Saturday, March 29, 2008

Yanks Win Final Spring Training Game 4-2

Finally Spring Training is over!

The Yankees closed out the spring in style tonight with a 4-2 comeback win over the Florida Marlins. The Yanks finished spring with a 14-11 record, but that doesn't matter.

Phil Hughes got the start and pitched very well. Huhghes pitched five innings, allowed two runs (one earned) on just three hits and one walk, while striking out four. ... Billy Traber retired two of the three batters he faced, allowing the third hitter to hit a double. ... Mariano Rivera retired the only batter he faced. ... Kyle Farnsworth and Brian Bruney both struck out the two batters they faced. ... Joba Chamberlain also retired the only two batters he faced, striking out one of them. ... Ross Ohlendorf then came in and allowed the leadoff man to reach on a double, but then retired the next three he faced, two on strike outs, to close out the game. The Yankees pitchers struck out eleven for the game.


IP H R
ER
BB SO HR ERA
Hughes 5.0 3 2 1 1 4 0 5.82
Traber 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.00
Rivera 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.42
Farnsworth 0.2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2.08
Bruney 0.2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.86
Chamberlain (W, 2-0) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.66
Ohlendorf (S, 1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1.69

MARLINS PITCHING

Besides two singles by Jason Giambi (2-for-3), and a Melky Cabrera (2-for-3, HR, RBI) 5th inning home run the Yankee offense was held in check until the top of the 9th. With the Yankees down 2-1 and one out, Greg Porter walked and Cody Ransom singled. Chad Moeller was then up and on a 1-0 pitched hit one into the alley which turned into an inside-the-park home run.


AB R H RBI
BB SO LOB AVG
Damon, LF 2 0 1 0 1 0 3 .255
Molina, C 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .325
Jeter, SS 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .269
Betemit, SS 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 .167
Abreu, RF 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 .333
Lane, RF 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .217
Rodriguez, A, 3B 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 .422
Ensberg, 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .229
Giambi, 1B 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .413
1-Duncan, PR-1B 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .354
Posada, C 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .227
Porter, LF 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .250
Cano, 2B 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .446
Ransom, 2B 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .300
Matsui, DH 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .324
a-Moeller, PH-DH 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 .192
Cabrera, CF 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 .322
Castro, B, CF 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .238
Totals 33 4 9 4 4 6 12

a-Homered for Matsui in the 9th.
1-Ran for Giambi in the 6th.

BATTING
2B: Damon (8, Volstad).
HR: Cabrera (2, 5th inning off Pinto, 0 on, 1 out), Moeller (2, 9th inning off Gregg, 2 on, 1 out).
TB: Damon 2; Betemit; Giambi 2; Cano; Ransom; Moeller 4; Cabrera 5.
RBI: Cabrera (7), Moeller 3 (4).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Rodriguez, A 2; Damon 2.
GIDP: Posada 2.
Team LOB: 6.

BASERUNNING
CS: Betemit (1, 2nd base by Taylor/Hoover).

MARLINS HITTING

Next up for the Yankees is Opening Day against the Blue Jays at The Stadium on Monday. Chien-Ming Wang gets the start for the Bombers, with Roy Halladay pitching for the Jays. The game's first pitch is at 1:05 p.m., and can be seen on YES and ESPN.

2 Comments:

Anonymous said...

Just an odd note on Ohlendorf's inning - after the double, he K'd the next two batters, but the second batter reached on a wild pitch. The next hitter grounded into a DP.

Not that it's important, but worth mentioning I guess. Hughes appeared to have dominant stuff (only judging by MLB.com gamecast) after struggling a bit with his command in the 1st inning. After getting off to a slow start and a bad ball strike ratio, he really settled in and in his final inning was throwing his fastball from 94-95.

Jeter bruised finger at some point (reportedly before the game) and left the game early, but is expected to play on opening day.

Greg Cohen said...

Thank you for bringing that to my attention. I didn't realize it because I was unable to listen to the game tonight.

Wow, I didn't realize he was hitting 94-95, that's great. Hughes could really be dominant with a 95 MPH fastball.

I wouldn't be too worried about Jeter, unless something is broken he's in the lineup.