Saturday, August 9, 2008

Game 117: Yanks @ Angels

Regular Season Game 117
Yankees (63-53) @ Angels (72-43)
Angel Stadium - Anaheim, CA
Game Time: 3:55 p.m.
TV: FOX - MLB.TV | Radio: WCBS 880

Here are the lineups:

YANKEES
Johnny Damon DH
Derek Jeter SS
Bobby Abreu RF
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Jason Giambi 1B
Xavier Nady LF
Robinson Cano 2B
Ivan Rodriguez C
Melky Cabrera CF

Dan Giese RHP (1-3, 2.51 ERA)

ANGELS

John Lackey RHP (9-2, 3.10 ERA)

Yanks vs. Lackey:

ABH2B3BHRRBIBBSOBAOBPSLGOPS
A. Rodriguez 44 8 1 1 3 5 8 21 .182 .302 .455 .756
J. Damon 44 14 2 0 0 3 3 4 .318 .362 .364 .725
D. Jeter 37 12 6 0 1 4 4 9 .324 .444 .568 1.012
J. Giambi 32 12 2 0 2 6 5 4 .375 .474 .625 1.099
R. Sexson 31 9 2 0 2 10 2 5 .290 .353 .548 .901
J. Posada 28 11 2 0 1 2 3 7 .393 .452 .571 1.023
H. Matsui 27 8 2 0 1 7 1 3 .296 .310 .481 .792
B. Abreu 21 5 1 0 1 3 1 7 .238 .304 .429 .733
I. Rodriguez 20 4 1 0 1 1 1 3 .200 .238 .400 .638
R. Cano 20 6 3 0 0 1 1 3 .300 .333 .450 .783
M. Cabrera 20 6 1 0 0 1 0 5 .300 .300 .350 .650
W. Betemit 8 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 .125 .125 .250 .375
X. Nady 3 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 .667 .667 1.000 1.667
Totals3359825112462974.293.359.481.840

Angels vs. Giese:

ABH2B3BHRRBIBBSOBAOBPSLGOPS
G. Anderson 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 1.000 1.500
J. Rivera 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
G. Matthews Jr. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
M. Teixeira 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
C. Figgins 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
J. Mathis 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
E. Aybar 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
H. Kendrick 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500
R. Willits 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Totals101100023.100.250.200.450

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

45 Comments:

Anonymous said...

Giese looks really good today. Kinda shocked at how good actually. Hopefully the Yankees can score some runs and get the W.

Greg Cohen said...

They've had two shots with two men on a failed twice. They haven't been able to get that big hit.

Anonymous said...

back to back and a belly to belly!

Greg Cohen said...

Well there's two big hits.

Nice!

Unknown said...

I think that's the first time Arod n Giambi have gone back to back, I always wanted to see it and never thought it was possible. Thanks John.

Max Kellerman is gonna have a great time on monday after this performance by Giese... He's obsessed.

Anonymous said...

Good HRs there by ARod and Giambi to get things going late in the game. Even with the HR by Tex in the bottom you can't say anything bad about Giese's performance; just what we needed. Now if we can just mix and match these last three innings it would be the win we desperately need. Just play .500 against the Angels and I'll take it.

Anonymous said...

Nice hit and run........ Damon is the guy we want up there in that situation and he came through again. Jeter good bunt, no grounded into DP that time. We need these runs.

Anonymous said...

Derek ,your right Max is obsessed with all the Yankee pitchers. He says Edwar Ramirez is as good as K-Rod.

Greg Cohen said...

Yea he think Giese and Ramirez are gods.

Giese was great today, gave the Yankees ten times more than could be expected. And in front of his family too. Just a great job.

Anonymous said...

terrible job by Abreu, get at least 1 run in. Arod, ok you did hit a homerun earlier, but a single would have been nice there. Arod guesses at the plate so much. With the homer, he guessed fastball and got it.

Greg Cohen said...

Why can't this team get a sac fly? WHY!?!?

And A-Rod needs to stop holding the bat handle so tightly with runners on. It's becoming sad.

Anonymous said...

If the bullpen blows this... well, I am just gonna snap. Get your ass in gear Veras.

Anonymous said...

FUCK!!!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

What a disgrace.... unbelievable. I hate this team.

Anonymous said...

