin Whelan made his major league debut and it was a rough one, he walked four batters in 2/3 of an inning. Amaury Sanit who just came back from injury also had a rough outing.
The offense pounded out 11 runs and 15 hits. Curtis Granderson hit a homerun and after that the game got ugly. Mark Teixeira was drilled in the back by a fastball from Fausto Carmona, it was clearly intentional. The benches emptied and a melee ensued, Joe Girardi went face to face with Cleveland manager Manny Acta and it looked like he was going to punch him out before he was pulled away. Teixeira was also really upset and was going at Carmona, he had to be restrained and was really yelling at him for a long time. The Yankees have been getting hit a lot lately and it finally all boiled over.
Alex Rodriguez had a homerun in the game and Jorge Posada had three hits. Derek Jeter had one hit and is now nine shy of 3000. He has six games left at home to get the nine hit and accomplish his goal at home. The Yankees even stole five bases in this game. The two teams will play game two of their four game series Saturday afternoon with Bartolo Colon facing off against Mitch Talbot.
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Friday, June 10, 2011
Yankees vs. Indians Game One of Four
The New York Yankees lost three straight to the Boston Red Sox. They are 1-8 against them this season. The Yankees are in second place two games back. Here are some notes and the lineup.
Joba Chamberlain will undergo Tommy John surgery and it will be on Thursday with Dr. James Andrews. It is a big loss as the recovery is 12-18 months.
Kevin Whelan has been called up from AAA. He was the closer there and having a good season. I wonder if he will be the first from AAA with Montero not far behind.
It looks like Chris Dickerson got sent out, nothing official yet. Phil Hughes pitched two innings in extended spring yesterday and was consistently at 92 on the gun. He is on his way back. The Yankees could put him in the bullpen but I don't think they will. I can see Nova being sent down or to the pen.
Yankees Lineup:Derek Jeter, Curtis Granderson, Mark Teixeira, Alex Rodriguez, Robinson Cano, Nick Swisher, Jorge Posada, Brett Gardner, Francisco Cervelli.
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Yankees vs. Red Sox-Yanks looking to avoid the sweep
The New York Yankees have lost the first two games of this three game series against the Boston Red Sox. The Yankees also have Russell Martin out with a back issue and then today learned that reliever Joba Chamberlain has a torn ligament in his right elbow and will almost certainly need Tommy John surgery meaning his season is over. The Yankees were already without what was supposed to be their eighth inning guy Rafael Soriano, Pedro Feliciano never got his season started and the Yankees are left with Mariano Rivera, Dave Robertson and Boone Logan. They need some pitching help and unless they turn to the young guys in the minors I don't know that they are going to get it. Mark Prior would of been an option but he is also on the DL. Phil Hughes is currently making his way back, could the Yankees shift him back to the pen, I guess it is a possibility but who knows if they would do that again.
It has been a really tough couple of days for the Yankees as they lost first place last night and they also lose some of their players now. I don't know if the Yankees will do it but I would look for some pay back tonight with C.C. on the mound. The Red Sox have become way too comfortable at Yankee Stadium and something has to be done about it. I am not advocating throwing at anyone but throw inside and make them eat some dirt and if they get hit oh well. The Yankees are going to need seven or eight inning out of C.C. tonight and hopefully they can scratch out some runs off of Beckett.
Here is the Yankees lineup for tonight: Derek Jeter, Curtis Granderson, Mark Teixeira, Alex Rodriguez, Robinson Cano, Nick Swisher, Jorge Posada, Brett Gardner, Francisco Cervelli.
The Red Sox also may be getting some bad news today as second baseman Dustin Pedroia was sent back to Boston for tests on his knee. He is out for today but they hope that is it, he indicated it is possible he may need knee surgery, if that is the case that would be a huge blow for them.
The Yankees are 1-7 against the Red Sox this season, not very good but a few yrs ago they were 0-8 against them and ended up splitting the season series. The Red Sox right now are the better team but they aren't that much better. I see it as a confidence thing, the Sox know they will beat the Yankees and the Yankees aren't sure they can beat them.
There is one other thing this year that suprises me so far, the Yankees are only a couple of games over 500 at home. They need to get that great home field advantage going again. They always had it at the Old Stadium and in the two years since this stadium opened they have had it but not this year. That is going to need to change if the Yankees are going to go anywhere this year.
The game is on MY9, YES has pre and postgame. I wouldn't expect the game to start on time as thunderstorms are rolling through the area but we will see. I would expect a delay of an hour or more which on getaway day for the Red Sox and with how long they play will be really fun.
It has been a really tough couple of days for the Yankees as they lost first place last night and they also lose some of their players now. I don't know if the Yankees will do it but I would look for some pay back tonight with C.C. on the mound. The Red Sox have become way too comfortable at Yankee Stadium and something has to be done about it. I am not advocating throwing at anyone but throw inside and make them eat some dirt and if they get hit oh well. The Yankees are going to need seven or eight inning out of C.C. tonight and hopefully they can scratch out some runs off of Beckett.
Here is the Yankees lineup for tonight: Derek Jeter, Curtis Granderson, Mark Teixeira, Alex Rodriguez, Robinson Cano, Nick Swisher, Jorge Posada, Brett Gardner, Francisco Cervelli.
The Red Sox also may be getting some bad news today as second baseman Dustin Pedroia was sent back to Boston for tests on his knee. He is out for today but they hope that is it, he indicated it is possible he may need knee surgery, if that is the case that would be a huge blow for them.
The Yankees are 1-7 against the Red Sox this season, not very good but a few yrs ago they were 0-8 against them and ended up splitting the season series. The Red Sox right now are the better team but they aren't that much better. I see it as a confidence thing, the Sox know they will beat the Yankees and the Yankees aren't sure they can beat them.
