Game 17: Go For Six
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The Yankees have won five games in a row (six of their last seven!) and they’ve done it with offense, with pitching, and with defense. One phase of the game is not carrying them, it’s all three. Unlike last April, when the team played well but it felt like we were waiting for the other shoe to drop for certain players (Vernon Wells and Travis Hafner, specifically), this year’s success feels far more sustainable. I can’t be the only who feels like that, right?
Anyway, Carlos Beltran is not in tonight’s lineup after tumbling over the right field wall in foul territory last night. According to the various beat writers on the scene, Beltran had an MRI on both his wrist and shoulder and everything came back clean. He is sore though, and he will skip batting practice today and instead receive treatment. Beltran hopes to play tomorrow but Joe Girardi is fond of giving players that one extra day when they’re banged up. We’ll see. Here is the Rays lineup and here’s the Yankees lineup:
- LF Brett Gardner
- SS Derek Jeter
- CF Jacoby Ellsbury
- DH Alfonso Soriano
- C Brian McCann
- 2B Yangervis Solarte
- 1B Kelly Johnson
- 3B Scott Sizemore
- RF Ichiro Suzuki
RHP Hiroki Kuroda
It is hot, humid, and pouring in St. Pete tonight, but none of that matters because of Tropicana Field. It’ll be a climate-controlled 72 degrees (or thereabouts) for tonight’s game whether you like it or not. First pitch is scheduled for just after 7pm ET and you can watch live on YES and, depending on where you live, MLB Network. Enjoy the game.
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You’re here playing hurt, even doing a chat, and yet Beltran needs a day because he’s ‘sore’. What a baby.
And Mike is probably paid only half of what Beltran gets.
And Mike is probably paid in a month half of what Beltran gets in an hour.
FIFY
You know what John and Suzy say. He’s a ballblogger. He does a little bit of everything. Professional ballblogger at its finest.
“Every day he does something to help the RAB team learn.”
“Even when he forgets the Game Thread, he does something.”
Can the power of Jordan Brink lead us?
We invoke both the mighty Jordan Brink and The Great Elector.
At some point, I’ll make a photoshop picture of Jordan Brink on the Prussian flag in place of the eagle.
Yangervis Solarte anagram of the day:
“Tyro savages liner.”
Like it! May I add: Gravy is near stole?
You may. But there are many, many more…
For Mother Prussia!
Alkaline is on #teamPreußen!
Für das Vaterland!
Keeping it simple tonight: für Preußen. All wins are für Preußen.
If Jordan Brink were Prussian, he might be able to match The Sizemore in ability.
Pretty good lineup, even without Beltran.
I certainly like it better than I did the lineup in the second doubleheader game.
That gave me flashbacks of last season.
Personally, I’d prefer to see Roberts in there instead of Sizemore, but it is what it is.
It’s kind of funny that Girardi is basically saying it’s a bad thing that Roberts hit so much last night, because he actually had to run. It’s like he’d prefer it if he went 0-4 since he wouldn’t run much and could play two straight days.
I know we see differently on this scenario, but I just think Joe’s very comfortable with all on this team, and dosen’t mind giving guys days off, as of right now, everyones chipping in and no one looks like they dont belong. Shoot, Sizemore has 3of are RBI tonight. Solarte and Anna have held there own(anna mostly with glove), and Kelly Johnson has done his part, and Cappys hitting..etc You can afford to rest guys.
These next six games are going to be awesome. Let’s put our biggest division rivals in the rear view and cruise to an AL East title.
Yup. 16-6 by next week.
So basically go for the full season version of a perfect afternoon at Yankee Stadium:
‘It’s when the Yankees score eight runs in the first inning,’ Ruppert said, ‘and then slowly pull away.’”
Ike Davis to The Pirates for minor leaguer Zack Thronton.
That’s a good deal for Davis. Anything to get him away from the Mets dysfunction and their inability to make a decision about 1B.
And apparently the infamous PTBNL
I suppose it kinda helps the Pirates, in the sense that they need someone to play first. Maybe he gets a fresh start with change of scenery.
For the Mets, it means they made a decision about something. That’s progress for them.
The rumor is that the PTBNL is the more substantial part of the deal (but can’t be traded yet because he’s a 2013 draftee).
Worried a bit about Kuroda. Bad numbers career wise against the Rays, but we will see.
You’re always worried about something.
I know. Pessimistic nature
Greg, you’re something a bit more than a pessimist. I’m a pessimist, and you’re consistently worse than me.
Well to be fair, worried is a bit much. I’m not “life or death” concerned.
Before I looked at the stats, I thought this game was a slam dunk, but now I’m a little on the fence
Guys, the weather report said the sun was supposed to come out at 6:57 and it’s 6:56 and there’s no sign it’s coming up. I’m concerned.
