Thursday, June 25, 2009

Game 72: Yanks @ Braves

Regular Season Game 72
Yankees @ Braves
Turner Field, Atlanta, GA
Game Time: 7:10 p.m.
TV:YES | Radio: WCBS


Here are the lineups:

YANKEES (39-32)
Derek Jeter SS
Johnny Damon LF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Robinson Cano 2B
Jorge Posada C
Nick Swisher RF
Brett Gardner CF
Cody Ransom 2B
Andy Pettitte LHP

Pitching: LHP Andy Pettitte (7-3, 4.26 ERA)

BRAVES (34-37)
Nate McLouth CF
Martin Prado 2B
Chipper Jones 3B
Brian McCann C
Yunel Escobar SS
Garret Anderson LF
Jeff Francoeur RF
Casey Kotchman 1B
Derek Lowe RHP

Pitching: RHP Derek Lowe (7-5, 4.09 ERA)

Yanks vs. Lowe

ABH2B3BHRRBIBBSOBAOBPSLGOPS
D. Jeter 52 15 1 0 0 3 5 5 .288 .351 .308 .659
J. Posada 36 10 3 0 1 9 9 7 .278 .435 .444 .879
A. Rodriguez 24 7 1 0 0 0 8 3 .292 .485 .333 .818
H. Matsui 22 12 2 0 1 12 1 1 .545 .542 .773 1.314
J. Damon 11 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 .455 .455 .545 1.000
J. Molina 11 2 1 0 0 1 3 4 .182 .357 .273 .630
X. Nady 10 2 0 0 1 2 0 1 .200 .200 .500 .700
M. Teixeira 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
N. Swisher 9 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 .111 .182 .111 .293
K. Cash 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
Totals18654903282726.290.382.387.770

Braves vs. Pettitte

ABH2B3BHRRBIBBSOBAOBPSLGOPS
G. Anderson 80 32 3 0 3 10 1 11 .400 .407 .550 .957
C. Jones 19 7 3 0 0 4 3 4 .368 .435 .526 .961
D. Ross 12 4 1 1 0 0 3 2 .333 .467 .583 1.050
J. Francoeur 6 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 .500 .500 1.000 1.500
M. Diaz 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .400 .500 .400 .900
O. Infante 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667
B. McCann 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
G. Norton 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .500 .000 .500
Totals13050714161020.385.426.546.972

News & Notes

- Andy Pettitte has faced the Atlanta Braves nine times in the regular season, five times as a Yankee and four times when he was with the Astros. In those games he's 5-1 with a 3.13 ERA. In Atlanta he's 2-1, with a 3.81 ERA in four starts.

Pettitte is hitting .136/.162/.185 (25-for-184) in his career with 1 homer and 13 RBI. and is hitting just

- In 39 games (15 starts) against the Yankees in the regular season, Derek Lowe is 8-10 with a 6.07 ERA. Those numbers do not include his 1-0 record and 3.13 ERA in two starts - including game 7 - in the 2004 ALCS against the Yanks.

- Robinson Cano was scratched from tonight's lineup. Cano said it's just an off day, but Peter Abraham said that his wrist was taped. Joe Girardi told the media that Cano's wrist is bothering him, but he's expected back in the lineup tomorrow against the Mets.

- Melky Cabrera and Hideki Matsui are out with the flu.

- Check out a pic of Phil Hughes' new tattoo over on Marc Carig's blog. Nick Swisher's tattoo artist friend did the tattoo for Hughes. The tat reads,

I can do all things through
Christ who strengthens me.

Philippians 4:13

- From now on I will be including a link to WCBS 880's live streaming feed in the game threads. (Thanks to the fine folks over at WCBS for passing the link my way.) The link will be on top of the page where WCBS is listed as the radio station for the game. I figured this would be good for some of you.

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

41 Comments:

Anonymous said...

I told you. The way Cervelli gets rewarded is by starting Posada immediately the next day. Too funny for words.

Its no wonder this team stinks, can't hardly beat bad teams, can't beat good teams at all. There is simply no reward for doing well. This organization insists on trotting the same garbage that hasn't worked again and again and again and they expect different results.

Anonymous said...

Per Peter Abraham...Cano has been scratched...Ransom to play 2B...

JC said...

Anon, do you realize how much everyone hates you?

Why do you stay around?

Anonymous said...

Why doesnt Girardi get creative with this team? How about Swisher at an infield spot now and then, Cervelli catching, Posada DH, and bring a DH player in the outfield. Obviously cant be done in a national league game. Just feel Girardi can shake things up and move players around a little more.

-G

JC said...

Where is Swisher going to play? He plays first and you're not going to DH Tex or sit him.

Danny said...

Swisher shouldn't even be starting, why was Duncan buried for him to get a spot?

JC said...

Shelley Duncan? Maybe 'cus the guy can't hit any off-speed pitch.

Anonymous said...

Shit TMZ is reporting that Michael Jackson died. It's all over TV.

Greg Cohen said...

I heard about it too, it's crazy how these things come tend to come in threes. Ed McMahon yesterday and Farrah Fawcett and now Michael Jackson.

