Game #129 - New York Yankees @ Baltimore Orioles

by anaconda on Aug 23, 2008 6:45 PM EDT in Game Threads

New York Yankees at Baltimore Orioles, Aug 23, 2008 7:05 PM EDT

NEW YORK YANKEES

Johnny Damon, CF
Derek Jeter, SS
Bobby Abreu, RF
Álex Rodríguez, 3B
Jason Giambi, 1B
Xavier Nady, LF
Hideki Matsui, DH
Robinson Cano, 2B
Ivan Rodriguez, C

Carl Pavano, RHP

BALTIMORE ORIOLES

Brian Roberts, 2B
Nick Markakis, RF
Melvin Mora, 3B
Aubrey Huff, DH
Ramon Hernandez, C
Luke Scott, LF
Kevin Millar, 1B
Jay Payton, LF
Juan Castro, SS

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
Jeremy Guthrie	10-9	27	27	1	0	0	0	177.0	156	67	62	20	50	110	3.15	1.16

PREGAME NOTES:

Yanks are just 6-7 against the last place Orioles this season.

Carl Pavano is making his first start for the Yanks since April 9, 2007 and is making just his third start since June of 2005. Billy Traber has been sent back down to Scranton to make room on the active roster.

Bobby Abreu is hitting .440 (11-for-25) over his last 5 games.

Pavano is a lifetime 2-2, 3.14 ERA, 1.40 WHIP in 5 stars against the Orioles. He is just 5-6, 4.77 ERA, 1.45 WHIP in 19 starts since robbing the Yanks blind without a gun and mask.

Jeremy Guthrie is a lifetime 2-1, 3.90 ERA, 1.24 WHIP in 6 games (5 starts) against the Yanks. He is 4-5, 3.40 ERA, 1.28 WHIP in 13 starts at Camden Yards this season.

Yanks' hitters vs. Guthrie can be viewed here. Orioles' hitters vs. Pavano can be viewed here.

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Great call blue!

by Pride O' Ireland on Aug 23, 2008 7:14 PM EDT reply actions

Raise your hand if you expect a good outing from Pavano

by anaconda on Aug 23, 2008 7:21 PM EDT reply actions

define "good"

He’s already thrown a pitch, and didn’t die from it. That’s more than I expected.

by long time listener on Aug 23, 2008 7:22 PM EDT up reply actions

that's tough to define

I guess doing enough to help the team win.

by anaconda on Aug 23, 2008 7:26 PM EDT up reply actions

Well if he gets luck like that, he should give us at least a Ponson-like outing.

by long time listener on Aug 23, 2008 7:28 PM EDT up reply actions

I may retract that

he’s already thrown a lot of pitches. He’ll be lucky to get through 4.

by long time listener on Aug 23, 2008 7:33 PM EDT up reply actions

Boy, this is gonna get ugly quick

by anaconda on Aug 23, 2008 7:46 PM EDT reply actions

Why the hell does Damon insist on calling off his teammates who have immesurably better arms than him?

by Pride O' Ireland on Aug 23, 2008 7:50 PM EDT reply actions

That's three games in a row that Damon's Defense has cost us runs

by Pride O' Ireland on Aug 23, 2008 7:52 PM EDT up reply actions

Hey, a 1-2-3 inning!

He hasn’t looked good, but he’s doing okay, I guess. This could easily be a 4-1 game if Damon didn’t have a momentary lapse thinking he was Roberto Clemente.

Nonetheless, 4 runs already off Guthrie ain’t too shabby. The guy is a pretty good pitcher.

by anaconda on Aug 23, 2008 8:24 PM EDT reply actions

Wow

Not bad by Pavano.

Lots of baserunners, but only one or two guys has hit the ball hard. And only 1 walk.

83 pitches through 4. Run him back out there? 4,5, and 6 due up for the O’s.

“Quit while you’re ahead” would be my philosophy here, but he’ll probably come back out.

"Well, that kind of puts a damper on even a Yankees win."
-- Phil Rizzuto after hearing about the Pope's death

by matthaggs on Aug 23, 2008 8:50 PM EDT reply actions

Gotta agree

He did better than I expected. And 5 IP with a lead is about the most anyone can ask for.

I’m just waiting for Bruney to make it interesting because you know he will.

by anaconda on Aug 23, 2008 9:09 PM EDT up reply actions

I just got into Denver

I tried to log on to the game via Slingbox, but Hotel connection sucks…
I will have a crazy week here, but I gotta find time to watch the Boston series…

by John Amato on Aug 23, 2008 10:06 PM EDT reply actions