Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Game 72: Yanks vs. Padres

Regular Season Game 72
Yankees (38-33) vs. Padres (31-41)
Yankee Stadium - Bronx, NY
Game Time: 7:05 p.m
TV: YES - MLB.TV | Radio: WCBS 880

Here are the lineups:

YANKEES
Johnny Damon LF
Derek Jeter SS
Bobby Abreu RF
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Jason Giambi DH
Jorge Posada C
Robinson Cano 2B
Wilson Betemit 1B
Melky Cabrera CF

Darrell Rasner RHP (3-4, 3.64 ERA)

PADRES
Jody Gerut CF
Edgar Gonzalez 2B
Brian Giles RF
Adrian Gonzalez 1B
Tony Clark DH
Chase Headley 3B
Paul McAnulty LF
Khalil Greene SS
Luke Carlin C

Jake Peavy RHP (5-3, 2.64 ERA)

Notes: Why no Matsui tonight? Betemit is 1-for-12 against Peavy in his career. Joe Girardi continues to confuse me with the moves he makes. Hideki Matsui is sitting tonight because he has a sore left knee. Girardi did say he's available to pinch-hit if needed. ... This is Jake Peavy's second career start against the Yankees, the first was his Major League debut on June 22, 2002. He went 6 innings, and allowed 1 run on 3 hits, and lost the game 1-0. ... Dan Giese has officially been named the Yankees starter for Saturday's game against the Reds. ... The Yankees moved Jonathan Albaladejo to the 60-day disabled list.

UPDATE 4:50 PM
: According to Michael Kay, the Yankees have claimed Sidney Ponson off waivers, and he will report to AAA SWB.

And according to Peter Abraham the Yanks have also claimed RHP Oneli Perez off waivers from the Cleveland Indians and optioned him to AA Trenton.

Tonight's forecast calls for scattered t-storms all night, so there is a chance this game gets could be rained out. Hopefully it doesn't.

Yanks vs. Peavy

ABH2B3BHRRBIBBSOBAOBPSLGOPS
W. Betemit 12 1 1 0 0 1 2 5 .083 .214 .167 .381
B. Abreu 10 3 0 0 0 1 2 4 .300 .417 .300 .717
C. Moeller 8 3 1 0 0 2 0 1 .375 .375 .500 .875
A. Pettitte 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
J. Giambi 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 .333 .333 .667 1.000
D. Jeter 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
C. Pavano 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .250 .000 .250
J. Molina 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Totals4693005414.196.275.261.535

Padres vs. Rasner

Rasner has never faced the Padres.

Stick around and discuss the game
as it happens in the comments section.

38 Comments:

Anonymous said...

Matsui has a sore knee I heard

Greg Cohen said...

Oh, well if that's the case then I understand the move.

Unknown said...

good news: its not matsuis surgically repaired knee.

bad news: its not matsuis surgically repaired knee.

Greg Cohen said...

Matsui Update from Pete Abe:

Matsui "is getting his knee drained today by team Dr. Stuart Hershon. There’s a chance he will be getting an MRI, too."

Can this team go a few days, maybe even weeks without some bad injury news, or is that too much to ask?

Also they're saying the game will start around 8:20 PM.

Unknown said...

BTW, was at the game last night, Khalil Greene was getting some great Jeff-Spi-co-li Clap Clap Clap-clap-clap chants up in the tier.... great stuff.

Greg Cohen said...

hahahahaha nice

Anonymous said...

by Yankee or Padre fans? cause when I was in San Diego 3 weeks ago, some people were calling him Spicoli. They're fans compared to our fans is like night and day. It seems like they dont care as much, calm, laid back, no angry drunk fans. In other words: Boring.

Unknown said...

How about Melky aka Pedro Rosa wit the superman dive...

(cue Greg and the immaturity and he better be careful or hell get hurt comment, ;) jk Greg..)

It was both Yankee and Padre fans enjoying the chant. But yeah their fans are much like San Dieg-Ahns in general, id be laid back, calm n boring if I got to walk around in gorgeous weather with the hottest gene pool of women all around me too... haha.

Greg Cohen said...

LOL nah Derek, I have no problem with the slide, plus it was funny.

I'm just happy it wasn't into first base.

Anonymous said...

This team looks like it's actually starting to get its shit together, now to get the entire healthy staff would be good.

Greg Cohen said...