Ur n idito.
What’s that Macho Man?? I couldn’t hear you over the sound of I JUST BEAT 2048 AGAIN!!!
?? ? ?????.
Huh. Apparently RAB doesn’t recognize Cyrillic.
I love the timestamp issues RAB is having. You replied to yourself a minute before you wrote the original comment.
That’s some skill.
That is the very definition of “Macho.”
That is amazing.
But have you ever gotten 4096?
Don’t get him started. Him, Macho, and Jorge Steinbrenner are obsessed.
It’s mind numbing but hard to stop. My best is a 4096 and an additional 2048.
I have not, my best is two 2048′s on the same board. I couldn’t get them together…I still play it to kill times occasionally, but I don’t have the same ambition to keep going now that I’ve gotten the 2048.
You horrid liar! I broke away weeks ago!
Hell yeah Jeter.
wrong spot. But relax Greg, have a cream soda.
Four of his five starts against them have been in September the last two years. Hopefully it’s more a function of when he faced them rather than just them being them.
CC’s been terrible against them too and got by yesterday, at least.
Very good point. I wondered about that.
If Jeter has a big year, there is no way he is going to want to retire.
By the way, if you’re playing the home version of “Spot the Looney,” the answer is “He’s playing first base for Tampa Bay.”
You aren’t going to put anyone in the rearview mirror in April. And the Rays aren’t our biggest rival, the Sox are. Sox are defending champions. Os have a good young nucleus as well and just took 2/3 from us in our park. It’s going to be a dogfight all season.
Horrible breaking ball, Ellsbury has to punish that.
Looks like Bedard’s getting a high strike
David DeJesus… respect his game
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Those are nice.
Jeez. I wish I was a baseball player.
I like her teeth
Too wristy.
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I will be honored to sign such a petition.
We would be honored if you would join us.
He just grabbed you in a force choke
[x] I support Scott Sizemore
[_] I do not support Scott Sizemore
Indeed.
Sorry I’m late.
FOR PRUSSIA!
Hey man, what was your most recent handle before this, I’m just curious.
Shiftaliscious!
Ironically against the team who I think started this craze.
I believe you are right.
Take that, Mad Scientist!
McCann.
McCann heating up! I like it.
What I think is most impressive about Solarte is his batting eye. I thought he was hacker..
He looked like a hacker in ST and early in the season, but he has looked a lot better the last week or so.
It’s not that he’s walking a lot, but he just gets himself in good counts
For a guy like him, that’s almost as important as actually taking walks.
Robinson who? This Solarte kid does everything that Cano did and more. And he’s one thing Robbie never was, a True Yankee. I think he’s the next Yankee Captain.
John gets SO EXCITED for Solarte hits, it’s wonderful.
Never nervous Yangervis!! Solaaaaaaarte, Solaaaaaarte!
Work into fastball counts and rake.
Keep it going, Man-of-a-thousand-handles!
Should have taken the out at first
Great stop but a stupid decision by Loney
Punish him.
Even as a baserunner Soley makes the heads up move and gets in the way of the ball! This is our next Captain!
THE LEGEND CONTINUES!
Boy do I hate these official scoring rules. There should either be a hit or an error. None of this in between shit.
Team Sizemore for the lead!
FUCK
and
YES
Sizemore!
Forget what I said before about preferring Roberts for tonight…
Clean living right now. Clean living.
The weirdness continues. Was that ball hit as hard as John is making it sound?
Yep. It was smacked. loney made a great back hand scoop, but the effort planted him on his butt.
Yes. Knocked Loney off his feet. Johnson can hit.
I have no doubt Johnson can hit, he’s slugging in like the .530s I’m pretty sure. I was just curious on this particular play.
I think so.
SIIIIIIIIZEMOOOOOOOOOORE!
Ugh. Bunts. We just hit a 3 run double…so here take a free out.
That’s what happens when you put the ball in play. Put pressure on the fielders and make things happen.
gotta challenge that… he was safe.
So great.
This lineup is downright OFFENSIVE!
Not sure if this is worth challenging, frankly.
Studies from before/early in the season said that almost any play that is close is worth challenging, especially if it contributes to a potentially big inning like this.
There aren’t nearly as many missed calls as people seem to think in the course of a typical game (especially over just the first 6 innings).
Scott Sizemore shall deliver us.
safe.
CLEAR THE BASES
SIZZLE!
Sizemore!!!! This guy can’t go down when Tex returns
BASES CLEARING TRIPLE FOR SIZEMORE!
We just went up one size more.
