The New York Yankees were defeated by the Chicago White Sox by a score of 2-1 on Wednesday night. The game took place at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago, Illinois. Phil Hughes started for the Yankees and pitched well and Derek Jeter was their offense. Chris Sale started for the White Sox and pitched great and their offense was led by Alex Rios.
Hughes pitched seven innings giving up five hits and two runs. He walked two and struck out five and he suffered his 11th loss of the season. Dave Robertson pitched an inning giving up a hit. Sale won his 15th game of the season pitching 7 2/3 innings giving up three hits and a run with a walk and 13 strikeouts. Brett Myers retired the only batter that he faced and Addison Reed pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out two. Reed saved his 23rd game of the season.
Jeter had a hit and an RBI, Robinson Cano had two hits and Mark Teixeira had a hit. Andruw Jones drew a walk, Teixeira and Cano each hit a double and Jeter hit a homerun. The Yankees were 0-5 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base. Martin had a passed ball.
DeWayne Wise had a hit, Kevin Youkilis had an RBI and drew a walk and Paul Konerko had a hit and drew a walk. Rios had two hits and an RBI, Alexi Ramirez had a hit and Gordon Beckham had a hit. Beckham hit a double and Rios hit a homerun. The White Sox were 1-6 with runners in scoring position and they left six men on base.
In the third inning Youkilis hit a sacrifice fly giving the White Sox a 1-0 lead. In the sixth inning Jeter hit a solo homerun to tie the game at one. In the sixth inning Rios hit a solo homerun to give the White Sox a 2-1 lead and that would be the final score.
The Yankees were swept in the three game series and will have Thursday off. The Yankees record fell to 72-52 and their lead in the AL East is down to three games over the Tampa Bay Rays. The Rays have been on an unbelievable hot streak and that is what has them breathing down the Yankees neck. The Yankees will begin a three game series in Cleveland on Friday night.
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
The Mets lose another at home to the Colorado Rockies
The New York Mets were defeated by the Colorado Rockies by the score of 5-2 on Wednesday night. The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York. Matt Harvey started and pitched very well, the bullpen especially Frank Francisco didn’t. Harvey also led the teams offense. Jeff Francis started for the Rockies and pitched well and their bullpen pitched well. The Rockies offense was led by Colvin.
Harvey pitched six innings giving up three hits and a run with two walks and nine strikeouts. Ramon Ramirez took his third loss of the season pitching 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and two runs, Robert Carson pitched 1/3 of an inning retiring the only batter that he faced and Josh Edgin pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout. Francisco pitched an inning giving up three hits and two runs. Francis pitched five innings giving up five hits and a run with two walks and four strikeouts. Torres got the win pitching 2 2/3 innings and giving up a hit and a run with a walk and a strikeout, Reynolds didn’t record an out and gave up a hit and Harris struck out the only batter that he faced. Rafael Betancourt saved his 25th game of the season pitching an inning giving up a hit and a walk with a strikeout.
Ruben Tejada gave up a hit, Justin Turner drew a walk and Ronny Cedeno gave up a hit. David Wright drew two walks, Scott Hairston had a hit and an RBI and Ike Davis had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk. Andres Torres had a hit, Mike Baxter had a hit and Harvey had two hits. Tejada and Hairston each had a double, the Mets were 1-6 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base. Wright was caught stealing and Shoppach committed an error.
Jonathan Herrera had a hit, Dexter Fowler had a hit and Jordan Pacheco had a hit. WilinRosario had a hit and two RBI, Tyler Colvin had two hits and Chris Nelson had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk. DJ LeMahieu had an RBI, Francis drew a walk and Josh Rutledge had a hit and an RBI. Colvin and Rutledge each hit a double, Rosario hit a homerun. The Rockies were 2-8 with runners in scoring position and they left five men on base. Colvin had a stolen base.
Hairston hit a sacrifice fly in the first to give the Mets a 1-0 lead. In the fourth Rosario hit a sacrifice fly to tie the game at one. In the seventh Rosario hit a solo homerun and LeMahieu had a sacrifice bunt and a run scored to make it 3-1. Davis hit an RBI single in the eighth to make it a 3-2 game. In the ninth Nelson had an RBI single and Rutledge had an RBI double to make it 5-2 and that would be the final score.
The Mets fell to ten games under 500 for the first time. They have a 57-67 record and the Rockies record improved to 49-73. The two teams will play the fourth and final game of the series on Thursday afternoon. The Rockies have won the first three games and the Mets will try and avoid the sweep.
