(AP Photo/Winslow Townson)
Winning pitcher - Tim Wakefield (8-3)
Losing pitcher - Chien-Ming Wang (0-4)
SV - Jonathan Papelbon (15)
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | ||
| NYY | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 0 | |
| BOS | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 6 | 9 | 0 |
Winning pitcher - Tim Wakefield (8-3)
Losing pitcher - Chien-Ming Wang (0-4)
SV - Jonathan Papelbon (15)
For the second straight day a Yankees starter lasted just 2.2 innings, yesterday is was A.J. Burnett, today it was Chien-Ming Wang. Wang allowed 4 runs on 6 hits, walked 3, and struck out 3, and of his 69 pitches just 39 were strikes. He pretty much the same problem Burnett had yesterday, good stuff, but he couldn't throw strikes. His sinker had good movement and showed the best velocity he's had all year - his sinker averaged 94.01 mph and topped out at 95.6 - but he just couldn't control the damn thing. After the game Jorge Posada and Dave Eiland said it was a mechanical issue. Based on the fact that he really had a good sinker I would give him another start or two before moving him back to the pen. Facing the Nationals at the new stadium next week shoudn't be as tough of a challange as facing the Sox at Fenway was tonight.
Another similarity between Wang's start and Burnett's was that their defense did not help them out. Yesterday it was A-Rod bobbling what could have been a double play, and today Nick Swisher turned an out into a ground-rule RBI double. With a runner on second and nobody out in the second, Dustin Pedroia lined a ball into right field, Nick Swisher got to the ball, but somehow missed it completely, allowing it to fall in and bounce into the stands. Like A-Rod's error last night, Swisher's misplay didn't start the trouble for Wang, but it definitely made things worse.
Even with Wang's performance the Yankees were able to make a game out of it and probably should have won. They scored three runs off Sox starter Tim Wakefield, individual runs in the 2nd, 4th and 5th, and then they pulled to within one run with back-to-back solo homers by Johnny Damon and Mark Teixeira in the seventh off Ramon Ramirez.
I say they should have won because they had so many opportunities to score runs but most of the time failed to pickup the big hit they needed. After Posada hit a solo homer to lead off the second they put runners on 1st and 3rd with nobody out, but failed to score, mainly due to some bad base running by Swisher. Melky Cabrera lined a ball to Nick Green at short, and for some reason Swisher drifted too far off first and was doubled up. Derek Jeter, who had a terrible night, then flied out to end the inning. Later in the top of the fourth they had a run in and runners on first and second with one out, but once again failed to score any more runs. Then Swisher led off the eighth inning with a walk and Brett Gardner pinch ran. He moved to second on a sac bunt by Melky, but was left stranded when Hideki Okajima struck out both Jeter and Damon. Then in the ninth against Jonathan Papelbon the Yanks got they tying run to second base with just one out, but Cano struck out and Posada flew out to deep left-center to end the game. He just missed a game tying double off that stupid green wall. For the game they went 2-for-15 with runners in scoring position and left 10 men on base.
The Yankees got a solid relief appearance out of Phil Hughes tonight who replaced Wang in the third. He only made two bad pitches on the night, the problem was they came on back-to-back at-bats and the second pitch left the yard - a two-run homer off the bat of Kevin Youkilis in the fourth. In 3.2 innings Hughes allowed 2 runs on 2 hits, walked 2 and struck out 5. His fastball was averaging 93.8 and topped out at 94.8, and his also had a good curve and cutter. Of his 63 pitches, 37 were strikes.
Phil Coke replaced Hughes in the seventh and retired the only two batters he faced, left-handed hitters David Ortiz and Mark Kotsay. And Alfredo Aceves pitched a rocky, but scoreless eighth, allowing a walk and a hit before retiring the side.
