Friday, July 4, 2008

Game 87: Yanks vs. Red Sox - Happy 4th of July!

Regular Season Game 87
Yankees (45-41) vs. Red Sox (51-37)
Yankee Stadium - Bronx, NY
Game Time: 1:05 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 1B
Jorge Posada DH
Robinson Cano 2B
Melky Cabrera CF
Jose Molina C

Darrell Rasner RHP (4-6, 4.42 ERA)

RED SOX
Jacoby Ellsbury LF
Dustin Pedroia 2B
J.D. Drew RF
Manny Ramirez DH
Mike Lowell 3B
Kevin Youkilis 1B
Coco Crisp CF
Jason Varitek C
Julio Lugo SS

Josh Beckett RHP (7-5, 3.65 ERA)

Notes: Billy Traber was called up from Scranton, and Alberto Gonzalez has been sent back down. ... Happy 78th Birthday to Yankees' principal owner George M. Steinbrenner III.

***Johnny Damon Update***

Michael Kay just reported during the telecast that X-rays on Damon’s left shoulder were negative and the Yanks are saying he has a leff shoulder contusion. Damon will go for an MRI within the next 24 hours.

Update number 2 @ 6:17 p.m.: Johnny Damon had an MRI at Columbia Presbyterian, and it revealed a sprained AC joint in his shoulder. He is day-to-day.

Yanks vs. Beckett

ABH2B3BHRRBIBBSOBAOBPSLGOPS
B. Abreu 57 11 3 0 2 5 18 20 .193 .387 .351 .738
A. Rodriguez 28 7 2 0 1 5 5 6 .250 .364 .429 .792
D. Jeter 27 8 1 0 1 3 1 3 .296 .321 .444 .766
J. Damon 27 6 4 0 0 4 2 7 .222 .276 .370 .646
M. Cabrera 26 8 1 0 0 4 2 6 .308 .345 .346 .691
R. Cano 24 9 3 0 1 5 4 2 .375 .464 .625 1.089
J. Giambi 21 5 0 0 2 6 5 6 .238 .407 .524 .931
J. Posada 21 7 1 0 0 2 1 5 .333 .364 .381 .745
H. Matsui 14 3 0 1 0 0 1 3 .214 .267 .357 .624
C. Moeller 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .125 .125 .250 .375
J. Molina 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400
W. Betemit 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .167 .000 .167
C. Pavano 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
A. Gonzalez 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Totals268671617344065.250.348.396.744

Red Sox vs. Rasner

Rasner has never faced the Sox

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

13 Comments:

Anonymous said...

This game is already over. Base loaded in the first already for the Sox. Rasner is showing more and more why he doesn't belong here.

Anonymous said...

Holy shit, he got out of it.

Greg Cohen said...

Great job by Rasner there, although I'm not saying you're wrong when you say he doesn't belong here. That may or may not be true.

Now can this team score some runs please?!

Greg Cohen said...

Talk about a Murphy's Law team. Everything that can go wrong, will.

Anonymous said...

Ugh.. the Yanks are already in give-up mode. The glass-jawed Yankees: one punch and they're dead.

Greg Cohen said...

This is how it's been for this team all year.

Anonymous said...

GAME OVER

Greg Cohen said...

Yea, I can't see them coming back.

Anonymous said...

I guess we were all wrong about Gardner. He doesn't look like he belongs in the big leagues. He looks completely over matched by every pitcher he has seen.

Anonymous said...

Bases loaded with 1 out in the 7th in a 3-run game and Abreu and A-Rod can't do a thing. That just about sums up this team's season, doesn't it?

Greg Cohen said...

Yea, it sure does. This team is becoming painful to watch.

Greg Cohen said...

According to Peter Abraham it's stopped raining at the tarp is about to be removed from the field.

Anonymous said...

i guess yanks have given up .