Depending on whether he molested those boys or not this either sucks or there are a lot of happy people right now.

Brian Danuff said...

Yep. Michael Jackson is dead. Went into cartiac arrest and the doctors never got a pulse. This sucks, he was a hell of a singer despite his mishaps.

Michael Jackson
1959-2009

Brian Danuff said...

Same here Greg.

Anonymous said...

Greg - the WCBS link works, but the game is not on what they are streaming - just regular news. I have MLB audio, so I am listening on that.

Jay

JC said...

Yeah, the CBS audio online never has the game. A couple years a go, I had to work during a playoff game and tried listening online and could only get the news feed.

Not sure why they gave you that link, Greg.

JC said...

That ball hit by Ransom looked fair.

a7tex said...

hey anon, your beloved red sox are down 4-0

JC said...

Looks like A-Rod is coming around. Sweet!

We saw how quickly Tex got his average up. A-Rod could easily do the same.

Anonymous said...

Yay. Michael jackson is dead....one less molester in the world.

JC said...

That was never even close to proven, so that remark is ridiculous.

Greg Cohen said...

Thanks for pointing out the WCBS thing. Kinda strange that they would ask me to post that if the game was not on. Oh well.

JC said...

Can we catch a freakin' popup?!

Greg Cohen said...

Bad defense or not, Pettitte is giving this game away. Get him out.

Anonymous said...

I'd like to see a statistic on average how many runs per game the yankees starters get. Sure, pettitte leads the team in wins but he has looked terrible his last 3 or 4 starts but the yankee offense helps him out.

Tonight he's pitching with a 7 run lead in the 4th inning and hes just throwing BP to atlanta right now i can't take it

Anonymous said...

The team hands you a fucking 8-1 lead and you piss it away. Amazing.

JC said...

If we lose this game, it tops off all previous patheticness from this season.

Greg Cohen said...

In better news, Alfredo Aceves is the man, and John Smoltz got rocked tonight by the Nationals.

Anonymous said...

Well I am so broken up over that fact JC. Sheesh, a bunch of fornicating, drunken cake eating roman CATholics going to hell,don't like me. Darn! Go eat your wafer and drink your wine.

You hate freedom dont you JC.

You also hate Jesus Christ dont you JC.

You know how this is so? Simple. "For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God". Birds of a feather flock together pal.

Anonymous said...

And, I see POSada is up to his usual....giving up a ton of runs as the starting catcher. ROFLMAO.

Yea, yea, yea, its Pettitte's fault, its the wind, moon, stars or anything else you can think of. Its amazing that this ALWAYS happens with POSada catching. ALWAYS! LOL

Yup, great hit to by POSada. His .308 average is really helping us. Piece of Shit ada. That's what POSada stands for.

Greg Cohen said...

Ugh, now Aceves can't find his good stuff... at least he got out of it.

JC said...

>> Well I am so broken up over that fact JC. Sheesh, a bunch of fornicating, drunken cake eating roman CATholics going to hell,don't like me. Darn! Go eat your wafer and drink your wine.

You hate freedom dont you JC.

You also hate Jesus Christ dont you JC. <<

LOL!! Damn, you're good....

You pinned me perfectly.

JC said...

Looks like A-Rod is back.

Greg Cohen said...

If A-Rod is back this team will be fine.

Ahhh, there's the nightly web gem from Teixeira.

JC said...

Just saw Phil's tattoo. That probably hurt on the inner arm!

Greg Cohen said...

By the way, Anon, what the hell is wrong with you?

a7tex said...

anon is just pissed that his red sox lost.

Anonymous said...

Im not a red sox fan. I hate the red sox. And, JC started it so now he's getting it. The truth must hurt.

I am a lifelong Yankee fan. But, I am NOT a fan of the way this current organization (which is run by morons like Cashman.) He's a terrible GM and he does nothing with everything.

When doesn't Robertson give up runs?

And, when doesn't piece of shit ada (Posada) give up 6 runs? I mean this is ridiculous! What a terrible, horrible, pathetic, no talent, ass clown jerk off. Every friggin time this chump starts our team is giving up 6 runs or more. Its beyond comical at this point.

Anonymous said...

NOt only does Posada sintk but Girardi has the nerve and brilliance to put him in the 5 hole. How dumb. Way to go Girardi, he went 1 for 4 and had 4 LOB. Terrific! Think positive! Schmuck!!

At least we won. And, we only had to score 11 runs to make up for the 7 runs piece of shit ada gave up.

Greg Cohen said...

I'm just glad they won. Anon, you need to calm down.

Anonymous said...

Arod had way too many hits tonight with RISP. He used them all up and probably won't do that again for another month.

And, how anyone can have faith in Arod is amazing. He's a lifelong choker in the playoffs. Oh well some never learn. The only thing men learn from history is men dont' learn anything from history.

JC said...

Since when is 1-4 so bad?

Anon, you're a sorry, pathetic jackass.

You probably sit at home every night and jerk off to your fantasies of being a baseball player.

Anonymous said...

Ugly game but they won so who cares. Pettitte was awful though.

JC said...

Teixeira didn't have a hit tonight, Anon.

That makes him a hack, right?