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Winning pitcher - Roy Halladay (7-1)
Losing pitcher - A.J. Burnett (2-1)
I'll be honest, I didn't have a good feeling going into this one. I never feel good when the Yankees have to face Roy Halladay, He's one of the top pitchers in the sport and he owns the Yankees. Coming into tonight his record against the Yanks was 15-5, with a 2.86 ERA. I was hoping A.J. Burnett would go out and pitch a gem, because I knew Halladay was going to, but it didn't happen, a three-run fourth quickly stopped that from happening.
Alex Rios led off the inning with a double. Burnett then walked Vernon Wells and Adam Lind. Scott Rolen was next and lined a 1-2 pitch down the right field line for a two-run double. Burnett struck out Lyle Overbay for the first out, and then got Rod Barajas to fly out to Melky Cabrera in center. Lind scored on the sac fly, but Melky's throw did beat him, and had Kevin Cash came up with the ball Lind was a dead duck and Burnett would have been out of the inning.
Three runs normally isn't a big deal, we saw that on Sunday, but the way Halladay was throwing the ball you knew it would be too much tonight. Halladay ended up going the whole way, allowing a run on five hits, struck out five, and did not walk a batter. His pitches had great late movement, and he was in the strike zone all night, of his 103 pitches, 72 of them were strikes. At one point he retired 17 in a row, and faced the minimum through six.
The Yankees run came in the top of the seventh. Johnny Damon continued his hot hitting, when he lined a one out double, his second hit of the day. Then following a Mark Teixeira strike out Alex Rodriguez drove Damon home with an RBI single. But that would be it for the Yanks.
After the three-run fourth Burnett settled down, and up until the 8th had pitched a pretty good game. But in the eighth inning he looked like he ran out of gas and quickly allowed the game to get completely out of reach. Aaron Hill led off the inning with a solo homer, a few batters later Scott Rolen drove in the Jays fifth run with an RBI single. Burnett was done, 7.2 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 4 BB, 3 K. He threw 110 pitches, 66 for strikes.
You could argue that Girardi stuck with Burnett for a little too long, but with this bullpen I can understand it. Especially with Phil Coke - one of the only people Girardi trusts - unavailable due to a still back.
Besides Coke's bad back, the Yankees were without Derek Jeter who missed the game with a strained oblique, and Hideki Matsui left the game with tightness in his hamstring. Matsui believe that the injurie is minor and said he could have stayed in tonight's game. Jeter says he hopes to be able to play tomorrow.
The Yankees will send Andy Pettitte to the mound tomorrow night as they look to even up the series. He's looking to rebound after a few rocky starts. Right-hander Scott Richmond will start for the Jays. Richmond is 27 years old, he's 4-1, with 3.29 ERA, and the Yankees have never faced him. Usually that's a recipe for disaster.
Alex Rios led off the inning with a double. Burnett then walked Vernon Wells and Adam Lind. Scott Rolen was next and lined a 1-2 pitch down the right field line for a two-run double. Burnett struck out Lyle Overbay for the first out, and then got Rod Barajas to fly out to Melky Cabrera in center. Lind scored on the sac fly, but Melky's throw did beat him, and had Kevin Cash came up with the ball Lind was a dead duck and Burnett would have been out of the inning.
Three runs normally isn't a big deal, we saw that on Sunday, but the way Halladay was throwing the ball you knew it would be too much tonight. Halladay ended up going the whole way, allowing a run on five hits, struck out five, and did not walk a batter. His pitches had great late movement, and he was in the strike zone all night, of his 103 pitches, 72 of them were strikes. At one point he retired 17 in a row, and faced the minimum through six.
The Yankees run came in the top of the seventh. Johnny Damon continued his hot hitting, when he lined a one out double, his second hit of the day. Then following a Mark Teixeira strike out Alex Rodriguez drove Damon home with an RBI single. But that would be it for the Yanks.