Yea they sure do, let's hope they stay this way.

As for getting the staff healthy, if that happens this year, it won't be until September, but the more I read about Wang's injury the less confident I feel that we'll see him again this year.

Unknown said...

This clown on the fox business report needs to beat it. Worse? He looks like a stereotypical Red Sox fan.

Greg Cohen said...

Yea, it's very annoying.

The chick is hot, though.

Anonymous said...

Yea she's smokin'.

Unknown said...

She's no Jill Nicolini.. and CERTAINLY no Christina Stoffo... but yeah, she can get it. haha.

Anonymous said...

i know i was thinking the same tging, i hate that guy... I think Joba has the chance to fill the void as the number 1 starter. So if the bullpen and Mussina can stay strong I think we can still win it all this year,( with Wang coming back just in time). We havent had a good year from Giambi in years, if he continues to hit the way he is it will make us an absolute offensive juggernaut for the rest of the year.

Greg Cohen said...

Joba definitely has Ace stuff. It may be too much to ask him to be the ace now, but it's certainly possible.

Greg Cohen said...

Do you guys think Girardi is dumb enough to use Farnsworth in the 8th?

Unknown said...

well itll be easier with a two run lead, thanks bobbo..

look at this offense just gettin insurance runs as easy as pie. keep it goin fellas.

Anonymous said...

God I hope not. Even with a 2 or 3 run lead I don't want to see Farnsworth anywhere near the mound.

Greg Cohen said...

I agree with you anon, I don't want to see Farnsworth in this game unless the Yanks are up by 4 or more runs.

Unknown said...

ill let him come in with a 3 run lead. just enough pressure to perform, not enough to cough up too many dingies. 4 run lead just echoes wagner-style collapse, i hate the 4 run lead for guys like farnsworth.

Unknown said...

isnt chris britton on this team? can we let him pitch?

Greg Cohen said...

Britton is on the DL... I still wouldn't bring in the Farns.

VERAS !!! VERAS !!! VERAS !!!

Anonymous said...

Exactly bring in Veras, I don't not feel safe with Farnsworthless in any game.

Unknown said...

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Greg Cohen said...

I can't say I'm surprised... Farnsworth has a mental issue with the 8th, it has nothing to do with the situation, it's the inning, he can't handle it.

Anonymous said...

FUCKING FARNSWORTHLESS!!!! We need to get rid of this asshole for a bag of bats

Greg Cohen said...

Farnsworth batting average against (before tonight):

7th inning - .241

8th inning - .321

He just can't handle this inning.

Unknown said...

phew. thank god for this lineup.

Greg Cohen said...

What I really want to know is if Girardi was going to bring him in if the score was still 5-4. You have to assume he was going to, and that scares me a lot.

Unknown said...

Oh he definately was, he hadnt pitched in 4 days, and he ran out of excuses why NOT to use him in that spot without saying its not his anymore, so you know he was going to... Youre right. Frightening. But as Michael Kay always says, you cant determine those same pitches would be thrown or the approach would be the same, but I have a feeling he woulda hung that one for the youngster no matter what.


Oh and can Freddy Sez give it a rest? I had to kill the surround sound cause the ting of that pan is making me convulse.

Anonymous said...

Freddy does it every game for the last 3 innings or so. It does get very annoying. The same beat over and over form the fans.

Unknown said...

Anyone else DVRing the 1998 special? I gaurantee Ill well up at some point.

Greg Cohen said...

I am.

I've been looking forward to this Yankeeography for a couple weeks.

Unknown said...

Nice little excuse me DP. haha. Almost too perfect for this game. Enjoy the yankeeography gents, fun chat tonight.

Man, I was 15 in 1998, In my third year of Senior League ball, first year of Legion ball. Number 21 on my back, naturally. And I got to watch everygame of the greatest season in my lifetime, this should be good.

Anonymous said...

I wish i was older during the glory days of the late 90's. I was only 8 in 1998. I remember watching the series tho.

Greg Cohen said...

Nothing can, or will ever top the '98 season. And the pain from '97 made it that much better.

That was such a great team, so many great memories. I've never seen a team that was NEVER out of a game, the score didn't even matter.

I was at game 1 of that World Series, one of the loudest crowds I've ever heard in that 7th inning. It was loud after Knobby's HR, and it freakin' exploded when Tino launched that slam.

Goodnight everybody, thanks for the comments.