Harvey pitched six innings giving up three hits and a run with two walks and nine strikeouts. Ramon Ramirez took his third loss of the season pitching 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and two runs, Robert Carson pitched 1/3 of an inning retiring the only batter that he faced and Josh Edgin pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout. Francisco pitched an inning giving up three hits and two runs. Francis pitched five innings giving up five hits and a run with two walks and four strikeouts. Torres got the win pitching 2 2/3 innings and giving up a hit and a run with a walk and a strikeout, Reynolds didn’t record an out and gave up a hit and Harris struck out the only batter that he faced. Rafael Betancourt saved his 25th game of the season pitching an inning giving up a hit and a walk with a strikeout.
Ruben Tejada gave up a hit, Justin Turner drew a walk and Ronny Cedeno gave up a hit. David Wright drew two walks, Scott Hairston had a hit and an RBI and Ike Davis had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk. Andres Torres had a hit, Mike Baxter had a hit and Harvey had two hits. Tejada and Hairston each had a double, the Mets were 1-6 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base. Wright was caught stealing and Shoppach committed an error.
Jonathan Herrera had a hit, Dexter Fowler had a hit and Jordan Pacheco had a hit. WilinRosario had a hit and two RBI, Tyler Colvin had two hits and Chris Nelson had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk. DJ LeMahieu had an RBI, Francis drew a walk and Josh Rutledge had a hit and an RBI. Colvin and Rutledge each hit a double, Rosario hit a homerun. The Rockies were 2-8 with runners in scoring position and they left five men on base. Colvin had a stolen base.
Hairston hit a sacrifice fly in the first to give the Mets a 1-0 lead. In the fourth Rosario hit a sacrifice fly to tie the game at one. In the seventh Rosario hit a solo homerun and LeMahieu had a sacrifice bunt and a run scored to make it 3-1. Davis hit an RBI single in the eighth to make it a 3-2 game. In the ninth Nelson had an RBI single and Rutledge had an RBI double to make it 5-2 and that would be the final score.
The Mets fell to ten games under 500 for the first time. They have a 57-67 record and the Rockies record improved to 49-73. The two teams will play the fourth and final game of the series on Thursday afternoon. The Rockies have won the first three games and the Mets will try and avoid the sweep.
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Ivan Nova gives up grand slam and the Yankees can't recover in loss to Chicago
The New York Yankees were defeated by the Chicago White Sox by a score of 7-3 on Tuesday night. The game took place at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago, Illinois. Ivan Nova started for the Yankees and wasn’t very good. Derek Jeter hit a leadoff homerun and the Yankees offense was good in the first but then didn’t do much after. Francisco Liriano after a rough first inning really settled in and their bullpen did a pretty good job. DeWayne Wise led the White Sox offense with four hits.
Nova pitched six innings giving up seven hits and six runs with two walks and three strikeouts. Nova lost his seventh game of the season and Derek Lowe pitched two innings giving up five hits and a run with a walk and two strikeouts. Liriano won his fifth game of the season pitching six innings giving up six hits and two runs with three walks and seven strikeouts. Jesse Crain pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and a run, Matt Thornton pitched 2/3 of an inning retiring both batters and Brett Myers pitched an inning giving up a walk.
Jeter had a hit and an RBI, Nick Swisher had a hit and Mark Teixeira had a hit and drew two walks. Andruw Jones had a hit and drew a walk, Curtis Granderson had a hit and an RBI and Eric Chavez drew a walk. Russell Martin had two hits and an RBI, Jeter and Martin each hit a homerun. The Yankees were 0-3 with runners in scoring position and they left seven men on base.
Wise had four hits, Kevin Youkilis had a hit, four RBI and drew a walk and Adam Dunn drew a walk. Paul Konerko had two hits and an RBI, Alex Rios had a hit and A.J. Pierzynski had a hit and an RBI. Alexi Ramirez had a hit and Gordon Beckham had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk. Ramirez drew a walk, Rios and Pierzynski hit a triple and Konerko and Youkilis hit a homerun. The White Sox were 3-11 with runners in scoring position and they left seven men on base.