Challenge dat sheeeet
He was totally safe. I mean, it was close, but I’m pretty sure the ump got it wrong.
Scott Sizemore: Professional baseball player.
Facts don’t get any more factual than that.
Someone sign me up for Team Sizemore.
How did Ichiro not beat that out? That bunt was a beauty.
He did, its challenge time.
Ugh. He should have been called safe but that should not have been overturned. Horrible, horrible. Replay is a joke so far.
What??? Pretty conclusive on the replay if you ask me.
I mean, that’s why they put replay in the game… for bang, bang plays just like that.
“He should have been called safe.” Which is what the replay showed, and therefore the call was overturned.
“But that shouldn’t have been overturned.” If the replay showed he was safe, why shouldn’t the out be changed?
“Replay is a joke so far.” So because they challenged a call and changed a wrong call to a right call it’s a joke?
Can you please elaborate?
This is almost FJM worthy.
He looked safe with the naked eye, but the replays were from from conclusive.
The ball does not need to hit the back of the glove for the runner to be out, it merely needs to enter the glove.
There wasn’t one single replay that showed his foot on the bag before the ball entered the glove.
Obviously you don’t want to count your chickens before they hatch, but I really think the team is better with Solarte and Anna on the team, and no Ryan. A lot can change between now and the 2-4 weeks it takes Ryan to come back (maybe someone gets hurt, or Solarte turns into a pumpkin, or Roberts doesn’t heat up). But I really hope they consider not handing him his spot back.
I really like Anna. Makes it tough to know what to do w Ryan but he is one helluva SS.
So, they’re just going to release Ryan suddenly after signing him to an (albeit absurd) two-year contract in the offseason?
Does Ryan still have options? I have no idea how that works.
His options don’t matter. He has over 5 years of MLB service, so he can refuse any assignment to the majors, meaning the Yankees have to either release him or keep him on the 25-man.
*assignment to the MINORS
Well, we’re still at least 3 weeks away from them needing to make that decision. These things tend to work themselves out.
No, obviously you can’t just release him. He’d have trade value–cheap, awesome on defense, and under contract. I’m just saying I’d explore the options.
I disagree that he has any trade value. A player of his offensive skill on a two-year deal (with a 3rd year option!) is not something teams are looking for. His defense took a step back last season (though it’s yet to be seen if that’s a trend or a one-year thing). Plus, he’s coming off a back injury that has sidelined him for basically two months by the time he possibly gets back.
Bedard might just get an out some day if he bears down.
He was safe by a mile. Who’s at 1st, Bob Davidson? Girardi will win yet another challenge.
Seriously, Girardi’s been on point with his challenges.
42 pitches have gotten him 1 out in the 2nd Loving it.
Bedard up to 42 pitches already.
It’ll be great if they force him out of the game by the fifth inning, and again beat up on the pen.
Tampa Bay been berry berry good to us.
love sizemore
Nice, that works.
To me it looked like Escobar didnt even touch second base
He didn’t. It’s called the neighborhood play, and they do it to be less vulnerable to takeout slides. It’s not reviewable, probably for safety reasons.
Girardi should have challenged again.
Neighborhood play. Not reviewable.
Even when he was nowhere near the neighborhood?
Second baseman never touched the base. Is that a challengable play?
Nope, they said they won’t review the neighborhood play at 2B (though I kind of disagree with them).
C’mon… need to tack on
Awesome that Gardner didn’t slide into first and was safe, hope that continues!
Bedard looks really hittable to the point that I would fancy my chances.
I’m a little concerned that Kuroda also looks hittable tonight, so they should pile on runs if they can.
Case in point: Longoria’s hit. High pitch, a meatball.
Hiro is fine. Case in point, the double play he induced to erase Longoria’s single.
Anna’s been a solid player for what he’s asked to do but when you’ve got the hot hands of Solarte and Sizemore you need to stick with them. Anna’s gotta go when Teix is back. Ryan might have lost his job as well.
Nicely turned double play. wow
Was Ichiro not running 3-2? (or did I miss that?)
Gardner not running? At least send him 3-1 and trust Jeter won’t chase out of the zone.
With the exception of Ellsbury the Yankees have been conservative on the bases in terms of stealing/starting runners. Especially with a lead, they should be keeping the pressure on.
Seems so obvious. I wonder if they have some sabermetric reason for not doing it.
nicely done, captain
Damn! Solarte kills at every friggin position!
Solarte is even turning Robbie Cano DPs now. People wondered how they would replace Robbie, how will the Mariners compete when the power goes they’re just left with a powerless overpaid, slow middle infielder.
Solarte’s OBP right now is a frightening .577, easily the best on the team.
His SLG is .577, not OBP.
And Beltran is at .614.