After the three-run fourth Burnett settled down, and up until the 8th had pitched a pretty good game. But in the eighth inning he looked like he ran out of gas and quickly allowed the game to get completely out of reach. Aaron Hill led off the inning with a solo homer, a few batters later Scott Rolen drove in the Jays fifth run with an RBI single. Burnett was done, 7.2 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 4 BB, 3 K. He threw 110 pitches, 66 for strikes.
You could argue that Girardi stuck with Burnett for a little too long, but with this bullpen I can understand it. Especially with Phil Coke - one of the only people Girardi trusts - unavailable due to a still back.
Besides Coke's bad back, the Yankees were without Derek Jeter who missed the game with a strained oblique, and Hideki Matsui left the game with tightness in his hamstring. Matsui believe that the injurie is minor and said he could have stayed in tonight's game. Jeter says he hopes to be able to play tomorrow.
The Yankees will send Andy Pettitte to the mound tomorrow night as they look to even up the series. He's looking to rebound after a few rocky starts. Right-hander Scott Richmond will start for the Jays. Richmond is 27 years old, he's 4-1, with 3.29 ERA, and the Yankees have never faced him. Usually that's a recipe for disaster.
| AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | |
| Gardner, CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .214 |
| Damon, LF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .320 |
| Teixeira, 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .191 |
| Rodriguez, A, 3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .214 |
| Matsui, DH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .263 |
| a-Swisher, PH-DH | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .265 |
| Cano, 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .313 |
| Cabrera, M, RF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 |
| Cash, C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| Pena, SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .283 |
| Totals | 30 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | |
a-Struck out for Matsui in the 5th. | ||||||||
BATTING 2B: Damon (7, Halladay), Pena (2, Halladay). TB: Damon 3; Rodriguez, A; Cabrera, M; Pena 2. RBI: Rodriguez, A (4). 2-out RBI: Rodriguez, A. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Teixeira. GIDP: Cash. Team RISP: 1-for-5. Team LOB: 2. FIELDING E: Rodriguez, A (1, fielding). DP: 2 (Cano-Pena-Teixeira, Cano-Teixeira) | ||||||||
| IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA | |
| Burnett (L, 2-1) | 7.2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5.36 |
| Veras | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.04 |
BLUE JAYS PITCHING
PLAYER OF THE GAME: Roy Halladay (CG, 5, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 5 K)
HONORABLE MENTION: Scott Rolen (3-for-4, 2B, 3 RBI)
PLAYER OF THE GAME: Roy Halladay (CG, 5, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 5 K)
HONORABLE MENTION: Scott Rolen (3-for-4, 2B, 3 RBI)
Yankees @ Blue Jays
Game Time: 7:07 p.m. | TV/Radio: YES, WCBS 880
Andy Pettitte LHP (2-0, 5.26 ERA) vs. Scott Richmond RHP (4-1, 3.29 ERA)
Game Time: 7:07 p.m. | TV/Radio: YES, WCBS 880
Andy Pettitte LHP (2-0, 5.26 ERA) vs. Scott Richmond RHP (4-1, 3.29 ERA)
11 Comments:
Yes, Greg, I think most Yankees fans had a bad feeling going into this game. Trouble is that right now, I have a bad feeling going into every game. So many players injured; so many horribly out of form. There can be no disguising the fact that it's been a terrible start to the season and I can't see too many signs that a marked improvement is just around the corner. Burnett was outclassed by Halladay. Most pitchers are, but I was hoping for something better in his first game against his former club. At times like this, you rely on your senior players to step up to the plate. But, clearly, A-Rod is going to take some time to get back in the groove and with every game, the pressure is increasing on Teixeira. These next two games are the acid test for the Yanks. We need to win them both and the only way we will do that is if Pettitte and Sabathia give us quality starts. I believe CC will. I can only hope that Pettitte will. It's about time some of these "Superstars" began earning their exorbitant wages.
You're right, these two games are important. Also winning 4 of 6 on the road trip isn't too bad.