In the first Jeter hit a leadoff homerun and Granderson grounded out scoring a run to make it 2-0 Yankees. Pierzynski hit a sacrifice fly in the second inning making it 2-1. Konerko hit a solo homerun in the fourth inning tying the game at two. In the fifth Youkilis hit a grand slam to make it 6-2 White Sox. Martin hit a solo homerun in the seventh to make it 6-3. The White Sox would add a final run on an RBI single by Beckham in the ninth inning.
The Yankees have lost the first two games of the three game series in Chicago. The Yankees will try to salvage the final game of the series on Wednesday night. The Yankees record fell to 72-51 and they remain four games up on the Tampa Bay Rays in the AL East. The White Sox record improved to 67-55, they had a two game lead in the AL Central entering the night.
Jeter had a hit and an RBI, Nick Swisher had a hit and Mark Teixeira had a hit and drew two walks. Andruw Jones had a hit and drew a walk, Curtis Granderson had a hit and an RBI and Eric Chavez drew a walk. Russell Martin had two hits and an RBI, Jeter and Martin each hit a homerun. The Yankees were 0-3 with runners in scoring position and they left seven men on base.
Wise had four hits, Kevin Youkilis had a hit, four RBI and drew a walk and Adam Dunn drew a walk. Paul Konerko had two hits and an RBI, Alex Rios had a hit and A.J. Pierzynski had a hit and an RBI. Alexi Ramirez had a hit and Gordon Beckham had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk. Ramirez drew a walk, Rios and Pierzynski hit a triple and Konerko and Youkilis hit a homerun. The White Sox were 3-11 with runners in scoring position and they left seven men on base.
In the first Jeter hit a leadoff homerun and Granderson grounded out scoring a run to make it 2-0 Yankees. Pierzynski hit a sacrifice fly in the second inning making it 2-1. Konerko hit a solo homerun in the fourth inning tying the game at two. In the fifth Youkilis hit a grand slam to make it 6-2 White Sox. Martin hit a solo homerun in the seventh to make it 6-3. The White Sox would add a final run on an RBI single by Beckham in the ninth inning.
The Yankees have lost the first two games of the three game series in Chicago. The Yankees will try to salvage the final game of the series on Wednesday night. The Yankees record fell to 72-51 and they remain four games up on the Tampa Bay Rays in the AL East. The White Sox record improved to 67-55, they had a two game lead in the AL Central entering the night.
The Mets continue to flounder as they fall to a season high nine games below 500
The New York Mets were defeated by the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday night by the score of 6-2. The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York. Chris Young started for the Mets and pitched pretty well. Ruben Tejada led the Mets offense, Jhoulys Chacin started for the Rockies and pitched very well. The Rockies bullpen pitched well and Dexter Fowler led their offense.
Young pitched seven innings giving up five hits and four runs but only two of them were earned. He walked one and struck out nine and took his seventh loss of the season. Robert Carson pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and a run, Bobby Parnell pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up two hits and a run and Josh Edgin retired the only batter that he faced. Chacin won his first game of the season pitching six innings giving up four hits and a run with two strikeouts, Matt Reynolds pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a run and Josh Roenicke pitched 2/3 of an inning retiring both batters. Matt Belisle pitched an inning giving up a hit and Rex Brothers pitched a perfect inning striking out a batter.
Tejada had two hits, Ike Davis had a hit and David Wright had a hit. Daniel Murphy had an RBI, Jordany Valdespin had a hit and Andres Torres had an RBI. Scott Hairston had a hit, Valdespin hit a double and the Rockies were 1-5 with runners in scoring position and left three men on base. Torres was caught stealing, Young committed an error.
Charlie Blackmon had two hits and an RBI, Fowler had two hits and two RBI and Ramon Hernandez had a hit and an RBI. Tyler Colvin had a hit, Andrew Brown had a hit and DJ LeMahieu had a hit. Jonathan Herrera had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk. Blackmon and Brown each hit a double, the Rockies were 3-11 with runners in scoring position and they left four men on base. Blackmon had a stolen base and Colvin had two. Fowler was caught stealing, Brown and Colvin each committed an error. Brown had an outfield assist.
In the fourth the Mets took a 1-0 lead on a Murphy sacrifice fly. In the sixth Chacin had a sac bunt scoring a run, Blackmon had an RBI single, Fowler had an RBI single and Hernandez hit a sacrifice fly. It was 4-1 Rockies. Torres hit a sacrifice fly in the seventh to make it a 4-2 game. Fowler hit an RBI single in the eighth to make it 5-2 and Herrera reached on a fielders choice scoring a run in the ninth. It was 6-2 Rockies and that would be the final score.