I guess the Yankees should consider themselves lucky, they've started the season 0-7 against Boston and find themselves just one game behind them in the standings, that said, it's time for the Yankees win a game against them. I said it was getting embarrassing last night and tonight just adds to it. They need a big, big start from CC Sabathia tomorrow. This guy carried the Brewers on his back last year down the stretch and that's one of the main reasons the Yankees gave him all that money. Tomorrow is his first real opportunity to be "that guy" for the Yankees. He's put up OK career numbers against Boston, going 2-4, with a 3.91 ERA in seven starts, but 1-1, with a 2.35 ERA in three starts at Fenway.
Another similarity between Wang's start and Burnett's was that their defense did not help them out. Yesterday it was A-Rod bobbling what could have been a double play, and today Nick Swisher turned an out into a ground-rule RBI double. With a runner on second and nobody out in the second, Dustin Pedroia lined a ball into right field, Nick Swisher got to the ball, but somehow missed it completely, allowing it to fall in and bounce into the stands. Like A-Rod's error last night, Swisher's misplay didn't start the trouble for Wang, but it definitely made things worse.
Even with Wang's performance the Yankees were able to make a game out of it and probably should have won. They scored three runs off Sox starter Tim Wakefield, individual runs in the 2nd, 4th and 5th, and then they pulled to within one run with back-to-back solo homers by Johnny Damon and Mark Teixeira in the seventh off Ramon Ramirez.
I say they should have won because they had so many opportunities to score runs but most of the time failed to pickup the big hit they needed. After Posada hit a solo homer to lead off the second they put runners on 1st and 3rd with nobody out, but failed to score, mainly due to some bad base running by Swisher. Melky Cabrera lined a ball to Nick Green at short, and for some reason Swisher drifted too far off first and was doubled up. Derek Jeter, who had a terrible night, then flied out to end the inning. Later in the top of the fourth they had a run in and runners on first and second with one out, but once again failed to score any more runs. Then Swisher led off the eighth inning with a walk and Brett Gardner pinch ran. He moved to second on a sac bunt by Melky, but was left stranded when Hideki Okajima struck out both Jeter and Damon. Then in the ninth against Jonathan Papelbon the Yanks got they tying run to second base with just one out, but Cano struck out and Posada flew out to deep left-center to end the game. He just missed a game tying double off that stupid green wall. For the game they went 2-for-15 with runners in scoring position and left 10 men on base.
The Yankees got a solid relief appearance out of Phil Hughes tonight who replaced Wang in the third. He only made two bad pitches on the night, the problem was they came on back-to-back at-bats and the second pitch left the yard - a two-run homer off the bat of Kevin Youkilis in the fourth. In 3.2 innings Hughes allowed 2 runs on 2 hits, walked 2 and struck out 5. His fastball was averaging 93.8 and topped out at 94.8, and his also had a good curve and cutter. Of his 63 pitches, 37 were strikes.
Phil Coke replaced Hughes in the seventh and retired the only two batters he faced, left-handed hitters David Ortiz and Mark Kotsay. And Alfredo Aceves pitched a rocky, but scoreless eighth, allowing a walk and a hit before retiring the side.
I guess the Yankees should consider themselves lucky, they've started the season 0-7 against Boston and find themselves just one game behind them in the standings, that said, it's time for the Yankees win a game against them. I said it was getting embarrassing last night and tonight just adds to it. They need a big, big start from CC Sabathia tomorrow. This guy carried the Brewers on his back last year down the stretch and that's one of the main reasons the Yankees gave him all that money. Tomorrow is his first real opportunity to be "that guy" for the Yankees. He's put up OK career numbers against Boston, going 2-4, with a 3.91 ERA in seven starts, but 1-1, with a 2.35 ERA in three starts at Fenway.
| AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | |
| Jeter, SS | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .295 |
| Damon, LF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .291 |
| Teixeira, 1B | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .296 |
| Rodriguez, A, 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .231 |
| 2-Pena, PR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .243 |
| Cano, 2B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .293 |
| Posada, C | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .297 |
| Matsui, DH | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .253 |
| Swisher, RF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .256 |
| 1-Gardner, PR-CF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .267 |
| Cabrera, M, CF-RF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .293 |
| Totals | 36 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 20 | |
1-Ran for Swisher in the 8th. 2-Ran for Rodriguez, A in the 9th. | ||||||||
BATTING 2B: Matsui (12, Wakefield), Teixeira 2 (17, Wakefield, Wakefield). HR: Posada (9, 2nd inning off Wakefield, 0 on, 0 out), Damon (13, 7th inning off Ramirez, R, 0 on, 0 out), Teixeira (19, 7th inning off Ramirez, R, 0 on, 0 out). TB: Damon 4; Teixeira 9; Posada 5; Matsui 3; Swisher; Cabrera, M. RBI: Posada (28), Cabrera, M (24), Cano (35), Damon (35), Teixeira (52). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Cano 2; Jeter; Damon 2; Posada. S: Cabrera, M. Team RISP: 2-for-15. Team LOB: 10. BASERUNNING SB: Pena (3, 2nd base off Papelbon/Kottaras, G). | ||||||||
| IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA | |
| Wang (L, 0-4) | 2.2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14.34 |
| Hughes, P | 3.2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5.26 |
| Coke | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.13 |
| Aceves, A | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.59 |
RED SOX STATS
PLAYER OF THE GAME: Mark Teixeira (Yes, the losing team gets the POTG... 4-for-5, 2 2B, HR, RBI, 2 R)
HONORABLE MENTION: Tim Wakefield (W, 6 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 2 K)
GOAT OF THE GAME: Chien-Ming Wang
Tomorrow's Game
Yankees @ Red Sox
Game Time: 7:10 p.m. | TV/Radio: YES, WCBS 880
LHP CC Sabathia (5-3, 3.56 ERA) vs. RHP Brad Penny (5-2, 5.85 ERA)
Yankees @ Red Sox
Game Time: 7:10 p.m. | TV/Radio: YES, WCBS 880
LHP CC Sabathia (5-3, 3.56 ERA) vs. RHP Brad Penny (5-2, 5.85 ERA)
13 Comments:
This team really needs a big start from their horse tomorrow because if not they'll in for a giant mind fuck against Boston for the rest of the season.
I disagree completely about how the Yankees feel about Boston. This is a team of veterans and I don't think it's playing with their minds. It makes good 'copy' for the papers. The Yankees lost this one because their starter really stunk, and to be honest, I was a little annoyed with Girardi's moves too. That said, it's important for Sabathia to pitch well Thursday so that the Yankees can get even again with the Sox. If Sabathia gets knocked out by the 5th inning, who comes in? Tomko I guess? And I think we're very close to seeing Hughes replace Wang, but then what do the Yankees do with Wang? He's throwing pretty hard, he's not hurt, which is to say the Yankees can't fake an injury this time.
I really do not see the head to head comparison as a big deal. 2 years ago we went 6-0 against Indians and got dropped kicked out of the playoffs by them in 4 games. I just really am baffled by the way Girardi handles Gardner and what he does when he gets put into the game. Please tell me if im wrong here but you have one of the fastest guys on first base. Why do you have melky bunt when he is on first. Okajhima is slow to the plate, doesnt have a move to first, you have a rookie catcher behind the plate. why not advance gardner and then bunt with melky. Bunting melky with gardy on first, you are reyling on a base hit when you see already, your team isn't picking up Okajimas changeup. Steal with gardy and then bunt him over. You don't need a hit to score him. I would much rather rely on Gardners speed than the yankees picking up a hit against Okajhima. Please someone tell me if I am right or wrong. Thanks. We'll get em tomorrow!
Agreed JB10, Mattingly should have been hired but what can we do about it now?
Meh. Would have loved to win 2 out of 3 (or even sweep) in Boston, but to be honest, it's not a big deal. They'll be fine. Right now, they just happen to be hitting Boston on days where they're having bad games. Despite the streak of losses vs. Boston, I don't think they (or us) should be worried, and I don't think they are.
Bottom line is we're still in good shape standings wise (still in playoff position), despite a fairly bad start to the season.
They'll be fine. No need to panic. The season will be made or broken down the stetch during the final two months or so. As we should all be aware, regular season success vs. one team doesn't necessarily translate into post season success.