The guy is hitting .200 and you have 2 strikes on him!! We needed those runs! Chances are the Angels are going to win this game.

Greg Cohen said...

Ugly, I wonder how long Girardi is going to leave Veras out there. The leads already gone, why not just give them the lead too?

I had a feeling those two stranded runners would come back to haunt this tam.

Anonymous said...

poor Giese, he still had a pretty low pitch count too.

Greg Cohen said...

TAKE VERAS OUT!

Anonymous said...

Don't let him pitch to Texeira please..........

Greg Cohen said...

Nice pitch. Luckily he got out of it. I still would have taken him out.

Anonymous said...

What are the chances we're actually able to score a run here in the last two innings. . . probably less than getting a guy in from third with one-out....

Anonymous said...

very very small, unless someone unloads on one. Giambi?

Anonymous said...

5 of the 6 runs in this game have been scored via solo home run

Anonymous said...

shields can be wild, so you never know

Greg Cohen said...

I got my money on Nady.

Anonymous said...

Cano can turn on that slurve and hook one

Anonymous said...

Nady's on at least

Greg Cohen said...

See, he wanted nothing to do with Nady.

Anonymous said...

goddamn it, that always happens to us. A ball ticketed to centerfield gets knocked down, and tis time even worse DP. Do we lead the MLB in DP'S? It seems like we will set a new record.

Greg Cohen said...

There goes the ballgame. Ramirez against the power hitters in the lineup? Really Joe?

Greg Cohen said...

By the way the Yankees were tied for 6th in GIDPs before this game started.

Anonymous said...

HEY MAX, K-ROD>>>>>>>> EDWAR. NO MORE 8TH INNING FOR EDWAR!! PLEASE!! THIS MAY BE OUR ONLY SHOT AT WINNING A GAME THIS SERIES. GAMES OVER

Anonymous said...

unbelievable, im fuming.

Anonymous said...

ugly, this team fucking sucks. stick a fork in them. defense blows, offense never scores, pitching sucks, terrible luck all the time.

Anonymous said...

Is Girardi the only one who forgot the 8th inning nonsense Edwar pitched against these guys last series?!?!

Anonymous said...

combined: 1+ inning 8 RUNS! Millar was right about Ramirez.

Anonymous said...

Top 3 worst losses of the year. We needed this one SO BAD. Tomorrow- loss, Minnesota- prob lose 2 out of 3, with us blowing at least one game, shut out in one game. Why do I waste my time w/ this team? They just make me miseable.

Anonymous said...

can we just forfeit?

Greg Cohen said...

It's amazing how bad this bullpen has looked lately.

When you think about it, we really could use Farnsworth right about now.

Anonymous said...

why cant we vs the Angels in April or May. DIE SPEIER!

Greg Cohen said...

8 runs in the 8th, wow.

Ugly.

Anonymous said...

7 behind TB, 8 in the loss. Wild Card is our only chance, a slime chance. 10% or so. we keep digging a bigger hole. now we almost have to sweep Boston both times we play them. this season has been hell.

Anonymous said...

what makes this lose even worse is that Giese pitched well. how often will our starters pitch 6 innings with 1 run, and against teh angles! other than Moose, we have no reliable starters, until Joba comes back, which we dont really know when and if he will as a starter. so in the offseason we need to sign at least one reliable starter- CC. Also we need to get rid of Kennedy, I am still outraged we wouldnt even put him in the Santana deal.

Wang, CC, Joba, Moose and Hughes/ Pettitte. We also need a proven bullpen arm. I dont know whats out there, but we need an 8th inning guy. I dont know why there not bringing up Melancon. Is 1 extra month in the minors going to change him that much. He may be great right now for us, BRING HIM UP! I dont know if I should watch the rest of this road trip, or the rest of this year.

Anonymous said...

Joe G does know when to send in the wrong pitcher.

Jason from The Heartland said...

I should have stopped over here for the in-game commentary. Great comments, people. Believe me, I shared your sentiments today as the Yanks bullpen just imploded. What an unmitigated disaster. I don't know if the comments from "anonymous" were from the same person, but the comment about Girardi failing to remember last week's Edwar meltdown in the 8th inning was spot-on--brilliant. Anonymous, don't be anonymous. You deserve to be known by a moniker more than the equivalent of stranger. It was very good stuff.
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