The Mets have lost two straight to the Rockies and are a season worst nine games under 500. The Mets record dropped to 57-66 and the Rockies record improved to 48-73. The two teams will play the third game of a four game series on Wednesday night.
Tejada had two hits, Ike Davis had a hit and David Wright had a hit. Daniel Murphy had an RBI, Jordany Valdespin had a hit and Andres Torres had an RBI. Scott Hairston had a hit, Valdespin hit a double and the Rockies were 1-5 with runners in scoring position and left three men on base. Torres was caught stealing, Young committed an error.
Charlie Blackmon had two hits and an RBI, Fowler had two hits and two RBI and Ramon Hernandez had a hit and an RBI. Tyler Colvin had a hit, Andrew Brown had a hit and DJ LeMahieu had a hit. Jonathan Herrera had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk. Blackmon and Brown each hit a double, the Rockies were 3-11 with runners in scoring position and they left four men on base. Blackmon had a stolen base and Colvin had two. Fowler was caught stealing, Brown and Colvin each committed an error. Brown had an outfield assist.
In the fourth the Mets took a 1-0 lead on a Murphy sacrifice fly. In the sixth Chacin had a sac bunt scoring a run, Blackmon had an RBI single, Fowler had an RBI single and Hernandez hit a sacrifice fly. It was 4-1 Rockies. Torres hit a sacrifice fly in the seventh to make it a 4-2 game. Fowler hit an RBI single in the eighth to make it 5-2 and Herrera reached on a fielders choice scoring a run in the ninth. It was 6-2 Rockies and that would be the final score.
The Mets have lost two straight to the Rockies and are a season worst nine games under 500. The Mets record dropped to 57-66 and the Rockies record improved to 48-73. The two teams will play the third game of a four game series on Wednesday night.
Yankees postgame notes after a bullpen meltdown in Chicago
Here are the Yankees postgame notes from Monday night. The Yankees blew two different leads, the bullpen was not good and Garcia collapsed in the fifth inning. Chad Jennings of the Journal news and Lohud Yankees blog has all the info with my thoughts mixed in of course.
Through much of the season’s first half, the Yankees kept plugging bullpen holes and found the perfect piece every time. Need a rookie long man out of spring training? David Phelps. Mariano Rivera lost for the season? Rafael Soriano. Dave Robertson out for a month? Cory Wade. Wade’s magic worn thin? Cody Eppley. Phelps has to step into the rotation? Derek Lowe.
Thing is, we all know bullpens don’t always work like that. Relievers are a notoriously inconsistent group, and now the Yankees bullpen is starting to show some of those inconsistencies. They may be getting tired and Joba has been a big problem, he is the fresh arm but he is very rusty and doesn't have the control right now.
“It’s tough to swallow,” Boone Logan said after tonight’s letdown. “We’ve been scuffling as a whole down there lately. You can’t go in there and do your job all year long, you’re going to hit a couple rough patches. You’ve got to grind through it and get through it. We all know that,and talk about it. We’re doing the best we can, it’s just nobody’s going well.” This is true but the offense has gone through slumps and the starting pitching also, now it is the bullpens turn, its better to get it out now and be right for the stretch run and hopefully October.
It was Logan who gave up tonight’s Alexei Ramirez game-winner. It was Logan’s second loss in five days, coming less than a week after he was part of another collective bullpen letdown at home against Texas. Robertson and Soriano are still pitching well in the late innings, but the bridge to the eighth and ninth no longer has that can’t-miss feeling.
“We get the groundball and we’re not quite able to turn the double play,” Joe Girardi said. “It’s a tough double play to turn in that fifth inning, and it just kind of got worse after that, in a sense. The bullpen struggled tonight. It hasn’t been something they’ve done very often this year, so they’ll bounce back.”
One thing about relievers: They’ve all been through something like this. Right or wrong, they all seem to believe they’ll get things straightened out eventually. The Yankees need that to happen, because games like this seem especially hard to follow down the stretch and into the postseason.
“We know it’s part of the game,” Logan said. “That’s the way it works. We’re still a good bullpen. It’s funny how when someone struggles, we all struggle. It seems like we all struggle at the same time. Once we all start getting on a roll, we’ll all get on a roll, and get back to where we need to be.”
