Yankees 5, Red Sox 0: Brilliant
by jscape2000 on Aug 8, 2009 8:07 PM EDT
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2 hits, 2 walks, 9Ks over 7.2IP.
He was dominant. He threw 66% of his pitches for strikes.
He brought his heater in the upper nineties. He brought vicious break on the curve and slider, as well as a nice change of pace on his change-up.
It wasn't until the 7th inning that Boston put two runners on base, and a quick 4-6-3 alleviated the problem.
Give credit where it's due: Clay Buchholz was pretty lucky. He worked out of the trouble his 5 walks and 6 hits got him into.
The Yankees missed an early opportunity to blow it open in the 3rd. Melky hit an infield single and Jose Molina drew a rare walk. Derek Jeter came to the plate to bunt (why why why?) before working the count full; then, he ground into a 5-4-3. Johnny Damon and Mark Teixeira followed the twin killing with a walk and a single before Arod ground out. If Jeter could have gotten around on that pitch, Buchholz wouldn't have made it through the 6th inning.
After going meekly in the 4th and 5th, the Yankees manufactured a run in the 6th. I wish I'd had the radio on to hear Jon Sterling croon. Robbie Cano fouled off a few pitches before doubling in the gap. Swisher successfully bunted the first pitch he saw, sacrificing Cano to third. After an intentional walk to Walk-Off King Melky Cabrera, Molina hit a sac fly to center to plate Cano.
The Red Sox pen did not bring it like yesterday, and the Yanks tacked on 3 runs before David Robertson made things a little too interesting in the top of the 9th. Thankfully, he worked in and out of trouble.
As I watched Phil Hughes pitch another 0.1 inning it occurred to me: Girardi is protecting Hughes' arm, either from overuse, overexposure, or an innings cap less publicized than Joba's. He's a lock to throw a career high number of innings this season (his high was 72.2 in 2007, he's thrown 65.2 through today). It's a sound strategy. While Joe G. would have gotten criticized if Mariano Rivera had needed to fire it up to save a 5-0 game, I whole-heartedly support caring for the young arms.
By the way, the Red Sox have now scored 6 runs in 33 innings in the Bronx.
We've taken the first 3. Bring your brooms tomorrow.
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It was a great game!
I went today. I was upset about missing yesterdays (or this morning’s) game, but I’m happy that I got to see another Yankee win and a dominant, dominant performance by CC Sabathia! The guy we saw today was the guy who pitched for the Brewers last season, and the guy we signed for 161 million. He is a second half pitcher, and the best has yet to come for him, just like he said. If he goes on a tear in the second half, he’s going to end with an ERA under 3.5 and going to get 17-18 victories, which are numbers that resemble an ace.
The offense? Not great today, but enough. Jeter hit a classic Yankee Stadium home run (and we didn’t need Jeffrey Mayer for this one). Molina had a pretty good game. It was funny the way the crowd (me included) taunted Youkilis. He’s an AWFUL left fielder. I hope he plays there tomorrow too!
It was also funny to see David Ortiz. I was sitting on the first base side, and I could see inside the Red Sox dugout. And it was pretty funny when I saw David Ortiz slam the helmet after a strikeout against Sabathia. Well, thats what he gets for telling a ridiculous story!
Great game today. Like you said, bring out the brooms tomorrow! GO YANKEES!!!!!!!!!!!!
Leave the brooms at home...
…bring out the boots. We’re gonna kick the Red Sox out of town.
Awesome game today!
Great game with great pitching by Sabathia. He’s looking up to his potential. That’s right, bring out the brooms!!!
My Oh My..
How the tables have turned.. living behind enemy lines I have been hearing shit all season long.. now its my (our) turn.
Shut out for 2 games back to back .. 24 scoreless innings.. scraping together 8 hits in 24 innings.. can you say dominated?
SWEEP!!
by Yankz09 on Aug 8, 2009 9:27 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
It seemed that most of those 8 loses could have gone the other way
Not cuz these wins now are not as close, they kinda are.
Its just the fact that the Yanks had tying runners on in the 9th in damn near every game, then all of a sudden Jeter DP here, Tex ground out there….