There is one other thing this year that suprises me so far, the Yankees are only a couple of games over 500 at home. They need to get that great home field advantage going again. They always had it at the Old Stadium and in the two years since this stadium opened they have had it but not this year. That is going to need to change if the Yankees are going to go anywhere this year.
The game is on MY9, YES has pre and postgame. I wouldn't expect the game to start on time as thunderstorms are rolling through the area but we will see. I would expect a delay of an hour or more which on getaway day for the Red Sox and with how long they play will be really fun.
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Yankees vs. Red Sox
Here are the lineups for tonights game between the two blood rivals.
Yankees Lineup:Derek Jeter, Curtis Granderson, Mark Teixeira, Alex Rodriguez(DH), Robinson Cano, Nick Swisher, Brett Gardner, Eduardo Nunez(3B), Francisco Cervelli(C).
Boston Lineup:Jacoby Ellsbury, Dustin Pedroia, Adrian Gonzalez, Kevin Youkilis, David Ortiz, Crawford, Scutaro, Drew, Varitek.
The pitching matchup is A.J. Burnett vs. Tim Wakefield. It should be an interesting night as it usually is between these two teams. There are just more stories attached to this one though with what happened last night and now Varitek behind the plate with the knuckler which he has never been good at handling.
I would look early for Burnett to set the tone inside and brush some of these guys off the plate and for the Yankees to be off an running everytime they get on base. They won't run Cervelli or Teixeira and probably not Cano although I think he can even steal off of that combo, but most of the guys will be running. Jeter, Rodriguez, Granderson, Nunez, Gardner, maybe even Swisher will be running.
Yankees Lineup:Derek Jeter, Curtis Granderson, Mark Teixeira, Alex Rodriguez(DH), Robinson Cano, Nick Swisher, Brett Gardner, Eduardo Nunez(3B), Francisco Cervelli(C).
Boston Lineup:Jacoby Ellsbury, Dustin Pedroia, Adrian Gonzalez, Kevin Youkilis, David Ortiz, Crawford, Scutaro, Drew, Varitek.
The pitching matchup is A.J. Burnett vs. Tim Wakefield. It should be an interesting night as it usually is between these two teams. There are just more stories attached to this one though with what happened last night and now Varitek behind the plate with the knuckler which he has never been good at handling.
I would look early for Burnett to set the tone inside and brush some of these guys off the plate and for the Yankees to be off an running everytime they get on base. They won't run Cervelli or Teixeira and probably not Cano although I think he can even steal off of that combo, but most of the guys will be running. Jeter, Rodriguez, Granderson, Nunez, Gardner, maybe even Swisher will be running.
Yankees lose to the Red Sox
The New York Yankees lost to the Boston Red Sox last night by the score of 6-4. Freddy Garcia had nothing and four batters into the game it was 3-0 Sox. He lasted only 1 2/3 innings. Luis Ayala pitched 1 1/3 innings and then Hector Noesi really saved the Yankees bullpen by pitching six innings giving up two runs. He pitched great out of the pen and got sent down today because he wouldn't be available for a while and the Yankeees are short in the bullpen. The Yankees claimed Jeff Marquez off of waivers and he is expected to be with the team at game time and Amaury Sanit got recalled. The Yankees were trailing 6-1 in this game and then got a big two run double from Nick Swisher to make it a 6-3 game. The Yankees had their chance in the ninth, Jorge Posada had an RBI single to make it 6-4 and Arod was the tying run but struck out to end the game. Posada was filling in for Mark Teixeira who left in the first inning after getting beaned on the knee. He has a contusion but he will be playing tonight. Posada went 3-3 with a walk in the game.
The Yankees are now 1-6 against the Red Sox this season and 0-4 at home against them. A.J. Burnett will pitch tonight against Tim Wakefield. There are a couple of things to watch for, one of them is if the Yankees will retaliate tonight because of Tex and Martin getting hit last night and the other bigger one is Big Papi flipping his bat after his two run homerun in the fifth inning. Joe Girardi did not like that at all but he wasn't going to have a rookie retaliate. A.J. Burnett would be a guy that would and could do it tonight. The other thing to watch for is Varitek who has never been comfortable catching the knuckleball is in the lineup because Jarod Saltalamacchia is in the hospital with an illness. The Yankees when on base should run on him all night long. This could be a huge part of the game, I wouldn't of been suprised if they even played Chris Dickerson in this game or at some point he does come in just to add even more speed to the lineup. The game is on at 7:00PM on the YES network.
The Yes Network directly after the game and then the postgame will premiere the Joe Girardi Yankeeography, you will want to stay tuned for that. The series will finish off tomorrow night with a classic pitchers duel between C.C. Sabathia and Josh Beckett.
The Yankees are now 1-6 against the Red Sox this season and 0-4 at home against them. A.J. Burnett will pitch tonight against Tim Wakefield. There are a couple of things to watch for, one of them is if the Yankees will retaliate tonight because of Tex and Martin getting hit last night and the other bigger one is Big Papi flipping his bat after his two run homerun in the fifth inning. Joe Girardi did not like that at all but he wasn't going to have a rookie retaliate. A.J. Burnett would be a guy that would and could do it tonight. The other thing to watch for is Varitek who has never been comfortable catching the knuckleball is in the lineup because Jarod Saltalamacchia is in the hospital with an illness. The Yankees when on base should run on him all night long. This could be a huge part of the game, I wouldn't of been suprised if they even played Chris Dickerson in this game or at some point he does come in just to add even more speed to the lineup. The game is on at 7:00PM on the YES network.
The Yes Network directly after the game and then the postgame will premiere the Joe Girardi Yankeeography, you will want to stay tuned for that. The series will finish off tomorrow night with a classic pitchers duel between C.C. Sabathia and Josh Beckett.
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