Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Game 84: Yanks vs. Rangers

Regular Season Game 84
Yankees (44-39) vs. Rangers (43-41)
Yankee Stadium - Bronx, NY
Game Time: 7:05 p.m.
TV: YES - MLB.TV | Radio: WCBS 880

Here are the lineups:

YANKEES (44-39)

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

Joba Chamberlain RHP (2-2, 2.03 ERA)

RANGERS
Ian Kinsler 2B
Michael Young SS
Josh Hamilton RF
Milton Bradley DH
David Murphy LF
Marlon Byrd CF
Chris Davis 1B
Jarrod Saltalamacchia C
Ramon Vazquez 3B

Kevin Millwood RHP (5-4, 5.08 ERA)

Yanks vs. Millwood

ABH2B3BHRRBIBBSOBAOBPSLGOPS
B. Abreu 39 14 4 0 1 4 9 10 .359 .479 .538 1.018
D. Jeter 19 5 1 1 0 2 0 2 .263 .263 .421 .684
J. Damon 15 3 2 0 0 1 1 5 .200 .250 .333 .583
A. Rodriguez 14 6 1 0 1 2 1 2 .429 .467 .714 1.181
J. Giambi 11 5 0 0 2 3 1 2 .455 .500 1.000 1.500
J. Posada 10 1 0 0 0 0 2 6 .100 .250 .100 .350
R. Cano 10 4 0 0 0 1 0 2 .400 .400 .400 .800
J. Molina 9 1 1 0 0 0 2 3 .111 .273 .222 .495
M. Cabrera 9 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 .444 .444 .778 1.222
H. Matsui 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333
C. Pavano 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000
C. Moeller 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
A. Pettitte 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Totals151441024141641.291.359.464.823

Rangers vs. Joba

Joba has never faced the Rangers.

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

24 Comments:

Anonymous said...

Derek gets the day off? Maybe this will help him snap out of hus funk

Anonymous said...

3 lefties in a row at the top?

Anonymous said...

That's almost an entire LH lineup out there today.

Greg Cohen said...

I don't really get why Jeter is getting a day off, and this really makes it easy for the Rangers to use a lefty out of the pen. Hopefully the Yankees can score a bunch of runs early and make this an easy one, though I don't know how possible that is.

Greg Cohen said...

The bottom of the 1st just gave me a headache.

Anonymous said...

GOD FUCKING DAMMIT!!!!!!!

Greg Cohen said...

Phantom Tag... Nice sell by A-Rod.

Anonymous said...

So far Betemit has cost them a run on defense, and struck out with a runner on 2nd.

Greg Cohen said...

There's strike out number 2 for Betemit. He's such a waste. Why the hell did Girardi sit Jeter tonight? WHY?!?!?

Anonymous said...

This team really sucks.

Anonymous said...

Nice job by Robertson. He looks like he has pretty good stuff. 91-94 MPH fastball, and a good curve.

Greg Cohen said...

Yea Gus, and he also have very good command of his pitches. He was putting his fastball wherever he wanted.

Anonymous said...

There we go Wilson!

Now I don't have to hate you.

Greg Cohen said...

Betemit came through with a big hit? NICE!

Greg Cohen said...

And as soon as I bring up how good his command is, he losses it.

Anonymous said...

Michael Kay is right, Robertson shouldn't be out there for a second inning, especially in this spot.

Girardi is a moron. It will be 3-2 before you know it.

Greg Cohen said...

Anon,

I agree with you and Kay as well.

Greg Cohen said...

Robertson did a hell of a job. He deserves a ton of credit right there. It turned out well, but still a very risky move by Girardi there.

Anonymous said...

How the hell do you not bunt Melky? What can you be thinking? The guy doesn't have a hit in like 300 years.

And the even bigger question is why is Melky still even playing any more.

Anonymous said...

What was Girardi thinking? Why didn't he have Melky bunt? It makes no sense at all. Amazingly stupid.

Greg Cohen said...

I agree with the both of you. The bunt was the obvious play. I'm dumbfounded by this. I've known for a while that he's not a good manager, proven that time and time again, but this is a new level of stupid.

Anonymous said...

wow we suck. it looks like the rays will finish ahead of us, along with the sox. cant even pickup a game the sox these past 2 days, unbelievable. maybe we need to get another bat or something, how long until matsui is back?

Greg Cohen said...

10 days, maybe a little less for Matsui. But what happens if Girardi has Melky bunt? I CANNOT UNDERSTAND THIS AT ALL.

Girardi has cost this team at least 4 games this year. Hell, he's cost them two in the last three days, so maybe it's a lot higher than 4.

Anonymous said...

"How the hell do you not bunt Melky?" was me -

It's definitely amazing how a person can't see that Melky MUST bunt in that situation. If he had been tearing the cover off the ball, if he was A-rod, etc, then I understand it. Heck, even if he sent up Jeter to pinch hit for him I might understand it. But consideing what an awful player Melky has turned out to be, you simply have no choice but to bunt him. If it's the 2nd inning, I understand it, but when the offense is struggling like mad, and a bunt would move the tying run into scoring position giving at LEAST Damon and Jeter both a chance to drive him in... it just doesn't make sense. I overheard a bit of the postgame show where he still stands by the move, it seems. Wow.

I thought the days of the Yankee manager flat out blowing a ball game were in the past, but Girardi has made some of the most boneheaded moves at times that I just can't believe it. Bizarre.