I was hoping for a battle too, at least Burnett put in some good innings and gave the 'pen a semi-break. Halladay and Santana are just in a class by themselves in this league, why the Yanks broke the bank for Sabathia (at the same time passing on Santana because they didn't want to trade Hughes for Santana) is going to hurt the more we watch these other guys pitch like true aces. Nice article.
I thought Burnett pitched pretty well. He gave up 3 runs through 7. I thought Girardi left him in too late in 8th similar to what be did with CC a couple of starts ago, I guess he doesn't have to much confidence in his bullpen. The only way the yankees were going to win was if Burnett pitched a shutout.
Teixeira needs to step it up. I gave him a pass in April because he is a slow starter. But there are no excuses now. He is hurting this team. Girardi needs to move him out of the 3 spot or sit him for a game.
The thing concerning with the yankees is there offense doesn't grind out runs. They rely too much on the homerun. I would of liked to see Gardner, Pena or Melky try a drag bunt last night and just do something to get on base.
Rad,
I dunno if Johan is that far and away better than Sabathia. He's better, but I think it's a lot closer than you're making it out to be. CC beat out Santana for the Cy Young in '07. Was just as good, if not better than Johan was last year when he was traded to the NL, and Santana is throwing 89 MPH now. I really don't think he'd be putting up numbers anywhere near his NL numbers if he was in the AL East. His ERA his last year in the AL was right around 3.30, and last year in interleague play it was 4.05.
Santana also doesn't throw more than 110 pitches in a game, while CC can go into the 120's. CC also didn't cost them anything but money.
Phil Hughes is 22-years-old. It's far too early to give up on the kid.
As for Halladay, he may be the best pitcher in the game right now. He's dominant and he always goes deep into games.
Anon,
I totally agree about the Yankees offense. This is the second year in a row that they can't hit with RISP. I'm personally think Kevin Long is to blame. Ever since Mattingly left that dugout this team has been lost at the plate.
@ Greg
I agree I keep hearing about how great Kevin Long is from Kay and how much the players like Long from Kim Jones. But this team looks lost when RISP, its embarrasing they cant manufacture a run.
Yep, and it shouldn't matter how much they like him, results are what counts and since Mattingly left that dugout there have been zero results offensively.
Greg,
I'm a Yankee fan and I think your giving CC way too much credit. He had 1/2 great season in the NL and was a decent AL pitcher, nothing spectacular. In 2007, Santana was betrayed by his bullpen and poor run support in going 15-13. He had pretty comparable numbers to CC that year, and his final 3 years in the AL his era/ip were 2.87/231, 2.77/233,and 3.33/219 which are pretty spectacular numbers when pithing half your games at the "Homerdome"
Even with Johan throwing 89 MPH he still has plenty of movement on his pitches and keeps his great command. I'm not saying CC is a bad pitcher, I just don't think he is in the same class as Santana and Halladay. He's a workhorse pitcher who eats up innings and has flashes of greatness.
Let's look at 2007 and forget wins and losses so the bullpen can't be considered an issue.
Johan: 3.33 ERA, 219 IP, 183 H, 235 K, 52 BB, 33 HR
CC: 3.21 ERA, 241 IP, 238 H, 209 K, 37 BB, 20 HR
Those numbers are very close. CC has the edge in ERA, innings, walks, and HR allowed. Johan has the edge in hits allowed and strikeouts.
As for CC's half a season in the NL, I think that takes away from how dominant he was.
CC may not be as good as Johan and Halladay but he's not that far away either.
If he proves me wrong I will be a happy man because that would mean he's pitching great for the Yanks. And if they finally allow Hughes to take some lumps and learn on the job he might get a chance to grow as a pitcher, which would also make me happy.
As long you don't agree that Zack Grienke is the best pitcher in baseball, I will concede that CC is not as far from Johan's abilities as I initially mentioned.
Good talk Greg...good talk
While Grienke is pitching great right now, he's far from the best pitcher in the sport.
And yes, good talk Rad.
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