So we’re 3-8 against the Pissants, but our wins were more convincing to me.
+2
Lol, same. BTW, every time I watch this Ortiz press conference I become more convinced that he’s lying.
by Rumplestiltskin02 on Aug 9, 2009 12:07 AM EDT up reply actions
It's a great day to be a Yankees fan
I was listening on ESPN Radio today, my first time ever listening to a baseball game on the radio. I picked a hell of a game to start! Although it didn’t hit me until the 6th inning that I was listening to Michael Kay :-/ it didn’t totally ruin the experience though.
Sabathia SOUNDED dominant today, and I had this nervously excited feeling in the 6th inning sometime that we were going to win the game, and I was not disappointed. I hope this is enough of a cushion to secure our AL East pennant (back).
Baseball great on the radio
Been listening on and off for 30 years whenever in the car. Even a meaningless minor league game sounds great on the radio. I highly recommend it.
Lester is tough
but we’ve beaten better pitchers
sweep tomorrow!
sweep!
to get the stench of the 0-8 start out! woohoo!
by givethemanabreak on Aug 9, 2009 12:00 AM EDT reply actions
A sweep is in the air
Awesome game today I hate that I was at work and did not get to see the game but I followed it on gameday on my Iphone. It would have been better to see it. anyway GO YANKEES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yankees fan
The Only Thing Bad About Today's Game
Having to listen to those two Yankee Bashing Biased pieces of crap. McCarver and Buck are so blatant in their hatred of the Yankees. To make matters worse we have to deal with the ESPN garbage team of Miller, Morgan and Phillips. I would rather listen to Dennis Miller calling football games.
There's a new energy...
…in the stadium, the same energy that propelled the team to winning close games consistantly and gives us fans the swagger that we know we’re better than the sox and anyone else in our way. This was the least vocal I’ve heard bostonians at a sox game in a while. The way everyone booed Ortiz and Youk brought back memories of hating Manny and even Pedro. It’s obvious that winning will bring the crowd out, but if you compare this weekend with the first real week of the stadium, the difference is shocking. Best example-the upper deck was infested with Philly fans in June, yet in the same section against the team that always has a presence, I didn’t hear “yankees suck” once tonight.
Jeter
I don’t think that Derek was sacrifice bunting.. It looked to me that he was bunting for a hit and I think that was smart baseball.
ESPN sucks..
watching Baseball Tonight and about to throw up listening to Steve Phillips and his croneys still blabbing how Boston still has the best bullpen in MLB, thank God that John Kruk actually stood up for the Bombers. I’ll take the Yankee’s ’pen over anyone right now..
by BlackandGoldSSgt on Aug 9, 2009 8:10 AM EDT reply actions
If you look at the numbers, Boston does have the better pen
If you watch the games, it’s clear that New York’s pen is playing better than anyone’s right now. Boston’s pen isn’t bad, but right now the Yankees relievers have all the confidence in the world, and that translates to aggressive pitching, favorable counts, and winning results.
Baseball Tonight isn’t necessarily anti-Yankees (except Steve Phillips, of course). But they do not provide any original content. You have to realize that they won’t start praising the Yankees until everyone else is doing it. Then, they’ll hop on the bandwagon and tell us how the Yankees have been great for months, just like they said, blah blah blah. I actually enjoy watching them contradict themselves like that. I like it when the Yankees force them to change their tune, and then pretend they were not picking New York to miss the playoffs entirely at the start of the season.
Boston's pen
drastically misses Masterson.
He was their Aceves, except I think Masterson has much better stuff and can really dominate at times (not like Acey can’t tho…)
They miss that long man out of the pen who made up for the fact that guys like Penny and for a time Smoltz and sometimes Wakefield, couldn’t take the team deep in games. He was that first reliever out of the pen, and they really miss him.