Yeah. Hate to bring it up, but the Indians went 0-6 vs the Yankees in the 2007 regular season, but in the ALDS, well, you know what happened.
Even after a tough defeat, I usually wake up in a better mood the next morning, but not today. I'm still fuming about the reasons why we lost last night. They are:
Joe Girardi, for starting Wang ahead of Hughes and then managing the game like a complete dork. Getting Melky to bunt with one on and no outs in the 8th was complete lunacy. You don't sacrifice one of your last six outs in that situation.
A-Rod, who, as usual, was missing in action during the heat of the battle. And why would you send in a pinch runner for him when you're 6-5 down unless he was seriously injured, which, by the way, may still be the case.
Cano, for returning to the headless chicken of 2008, swinging at pitches five feet out of the strike zone.
Swisher, for straying too far off first base in the 2nd inning and running himself into a double play with runners on 1st and 3rd with no outs. That could and should have been a big inning for the Yanks.
This team is clearly frightened of the Red Sox. They better man up today and salvage one win from the series.
i just do not understand why they change the way they bat when they play the sox...they are not patient at all they are constantly swinging at first pitches and popping them up or hitting weak grounders....WORK THE DAMN COUNT....and ANNON just remember wang had won 19 games the two previous seasons and i think he was 8-2 last year when he got hurt...the guy can pitch...i realize is sucks to watch him struggle, it is painful to watch but he will come around
Texas beat them 2 out of 3 in boston over the weekend, Padilla even beat them on Sunday. But our starters can't beat them.
Agree w/ JB10 the batters, gardner, mamager, coaches what ever don't seem to all have a set gameplan when they get gardner on base. That was a total waste of the substitution and Swisher AB. My other pet peeve is not having another right handed bat off the bench. Matsui is struggling and I thought he needed to be pinch hit for in the 8th. Berroa's spot is just not being utilized like it could be.
I'm not sure sure how long I can live in the past by saying that Wang did this or that a year or two ago, when the most important concern should be what he's doing NOW. And right now, he sucks. Is it not possible that one serious injury could ruin a pitcher, perhaps forever? Has this ot happened before in baseball? Oh, boy! Enough on him....
You know, I'm beginning to think the Yanks MIGHT really believe that the RS have it over them. Quite frankly, these games help us Yankee fans understand the word "agony." At times I just don't understand Girardi, either.
And so it goes....
Mike
PS I'm not even watching today's game. Perhaps that will help do the trick (?)....
Now that I've slept on it, and looking at the posts above--
--I can't figure out why Gardner wasn't stealing 2nd so that Melky could bunt him to 3rd. Why put Gardner on 1st at all then? If I'm 'going down' at least I want to 'go down' fighting.
--No problem with Wang starting. We can't just discard this guy, everybody! He has some kind of mechanical problem, and once he gets past it, he's a great pitcher. He was throwing 95 mph!
--Of course A-Rod was MIA. Oh man, don't get me started on this one. I hated that we signed him for 10 years, and I've been complaining about him since we first got him. "He's a very nice compiler", might be the nicest thing I've said about him. In fairness, he's wasn't the only one MIA.
--Cano, Swisher... ahh, it happens. On Swish, it could've been anybody doubled off 1B.
--Girardi. There are times, occasional moments during a ballgame, when Girardi reminds us that he's a managing novice. But I would rather have him manage than Mattingly. But... there are times when I think Tony Pena may have been a better choice.
--Tonight's game. I want to blow the Sox out of the ballpark, just like every Yankees fan right now. But realistically, I just want to see CC pitch a good ballgame, and maybe the Yankees batters can pull that iron rod out of their tight hindquarters & score a couple of runs in the 1st inning for a change.
I am considered with the way the Yankees rotation lines up with the Boston lineup, and just better teams in general. I just wrote on article on this and why the Yankees are going to have to change something to win a championship. Thoughts?
http://www.downswinging.com/wordpress/2009/06/pitching-concerns-for-the-new-york-yankees/
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