I’m starting to feel like I just mounted a powerful motorcycle and took off. I’d love to see this team keep this up, what fun that’d be!
Last year I really thought the lack of a top-notch defensive catcher cost us dearly. This year it’s early but McCann seems to be making a clear impact.
It’s almost like Eric Bedard shouldn’t be starting MLB games anymore…
Of course, they did this to David Price last night, too…
I love having an actual offense.
The Rays look like they just called the bullpen. 51 pitches to get 7 outs, and Bedard’s probably not stretched out all the way. If we keep this up, I can’t wait to see what their bullpen looks like tomorrow and Sunday.
Solarte is impressive.
Kuroda has not pitched well so far.
Pitched well enough so far.
He has gotten away with it, but his location has not been crisp.
That was a nice pitch though. Maybe he’s starting to find it.
Hopefully he can do what Pineda did against the Cubs (I know Rays>>>>Cubs), grind through 6 or 7 even if he doesn’t have his best stuff. “Grind it out” as Pettitte and Clemens used to say.
Yep.
(I know Rays>>>>Cubs),
The Rays and Cubs have actually scored the same number of runs this season (and it took the Rays two extra games to get there) and their team OPS’s are probably extremely close when you account for the P/DH different.
but he has gotten away with it.
He looks pretty good so far to me. 30 pitches in 3 innings. Not bad.
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Jim Is A (Bored) Peckerhead
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I’m One
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Jersey Joe
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Mr. Roth
Vicki
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IS HAVING FUN TODAY
Hit the theme song:
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Open membership as always
I was going to get offended at not being included, but I just remembered I never swore allegiance to Team Sizemore.
I’m feeling kind of left out, too, but I was too wishy-washy about His Sizeness, so I deserve it.
Anybody know why Axisa thinks he’s just a Nix who can’t play shortstop?
Welcome!
Sizemoreism is open to anyone who is willing to accept it and dares to dream of the upside.
Can I accept Sizemorism even though I’m a Sizemoron?
Good to see Mr Awesome O’Clock (John Lackey) getting lit up a bit again. O’s up 4-0 early on Boston.
Orioles knocking around Lackey so far.
Excellent. It’s very hard for me to root for Buck and/or Adam Jones (his pompousness bothers me) but if there’s one guy I can be on their side against it’s Awesome O’clock.
That 0-1 pitch to Jeter was not a strike.
And not particularly close, either. I guess their catcher frames well?
Gameday had it as a strike, for what it’s worth.
Huh. Okay. It didn’t look like it to me or the PITCHf/x window on MLB.tv, but I guess it must have caught a corner.
Gameday had it right on the edge, I believe, and all the strike zone windows are a little different, so who knows. It’s hard to believe any of them too exactly. It was also a cutter (again according to Gameday) so it could look inside and then just barely break at the end and catch the inside corner.
Maybe. It really looked inside though, and Jeter’s reaction to the strike call was incredulous.
Suzyn Waldman is way too excited that Boxberger’s nickname from Maddon is Boxy.
Time to start wearing down the pen!
They need to tee off on Brad Boxberger. Blow this one open.
What a catch!
Nice DDDDDD!!!
I don’t care if Mike’s right about the Ellsbury contract. I’ve loved watching him play for the good guys.
It’s rare to see a guy sign a big contract with Yankees and be this productive right from the start.
Wow, nice catch by Ells. The defense has been a pleasant surprise this season.
I mean, we all knew the OF defense would be strong and the IF defense would be shaky, which is how it’s turned out.
The IF defense has been pretty good. Jeter made a few slick plays last night, and they’ve made alot of slick DPs this yr, and last night, a Triple play. I don’t know the stats, but i’d say are IF defense is ranked in the top half at this point.
Sizemore givith, Sizemore taketh.
That sequence sucked.
Damn.
Yuck.
Come on Kuroda, buck up!
Kuroda’s been asking for that.
Translation: “I told you so.”
They never blew the game open and now it’s a ballgame again.
Two out walks are never good.
So, sounds like two bad defensive plays by Sizemore in the last 3 batters. No bueno…
It was a great throw to get the third out, though.
Of course, I was just about to say, Yankees pitching has given up 1ER in the last 31innings, but Kuroda couldent finish the 4th with that staying true.
Kuroda is definitely not sharp today, but Jeter and Sizemore’s shitty defense cost him this inning
Oh well, now we tack on!
Kuroda does’t seem to have a strike-out pitch today. He’s throwing stuff just off the plate but Tampa’s not taking. We’re pretty lucky to be up 4 – 2. Hopefully he can gut it out.
Yeah. He gets to 2 strikes fine, but then he can’t finish.