Anyone who really thinks that Cleveland got a raw deal out of trading V-mart is wrong, that trade may have just won the AL East for the Yankees cuz Masterson was an integral part of their pen (regardless of his stats…)
by FreeBradshaw on Aug 9, 2009 12:39 PM EDT up reply actions
The young guns
The young guns..Ace, Hughes, Coke, Robertson etc brought life to this pen, once they got rid of people like Jose Veras; someone who did not clue in to the fact that you can not come into the game as a reliever and walk batters and expect to win games..these guys put it right over the plate with their best stuff. Looks like Melancon got sent down for Josh Towers, who in turn will be designated for assignment before the game to make room for Chad Gaudin…does this mean maybe Mitre gets sent back down and Melancon comes back up soon? Oh in other notes, the great Cody Ransom cleared waivers and was sent to the minors…something tells me he will be finding his way back up to the Bronx before long, maybe when the rosters expand..I don’t think Girardi can help himself.
by BlackandGoldSSgt on Aug 9, 2009 2:00 PM EDT up reply actions
That would be hilarious!
Although why would Ransom be playing in a postseason game at all? Surly Girardi isn’t stupid enough to pull A-Rod or Jeter or Cano and put Ransom in! But, hey, with Girardi and Ransom, you never know. Girardi LOVES that guy!
Ransom is no longer on this team.
Strikeouts are boring- Besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls - it's more democratic.
AAA
Cody cleared waivers and is down with Triple A Scranton/Wilkers Barre…ready and waiting for a September callup:)
by BlackandGoldSSgt on Aug 10, 2009 12:38 AM EDT up reply actions
"I don't think Girardi can help himself"
That line cracked me up. Well played, sir!
by waw on Aug 9, 2009 5:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Red soxes
Best moment of game Papi called out on strikes, it looks like alot of things back fired and will be questioned, like cutting Smoltz and then bringing Tazawa on the 14th innings where he got hit hard. Then the steroids with Papi and lame explanation, the follow up question who provided the drugs then his cousin? Sox are not going to even get the wild card.
fire tim mccarver
cc could have thrown a perfect game if it weren’t for tim mccarver talking about it the entire 5th inning why does fox hire him to commentate he is sooooo stupid
2 perfect games in one season?
That would have been incredible!
Seriously though, I see Sabathia as a guy who very well COULD throw a no hitter in his career. He’s carried a couple into the fifth inning this year. He gave up one hit in a game last year (should have been an error). And when CC is on his game, he is difficult to hit and hitters aren’t going to get a lot of luck against him (same thing with Burnett but Burnett doesn’t have the stamina I don’t think). He’s going to need luck, of course, but I could see CC throwing a no hitter in the next few years.
Hughes career high in IP?
You say he’s a lock for a career high for IP, but you’re clearly not considering his minor league numbers.
2006: 146 IP
2007: 110.1 IP
2008: 69.2 IP
2009: 84.2 IP (and counting)
Anyway, their original plan for Hughes was not to have him spend the great majority of his year in the bullpen, so whatever innings limit they set, I’m sure he’s falling well below it. Two consecutive 1/3 inning performances probably has much more to do with the gam e situation, unless something in the Yankees’ plans for Hughes changed drastically since the other night when he threw 30+ pitches in 2 innings.
If I recall correctly, the Verrducci rule (more than a 30 inning increase = greater risk of injury) only applies at the major league level. Somehow, people only really give every pitch 100% effort at the big league level.
"Have faith in the Yankees, my son. Think of the great DiMaggio."
Red Sox Slumps
Since 1993 they haven’t been this scoreless. And it come against their best rival and the team that may keep them out of the post season this year.
Just watched the game
Just managwed to watch the replay of the game on Armed Forces Network here in the desert…I noticed that when Bard got the firs two batters of the 8th out, Steve Phillips was blabbering away about Bard and his 100 mph fastball and how great it was, needless to say after those two bombs I didn’t hear much from him, and ended up having to listen to Joe Morgan ramble on about something or other…
by BlackandGoldSSgt on Aug 10, 2009 3:07 PM EDT reply actions
Whenever Phillips yaps
and tries to analyze something, you can make sure the opposite will happen sooner rather than later.
Im still waiting for Joe Morgan to make a complete sentence too.
by FreeBradshaw on Aug 10, 2009 3:52 PM EDT up reply actions
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