Game #63 - Kansas City Royals @ New York Yankees
by anaconda on Jun 8, 2008 12:45 PM EDT
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PrintKansas City Royals at New York Yankees, Jun 8, 2008 1:05 PM EDT
KANSAS CITY ROYALS
David DeJesus, LF
Mark Grudzielanek, 2B
Mark Teahen, RF
Jose Guillen, DH
Alex Gordon, 3B
Miguel Olivo, C
Ross Gload, 1B
Mike Aviles, SS
Joey Gathright, CF
NEW YORK YANKEES
Johnny Damon, DH
Derek Jeter, SS
Bobby Abreu, RF
Álex Rodríguez, 3B
Hideki Matsui, LF
Jason Giambi, 1B
Jorge Posada, C
Robinson Cano, 2B
Melky Cabrera, CF
PREGAME NOTES:
- Today is just the third time all season the Yanks have trotted out their original Opening Day lineup.
- Joba Chamberlain is expected to throw about 75-80 pitches today (and I expect him to be significantly better than last week). Dan Giese will once again shadow him.
- After his 6-for-6 performance yesterday, Johnny Damon is now a blistering .493/.532/.648 over his last 17 games and currently ranks fourth in the AL with a .326 BA. His teammate, Hideki Matsui, ranks just one spot ahead of him at .332.
- Zack Greinke is a lifetime 2-2, 6.10 ERA, 1.55 WHIP in 5 starts (8 games) against the Yanks. He is struggling at the moment, posting an 0-2, 8.05 ERA, 1.53 WHIP over his last 3 outings, dating back to May 23.
- Chamberlain is a lifetime 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 1.20 WHIP in 2 relief appearances (3.1 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K) against the Royals.
- Yanks' career numbers vs. Greinke can be viewed here. Royals' career numbers vs. Chamberlain can be viewed here.
- Finally, check out Tyler Kepner's Q & A with Austin Jackson - the man who could be the Bombers' everyday center fielder as soon as 2010.
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We'd better
pound Greinke. I can’t take another one run game…
"Have faith in the Yankees, my son. Think of the great DiMaggio."
Good inning
Would have liked to get more than 2, but we made Grienke throw 20+ pitches. If we can keep that up we might knock him out early.
Throwing more strikes
Obviously, that’s the first step in keeping his pitch count much more manageable.
I like him less
the more I see of him.
"Have faith in the Yankees, my son. Think of the great DiMaggio."
Hmmm...does anyone else think
maybe Joba should have been stretched out down in the minors?
Everything looks nicer when you win. The girls are prettier. The cigars taste better. The trees are greener. --Billy Martin
wasn't that
the original plan? stretch him out in the minors a bit then bring him back up?
he could have “worked” on things with less riding on performance.
20/20 Hindsight
What I find most encouraging about this outing is that he’s throwing a lot more strikes and he hasn’t walked anybody.
He made a bad pitch to Guillen and hung a slider. The first run was given up by Posada on a passed ball.
I think Joba has looked pretty good today. Too many people simply look at the box score and forget about everything else.
Gathright reminds me of Aaron Rowand a few years ago
He almost single-handedly won the series for the Sox against the Yanks with his defense alone.
Bad pitch selection by Greinke
Giambi was on every fastball he threw that AB. He then threw a slow curve over the middle of the plate that probably looked like a beach ball to the Giambino.
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