| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | ||
| Detroit | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 2 | |
| N.Y. Yankees | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 |
For the first time since 1966 the Detroit Tigers sweep a 3 game series at Yankee Stadium. They completed the sweep with tonight's 8-4 victory. The loss drops the Yankees record to 14-16. Ian Kennedy started and it was almost identical to his last start, one really bad inning in the middle of several good/decent innings. Again his problems have a lot to do with being afraid to challenge hitters and throwing strikes. Even when he'd get ahead of hitters, he'd try to make them chase pitches out of the zone, an 0-2 count would turn into a 3-2 count and you just can't do that and expect to be successful. In 4.2 innings he allowed 4 runs on 5 hits and 3 walks, he also threw 96 pitches (57 for strikes) which is way too many pitches for only 4.2 innings.
This is not an excuse, but Kennedy was not helped at all by his defense. In the 3rd inning when the Tigers scored all 4 runs they scored off Kennedy, Johnny Damon turned what should have been a 1 out single by Ramon Santiago into a double allowing the ball to get by him. He had no chance to catch that ball and should have played it on a hop. Santiago
Later in the inning following a 2-run, game tying double by Magglio Ordonez, Bobby Abreu misplayed a ball off the bat of Miguel Cabrera, eventually having it ricochet off his leg for a RBI triple for Cabrera. I've never see a player more afraid of a padded wall in my entire life.
But as I said this is not an excuse, and if Kennedy has one or two more outings like this he will probably need to be sent down to Scranton for several starts.
Jonathan Albaladejo then pitched and did not pitch well. After the Yankees had tied the game at four, he immediately allowed the first two runners on base 6th, and then gave up one out 2-run triple by Ramon Santiago. He was able to get out of the inning and after retiring the first two in the 7th, he gave up a hard single to Ordonez. For some reason Girardi left the obviously tired Albaladejo in the game and he gave up a 2-run homer to Miguel Cabrera to put the game out of reach. You can add this to the growing list of Girardi moves that I don't understand. There is another one from tonight, but I will get to that later.
Later in the inning following a 2-run, game tying double by Magglio Ordonez, Bobby Abreu misplayed a ball off the bat of Miguel Cabrera, eventually having it ricochet off his leg for a RBI triple for Cabrera. I've never see a player more afraid of a padded wall in my entire life.
But as I said this is not an excuse, and if Kennedy has one or two more outings like this he will probably need to be sent down to Scranton for several starts.
Jonathan Albaladejo then pitched and did not pitch well. After the Yankees had tied the game at four, he immediately allowed the first two runners on base 6th, and then gave up one out 2-run triple by Ramon Santiago. He was able to get out of the inning and after retiring the first two in the 7th, he gave up a hard single to Ordonez. For some reason Girardi left the obviously tired Albaladejo in the game and he gave up a 2-run homer to Miguel Cabrera to put the game out of reach. You can add this to the growing list of Girardi moves that I don't understand. There is another one from tonight, but I will get to that later.
Chris Britton, who should have came in for the 7th, pitched very well tonight, allowing no runs, no hits, and two walks in 2.2 IP.
| IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA | |
| Kennedy | 4.2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8.37 |
| Albaladejo (L, 0-1) | 1.2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5.23 |
| Britton | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
TIGERS PITCHING
Like yesterday the Yankees offense started off well, Johnny Damon led off the game with a walk, Derek Jeter followed with a single, and then Bobby Abreu launched a 3-run homer to give the Yankees an early lead. A lead that like yesterday would be short lived.
After the Yanks fell behind 4-3, they were able to tie the game in the 5th with an RBI single by Shelley Duncan.
The Yankees did have a chance to either tie the game or take the lead in the 6th. Down 6-4, the Yankees loaded the bases with two outs and had Bobby Abreu up with a 3-1 count, but he was unable to get the big hit as he lined out to center to end the inning. The Yankees offense was pretty much dead the rest of the night.
I mentioned before that there was another move that Girardi made that left me a bit puzzled. I know he's 0-for-19 against lefties this year, but why was Jason Giambi on the bench vs. Nate Robertson? Not only does he kill Robertson (For his career he's a .538 hitter with a homer and 3 RBI). but coming into tonight lefties were hitting .419 against Robertson. This might have been just the guy to get Giambi's bat going against left-handers.
| AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | |
| Damon, LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .275 |
| Jeter, SS | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .286 |
| Abreu, RF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .277 |
| Duncan, S, 1B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .167 |
| Matsui, DH | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .316 |
| Cabrera, CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | .286 |
| Ensberg, 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .234 |
| Cano, 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .155 |
| Moeller, C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .333 |
| Totals | 38 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 22 | |
BATTING HR: Abreu (4, 1st inning off Robertson, 2 on, 0 out). TB: Damon; Jeter 2; Abreu 5; Duncan, S; Matsui; Ensberg; Cano; Moeller. RBI: Abreu 3 (19), Duncan, S (1). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Moeller; Cabrera 2; Abreu 2; Jeter. Team LOB: 11. | ||||||||
TIGERS HITTING
PLAYER OF THE GAME: Miguel Cabrera (2-for-4, HR, 3B, 3 RBI, BB)
HONORABLE MENTION: Magglio Ordonez (3-for-5, 2 R, 2B, 2 RBI)
The Mariners come into town to start a 3 game series tomorrow night. Chien-Ming Wang looks to end the Yankees 3 game losing streak, and he will go up against Mariners' lefty Erik Bedard. First pitch is at 7:05 p.m., and the game can be seen on YES and heard on WCBS 880.
Be sure to check out my Yanks-Mariners series preview tomorrow afternoon.
5 Comments:
Damon didn't try to make a diving catch: he tried to catch the ball on a hope but ran through it and it got under his glove. He just fell afterwards. He didn't make a mistake by trying to catch the ball, he just isn't very good with the glove.
*tried to catch the ball on a HOP (not hope)
OK I rewatched it on MLB.TV. He didn't dive, but he did make a mistake. There's no reason he should have played that ball the way he did. He should have stayed back on the ball and played it on a hop.
My faith in Girardi continues to plummet.
I just don't understand his lineup moves at all. I'm about as anti-Giambi as they come, but if you are going to stick him into any lineup this week, last night was the game to do it.
Is Mattingly still available? Who else is out there? Pena? Thompson?
I feel the same way Jeff.
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