Joba Chamberlain is among the worst bullpen offenders recently, but Girardi once again vowed to keep Chamberlain in the big leagues. Is he concerned? “Long-term, no,”Girardi said. “But short-term, yeah. We have to try to get him right. … He’s got to help us.” I think that is an understatement but will he stay up or could he go to AAA and work it out, we will find out soon enough.
Here’s Chamberlain: “If I was throwing 90 miles per hour we would have a concern. Obviously the strength and stuff (are good). My slider is 86 to 88 (mph), right where it should be. Fastball is at 95. You know it’s there, now it’s just trying to figure out what in the delivery or what we can do to change things or work on in between and go from there.”
The good news from tonight, Derek Jeter had another four-hit game, moving into a tie with Eddie Murray for 11th on the all-time hits list. Jeter has 3,255 hits. He also move into sole possession of 13th on the all-time runs scored list, passing Craig Biggio. Jeter is on an amazing run, it will be interesting to see how long he can go, how far up the hits list will he end up?? Is 4,000 in sight or out of question??
Jeter also homered tonight. It was the 251st of his career, passing Graig Nettles on the Yankees all-time list.
One last Jeter note: He has a hit in 15 of his last 16 games, batting .403 in that span. He’s also a career .360 hitter against White Sox starter Gavin Floyd (who looked pretty bad tonight).
Speaking of struggling starters, Freddy Garcia got out of trouble in the first, got out of trouble in the second and got on a terrific roll before letting everything fall apart in the fifth. He’d struck out seven of nine before the last five batters he faced all reached base. “I cannot throw strike after I gave one in the fifth and base hit and whatever, man,” Garcia said. “I cannot make the pitch I needed when I need it. Was at 100 pitch and they decide to take me out. And it’s really frustrating for me because you’ve got a lead, 3-0. And that’s the game, you know. Gavin Floyd pitched two innings or whatever and I was feeling good, man. I don’t know. Something happened. I could not find the strike zone.”
Garcia said he honestly had no idea what went wrong. “I’ve got command of my fastball, my slider, my split. At that point, I was really comfortable,” he said. “Something happened and I could not find the zone. That’s crazy, but that’s the way it is.” It was really crazy to see it disappear so quickly with one out in the fifth. He had been very good up until that point and poof it was gone like that.
Garcia is 1-4 with a 6.81 ERA in his past seven starts against the White Sox.
Mark Teixeira has a hit in 10 of his past 11 games. He had two hits tonight in his return from a sore wrist.
Why did Girardi mix and match so much in the fifth rather than give the ball to a long man? “I’m thinking that I’m going for the double play with Eppley,” Girardi said. “We get the ground ball, it’s just not quite at Chavy enough. That’s what I’m trying to do. If he gets the double play, I probably leave him in there to start the sixth and see the right handers. When he doesn’t, you start mixing and matching a little bit. It didn’t work.”
Logan on his home run pitch to Ramirez: “I threw it right in his bat swing. Those are the balls he hits. I threw him nothing but heaters. Stew wanted to go back in there. I knew he was probably looking slider at one point anyway. It was a bad pitch either way, but I was looking to throw it low in the dirt maybe. I knew he was hacking, I thought he might be looking for it, so I was going to show it to him, but throw it in the dirt. If I walked him, get the next guy. If he swings at it, strike him out. So that was my approach on that pitch.”
Through much of the season’s first half, the Yankees kept plugging bullpen holes and found the perfect piece every time. Need a rookie long man out of spring training? David Phelps. Mariano Rivera lost for the season? Rafael Soriano. Dave Robertson out for a month? Cory Wade. Wade’s magic worn thin? Cody Eppley. Phelps has to step into the rotation? Derek Lowe.
Thing is, we all know bullpens don’t always work like that. Relievers are a notoriously inconsistent group, and now the Yankees bullpen is starting to show some of those inconsistencies. They may be getting tired and Joba has been a big problem, he is the fresh arm but he is very rusty and doesn't have the control right now.
“It’s tough to swallow,” Boone Logan said after tonight’s letdown. “We’ve been scuffling as a whole down there lately. You can’t go in there and do your job all year long, you’re going to hit a couple rough patches. You’ve got to grind through it and get through it. We all know that,and talk about it. We’re doing the best we can, it’s just nobody’s going well.” This is true but the offense has gone through slumps and the starting pitching also, now it is the bullpens turn, its better to get it out now and be right for the stretch run and hopefully October.