Runz plz
You can either pay $20 million/year for 10 more years to keep Robbie Cano or you can have Yangervis Solarte for peanuts on the dollar. I’ll take Solarte every day of the week and twice on Saturdays.
Such a hilarious feeling. “We’re sure to score! That no-name minor-league free agent is up again!”
Blast. Even Solarte couldn’t save us.
Swings at the first pitch…..
So many wasted opportunities… With the way Kuroda is pitching we’ll need a lot more than 4 runs
I’d bet a lot of internet dollars that 4 runs is enough.
You were saying something about Kuroda pitching
He got through that one, but Hanigan had a good swing at that ball.
Ball has been up all game.
DOOM!!! Doom and Gloom!
HA! Lackey getting lit up 6-2 O’s in the 5th
Couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy.
Hiroki only needs to get through one more and then they can set up the lock down trio of Phelps-Warren-Kelley.
lol, two straight days Robin Ventura has intentionally walked Prince Fielder to get to Kevin Kouzmanoff and has gotten burned by it.
I wonder if eventually Ventura will look at Fielder’s numbers and realize how terrible he’s been (and how great Kouz has been, in a SSS).
Big half inning here – heart of the Rays order.
They’ll bat once more, but if they can get through this inning the Yankees are in good shape.
Zobrist-Joyce-Longoria vs. Kuroda over the last 5 years a combined 16 for 45 with 6 HRs
Get the pen up
Ugh.
Goodness it’s painful watching Jeter play shortstop
Enough of Kuroda, he has nothing.
So Harang has 7 no-hit innings against the Mets, but his pitch count is already at 120.
It’s Harang… I think you let him try to have his moment in the sun.
Set the cap at about 170.
7 no-hit innings for Aaron Harang against the Mets. But, he’s walked 6, struck out 5, and thrown 121 pitches already (it’s also just a 1-0 game). Wonder if they risk leaving him in.
Hiroki needs the old reliable sinker here to induce the pitcher’s best friend.
Bad Girardi, it’s clear Kuroda has nothing.
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Here’s the question: does a combined no-hitter count?
4 runs should be/have been enough for your number 2.
It still might be…
…triple play time!
When did Larry Rothschild start wearing glasses? Has he always and I’ve just never noticed?
Nice, one more Hirok.
This feels like a Sux game.
YES guys have a point, why is Kuroda not using the splitter? It’s been all sinkers and sliders..
And Kuroda’s bad numbers against the Rays continues.
Still in line for the Win.. He battled tonight, and did enough to keep us in the game. Again, i’ll take this from Kuroda, if its gonna be one of our bad starts from a starter. Could be alot worse.
I think he knows that he doesn’t have his splitter. That’s why, as mentioned earlier, he has not been able to put hitters away.
when will giradri learn the shift against the righthander don’t work. another run because of giradri
boy, Kuroda’s pitching as if it’s late August.
Kuroda FAILED
Girardi failed harder.
I don’t think so. Girardi wanted Kuroda to get through the 6th.
I’d love someone to ask Jeter, once he’s retired, why he won’t dive for balls. This is not an issue of range declining with age. It’s been like that for at least 10 years and feels like it’s always been that way. I gotta feel he made a conscious decision that it’s not worth the wear and tear on his body, or something. Such a weird hole in his game.
How quickly we forget!
Wonder if anyone would like to count the hundreds of times that the tired cliché ‘pastadiving Jeter’ passed for wit on this very board?
Sorry, I don’t understand your comment.
And it’ll be up to BGDP to bail us out again.
Of the 12 pitchers on the big league roster David Phelps is the worst…
good job by Phelps!
Nice job Dave
This is exactly why its smart to keep Dellin Betances on the big league roster. There is gonna be games, are starters don’t go the amount of Inn’s we hoped, and your gonna need more then a couple studs in the pen. Being able to use Dellin to close the door last night, instead of Phelps or Warren, is gonna be huge tonight.
THIS!!!
The thing that’s frustrating about Betances is that he may have the best pure stuff on the staff, but he just can’t control it. It’s great having him. But say Ramirez or Montgomery tears up AAA this year, if Betances doesn’t find control he could be on the way out.
He only walked guys in 2of his outings. Phelps has 3outings, hes walked at least one guy. It happens. Betances on the other hand, has probably the best ability on the team to strike guys out, including Tanaka and every other starter. He gets a bad wrap when he walks a guy, but so what, as long as he puts up zeros, and keeps striking guys out, and not allowing hits?
But it’s not like he just randomly walks a batter. He goes through stretches where he can’t throw a strike. It happened yesterday, and fortunately he settled down. Walks happen, but if he keeps playing with fire where he can’t throw a strike he’ll eventually get in trouble.
Well, every reliever gets in trouble. Every reliever gives up runs once in awhile. With Betances, chances are hes gonna get outta his james and do more good then bad, because of his ability to get swings and misses, with a devestating heater and power curve.
Phelps is always in trouble. Instead of walking guys when hes deep in counts, guys get hits off em. Whats the difference?
To be honest, i’d rather have Betances in right now, then Phelps or Warren. I just think Betances is better, and as the season goes on, Betances will be used more and more, and work his way up the ladder more and more. Hes just in the midst of earning Joes trust, as Warren and Phelps all ready have is all..
fuckin amazing
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Considering all of the Rays pitching woes, I’d honestly be surprised if the winner of the AL East won more than 92-93 games. This race is totally wide open.
I don’t think it’s fair to say a pitcher failed when the club gets through 6 with a 4-3 lead. Kuroda didn’t have his best stuff today but he didn’t let the game get away from him either.
I totally agree.
End result is, Kuroda did just enough to possibly earn himself a victory. I’m glad these kinda games are considered bad for Yanks starters these days. Alot of teams would be stoked to have this paticular start be one of these bad ones from a starter.
and THIS!!!!
Keep speaking the good word Bro
Yes sir.
Ells and Sori combine for a tack on run!
This offense has gone SILENT!!! Shhhhhhh
And then… bingo bango
Well at least one guy on this team with speed runs.
And great job by Soriano picking him up… he’s been really good after that slow start!
Ellsbury is amazing!!!
Honestly, I couldn’t have done a bigger 180 on this guy. I knew he was a good player. But I didn’t think I was going to love watching him play so much.
Fucking machine defensively and offensively.
To think that I question the signing……STUUUUPID!!!!
That’s how you use the speed to your advantage.
Ells batting .373
Fonzy!!
The legs of Ellsbury created that run
How about Soriano’s bat?
You had to like your chances with Sori against a hard throwing left hander.
But Ells got into scoring position with his legs.
Yes Sir
Thank you
Boston
And with Ells, another good thing is, he dosen’t have a ton of tread on his tires, as hes had his injury problems in the past, which kinda works both ways, as sure, it sucks you hurt a part of your body, but your also getting tons of time off, and keeping the wear and tear down on your body.
I got a feeling Ells is gonna be a beast for a good chunk of his contract.
Aaaaaaaaand Harang is out.
They don’t even have Tex or Robertson just scary exciting!
Ells 8 stolen bags in 17 games.
!
Obviously he won’t keep it up, but at that rate he’d steal 76 bases!
I just looked up his stats – he had 70 in 2009. Wow!
He definitely has that kind of upside, but I’ve got to think he’ll slow down a bit as the season drags on and he wears down some.
Solarte’s going to crank one here…
Joe West has a very generous K zone for Rays’ pitchers
What else would you expect from Mr. “Yankees games take too long”?
oh damn, that was a hard hit on the shin
Ells >>>>>> Cano
Nah
Gameday says injury delay…what happened?
Solarte hit a ball off his shin.
Solarte fouled a ball off his shin.
for the ball to go that far off the shin was just crazy
Solar is hurt.
Damn
I doubt he will play tomorrow he use a day off anyway.
Anyone else sick of watching Gardner (when he does get on) sit at 1st base with no intent to run whatsoever?
get used to it.
Those last 3 innings are going to be painful
Damn you, Albino Aceves
This camera angle fucking sucks.
I know he’s been decent, but I just don’t trust Phelps in these situations
Like the way McCann works with his pitchers.
This Joe West strikezone is a joke
agreed.
FUCK YOU JOE WEST
Joe West is pathetic. The strike zone is huge for Rays pitchers but now he’s squeezing Phelps. How’s this guy allowed to ump Yankees games still?
Rich Eisen ?@richeisen 2m
Country Joe West, once again the industry leader of exasperating managers. Perfect combination of incompetence and nonchalance.
Did they take out Phelps because he got hit with the liner? Or because they just wanted to go with Thornton here?
I think a bit of both
Would love to see umpires graded using PitchFx. Joe West would be on the unemployment line
Honestly I’m fine with strikezones varying to a point, but that is as long as it’s consistent for everyone throughout the game.
Exactly. But this has been pretty one sided tonight.
The only thing that can knock BGDP out of ballgames these days are line drives that hit him in the arm. Hasn’t given up one single run since Toronto.
TOOTBLAN!
Very nice by Jeter, awful job by Escobar
Girardi is doing an awful job tonight, left Kuroda too long and now had Thornton face 2 righties.
Really trusting Warren here. C’mon Adam you got this
Thornton still has the gas.