It was Logan who gave up tonight’s Alexei Ramirez game-winner. It was Logan’s second loss in five days, coming less than a week after he was part of another collective bullpen letdown at home against Texas. Robertson and Soriano are still pitching well in the late innings, but the bridge to the eighth and ninth no longer has that can’t-miss feeling.
“We get the groundball and we’re not quite able to turn the double play,” Joe Girardi said. “It’s a tough double play to turn in that fifth inning, and it just kind of got worse after that, in a sense. The bullpen struggled tonight. It hasn’t been something they’ve done very often this year, so they’ll bounce back.”
One thing about relievers: They’ve all been through something like this. Right or wrong, they all seem to believe they’ll get things straightened out eventually. The Yankees need that to happen, because games like this seem especially hard to follow down the stretch and into the postseason.
“We know it’s part of the game,” Logan said. “That’s the way it works. We’re still a good bullpen. It’s funny how when someone struggles, we all struggle. It seems like we all struggle at the same time. Once we all start getting on a roll, we’ll all get on a roll, and get back to where we need to be.”
Joba Chamberlain is among the worst bullpen offenders recently, but Girardi once again vowed to keep Chamberlain in the big leagues. Is he concerned? “Long-term, no,”Girardi said. “But short-term, yeah. We have to try to get him right. … He’s got to help us.” I think that is an understatement but will he stay up or could he go to AAA and work it out, we will find out soon enough.
Here’s Chamberlain: “If I was throwing 90 miles per hour we would have a concern. Obviously the strength and stuff (are good). My slider is 86 to 88 (mph), right where it should be. Fastball is at 95. You know it’s there, now it’s just trying to figure out what in the delivery or what we can do to change things or work on in between and go from there.”
The good news from tonight, Derek Jeter had another four-hit game, moving into a tie with Eddie Murray for 11th on the all-time hits list. Jeter has 3,255 hits. He also move into sole possession of 13th on the all-time runs scored list, passing Craig Biggio. Jeter is on an amazing run, it will be interesting to see how long he can go, how far up the hits list will he end up?? Is 4,000 in sight or out of question??
Jeter also homered tonight. It was the 251st of his career, passing Graig Nettles on the Yankees all-time list.
One last Jeter note: He has a hit in 15 of his last 16 games, batting .403 in that span. He’s also a career .360 hitter against White Sox starter Gavin Floyd (who looked pretty bad tonight).
Speaking of struggling starters, Freddy Garcia got out of trouble in the first, got out of trouble in the second and got on a terrific roll before letting everything fall apart in the fifth. He’d struck out seven of nine before the last five batters he faced all reached base. “I cannot throw strike after I gave one in the fifth and base hit and whatever, man,” Garcia said. “I cannot make the pitch I needed when I need it. Was at 100 pitch and they decide to take me out. And it’s really frustrating for me because you’ve got a lead, 3-0. And that’s the game, you know. Gavin Floyd pitched two innings or whatever and I was feeling good, man. I don’t know. Something happened. I could not find the strike zone.”
Garcia said he honestly had no idea what went wrong. “I’ve got command of my fastball, my slider, my split. At that point, I was really comfortable,” he said. “Something happened and I could not find the zone. That’s crazy, but that’s the way it is.” It was really crazy to see it disappear so quickly with one out in the fifth. He had been very good up until that point and poof it was gone like that.
Garcia is 1-4 with a 6.81 ERA in his past seven starts against the White Sox.
Mark Teixeira has a hit in 10 of his past 11 games. He had two hits tonight in his return from a sore wrist.
Why did Girardi mix and match so much in the fifth rather than give the ball to a long man? “I’m thinking that I’m going for the double play with Eppley,” Girardi said. “We get the ground ball, it’s just not quite at Chavy enough. That’s what I’m trying to do. If he gets the double play, I probably leave him in there to start the sixth and see the right handers. When he doesn’t, you start mixing and matching a little bit. It didn’t work.”
Logan on his home run pitch to Ramirez: “I threw it right in his bat swing. Those are the balls he hits. I threw him nothing but heaters. Stew wanted to go back in there. I knew he was probably looking slider at one point anyway. It was a bad pitch either way, but I was looking to throw it low in the dirt maybe. I knew he was hacking, I thought he might be looking for it, so I was going to show it to him, but throw it in the dirt. If I walked him, get the next guy. If he swings at it, strike him out. So that was my approach on that pitch.”
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