Regardless if it works or not, it’s a terrible strategy to have Thornton pitch against 2 righties.
Zobrist is a switch hitter.
And he had to pitch to Rodriguez since he was the first batter he faced.
I’d rather Warren faces Zobrist batting as lefty than Thornton.
But you also want to be able to have Warren pitch the whole 8th.
Not if you lose the game in the 7th
Still have what we want here. 2 run lead with Warren-Kelley to close. They will lock this one down.
Should have gone with the fastball
Where was that first pitch from Warren? West has been giving that high strike to Tampa.
Ah shit
If this 1-2 is close we are wrong
I do not like the way this is going.
WOOOOW!!!!
YOU HAVE TO BE KIDDING ME!!!
Joe West is a joke. He robbed the Yankees on that pitch.
Shit.
Now where’s Thronton to face Loney with the bases loaded?
Not to mention, whats up with Cabral? You got 2 lefties finally, why not use the guy? Its not like Cabral has given reason to believe he can’t get out lefties. It would of been perfect situation to use Cabral.
The mighty Rays have woken from their slumber
eh, keeping everything down there they were just staying away from him, otherwise the pitch calling should have been different.
Fuck you joe west
Damn!!
Joe West, are you fucking kidding me?
Girardi needs to get himself run. Give West an earful and fire up the club in the process.
Fucking Warren had two strikes on all three batters
he had three on Longoria.
Not trying to be contrarian but that pitch to Longo was low.
No. Also, Strikezone has been huge for Rays’ pitchers all game long and the same is not true for the Yankees pitchers.
Well it must be true if you say so.
Betances would of K’d one of em, at least, I guarantee.
Actually had strike three against Longoria, but Joe West will not allow the Yankees to win.
Dammit
I told you I was worried about this game.
Too good to be true
Ugh, I forgot about your obnoxious “I told you sos.”
not necessary
the game over I though it was 9 innings
Joe West is a fucking joke. Lost the game on that strike..
Our pitching lost us the lead, not an umpire. The game’s not over, though.
The pitcher made the pitch. Unfortunately MLB insists on having a biased ump work Yankees games. That was very clearly strike three, end of the inning and Yankees lead.
And then instead of making another good pitch, Warren threw one down the pipe. You’re like the Cubs fans who blame Bartman instead of the Cubs pitchers who let up 8 runs.
Finally
Dammit.
They are still winning this game
this is one thing I love about the offense this year – it’s capable of coming back late, no matter who’s at bat.
I believe.
And now we have to worry about losing 3 of 4.
Dude stop stepping on everybody’s dick. Even if we lose this game, how does that mean we’re going to lose the next two?
DAMN!!!!
LOL
WELL SAID
LMAO!!!
Absolutely. And we have another 140 or so games after these 4 that you can worry about losing too!
Also they are on like a 5 game win streak
but there were moments when each of those 5 games could have been lost! The horror! The humanity!
Joe West sucks. That being said Warren threw some bad pitches with 2 strikes. Phelps didnt help.
Why throw a Fastball on a 1-2 count?
He couldn’t get his slider over.
Why not?
If it were better located and not down the heart of the plate the outcome may have been different.
Any chance Beltran is available to PH? If the Yankees get out of this with the score still close it’d be nice to have his bat off the bench.
Should be, one runner on means the go ahead is at the plate.
Let’s be blunt, our pitching lost us this game.
Having said that… Longo was out on strike three, period.
Oh, so that’s a strike.
Just a horrid performance by the pen, but regression to the mean sucks.
It would be nice if Roberts could get on base here
Still in this. Pen was bound to give up a run at some point with Drob out. Would of have considered going to Cabral to face Loney there.
B-Rob pinch hitting? Does this mean Beltran is more banged up than we thought?
Girardi probably wants him to get a full day off. I would save him for a higher leverage spot anyway with runners on.
Joe pretty much said he was going to stay away from him as a pinch hitter.
Ichiros gonna do something big, I can feel it.
nevermind
Wait a second, could that amazing catch by Ichiro be the something big, I felt coming?? Wow!
I hate when Yankees Fans act like Mets fans.
See below
I would feel better if it weren’t Nova and Nuno next. Nova has a high ERA and Nuno hasn’t started in awhile.
Losing 3 of 4 to a division rival is not good.
We kind of haven’t even got to those games yet nevermind finished this one… One game at a time.
And Sunday, they got a converted reliever Ceaser Ramos pitching. Whats your point? Nova is coming off a studly start his last time out as well.
Not to mention, if Warren can hold them, we got the top of the order coming up against Balfour in the 9th. Were not outta this one yet.
Tiring.
I forgot what losing game thread can be like.
Again
Tiring.
Another day at the office for Ichiro.
reply fail.
Ellsbury hits a dinger in the 9th. Im calling it now.
That sucked and the 3 win scenario is likely gone despite such a great set up (barring a rally), but shouldn’t the odds be one for two in the last games?
WOOOW!!!!
NASTY
Gut feeling:
Grant Balfour is gonna fill up his swear jar pretty soon.
Top of the order due up.
I like how some have declared that losing this game by 1 run means the team automatically loses the next two games as well. Can we finish this game first? And it’s not like the Yanks are 10 games out of first, they’re in first.
Any chance we see Beltran hit for Brett “I dont use my best asset anyway” Gardner? Would love to see it
Terrible pitching, it’s hard to win when you pitch like this. Time to regroup and try again tomorrow.
This bullpen was due to blow a game so tonight to me is not that big a deal.
If anything its kinda good because it reminds us and the front office that this bullpen will still need outside reinforcements before the season is over.
Oh Warren, why?
Bleh.
Well before the GOOOM and DOOOM starts and depress me further have a good night guys.
GET THEM TOMORROW
Well, the Rays finally showed up. The pen has been great lately. Hats off to ‘em and come back tomorrow.
Man.
Dellin Betances will leap Phelps and Warren on the depth chart, I can all but guarantee it.
Phelps hasn’t given up a run since Toronto. He’s done nothing wrong. Dellin should be given some chances in bigger spots and he’ll need to prove himself.
He lets guys on base all the time, though. Its the same thing as walking a guy, if your getting in deep counts and giving up knocks. Your gonna be sitting here saying the same thing about Phelps soon, i’ll bet. The one whos got true out stuff, to get outta trouble more often then not, is Dellin.
crap. all these runs are coming on 2 out hits.
Get well Drob.
Warren was just awful today. Better start pitching better or BGDP is gonna take his job.
Phelps hasen’t exactly been lights out. I’d say they both better watch out for Dellin.
Cabral, you fucking suck.
Wow this guy sucks!!!!
Oh!!
Come on you know there going to be payback.
Come on joe save US!!!!
Enjoy Scranton Senor Cabral
How does he swing at that?
LOL
Well, things could be much worse. We could be watching the Astros or White Sox pitching tonight.
Now this is sadly getting closer to them…
The Toronto bullpen last night had a nightmare inning with 8 walks. The first hit of the inning scored the sixth run that inning.
Yeah, my fantasy team felt some of that pain.
three!
dammit, if Cabral’s gonna keep hitting batters… can he start against the Sox on Tuesday?
This made me laugh
Good point
So who is getting called up tomorrow when Cabral gets sent down??
Well at least he is already in Tampa.
It will likely be Tuesday – Robertson comes off the DL.
With Nuno starting on Sunday they will need another arm just in case for the next 2 days.
I don’t think he’ll be sent down until Tuesday when Robertson is back, but if they did choose to do it, the only real option is Claiborne (unless they wanted to push it with Bryan Mitchell).
Aceves?
He is going to really hurt someone.
I’ve seen Wade Boggs pitch, among other position players, and even they could find the plate, to a degree. Thats unacceptable. He also Balked his last time out before this.
How does West toss him?
How he can he possibly determine intent given the way this inning has gone?
It has nothing to do with intent, per se. At some point, West does have to try to protect the batters.
THIS!!!!!
Maybe he just did it for everyone safety.
I’m sorry but that was scary .
two straight HBPs? Yikes.
Did the home plate ump warn the Rays?
That was one of the most humiliating things i’d ever seen from a ML player. I’d flat out release Cabral at this point. He should never see a ML mound again. What a complete joke.
It will probably only take a mechanical adjustment to fix him up.
I’ve been watching ball since 1990, and never seen anything like that. He balked his last time out as well. I don’t know if i’d give the dude another chance. Hes dangerous, and hasen’t done enough to be given another shot. To many other guys deserving, to give a dude another shot after that.
Young Randy Johnson.
NO LIE!
And throwing in the mid 90′s
Well I assume the bus to Scranton is waiting for cabral outside the trop as we type
Err..or take a cab to the Tampa complex.
Making the case FOR pine tar
Should nick Swisher warm up just in case?
Anyone see Gardner’s throw back into the infield after myers’s hit in the 8th? He like 6 hopped it to 2nd base- it’s not the first time he has done that either. Yet he seems to get credit for being an excellent defender by advanced metrics.
He’s not an excellent defender based on his arm strength. There’s a ton more to it than that.
Arm strength has nothing to do with range.
Well that sucked
Yes, yes it did.
Jeez that went from great to the most awful game I’ve seen in ages. Combined w last night, a wild roller coaster two nights of baseball.