Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Game 77: Yankees vs. Mariners

Regular Season Game 77
Yankees vs. Mariners
New Yankee Stadium - Bronx, NY
Game Time: 7:05 p.m.
TV: YES | Radio: WCBS 880


Here are the lineups:

YANKEES (44-32)
Derek Jeter SS
Johnny Damon LF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Alex Rodriguez DH
Jorge Posada C
Robinson Cano 2B
Nick Swisher RF
Melky Cabrera CF
Cody Ransom 3B

Pitching: LHP Andy Pettitte (7-3, 4.38 ERA)

MARINERS (39-37)
Ichiro Suzuki RF
Russell Branyan 1B
Jose Lopez 2B
Ken Griffey Jr. DH
Franklin Gutiuerrez CF
Wladimir Balentien LF
Chris Woodward 3B
Rob Johnson C
Ronny Cedeno SS

Pitching: LHP Jarrod Washburn (4-5, 3.22 ERA)

Yanks vs. Washburn

ABH2B3BHRRBIBBSOBAOBPSLGOPS
M. Teixeira 49 14 1 0 2 8 6 6 .286 .364 .429 .792
A. Rodriguez 47 15 0 0 6 10 6 6 .319 .396 .702 1.098
D. Jeter 37 12 4 0 0 4 4 7 .324 .390 .432 .823
J. Damon 37 9 1 0 1 4 4 3 .243 .310 .351 .661
N. Swisher 24 5 1 1 1 6 3 2 .208 .321 .458 .780
J. Posada 22 6 1 0 0 0 1 4 .273 .333 .318 .652
H. Matsui 14 2 1 0 1 2 0 4 .143 .143 .429 .571
R. Cano 14 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 .143 .200 .214 .414
M. Cabrera 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000
J. Molina 9 4 1 0 1 1 0 1 .444 .444 .889 1.333
E. Hinske 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Totals2696911112352539.257.323.439.762

Mariners vs. Pettitte

ABH2B3BHRRBIBBSOBAOBPSLGOPS
K. Griffey Jr. 53 18 3 0 2 7 7 8 .340 .417 .509 .926
M. Sweeney 31 9 1 0 0 1 4 4 .290 .371 .323 .694
I. Suzuki 30 12 1 0 0 5 0 6 .400 .400 .433 .833
C. Woodward 13 4 1 1 1 2 2 4 .308 .400 .769 1.169
A. Beltre 8 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 .375 .444 .500 .944
Y. Betancourt 8 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 .250 .222 .250 .472
F. Gutierrez 8 2 0 0 1 1 1 4 .250 .333 .625 .958
J. Wilson 8 4 2 0 0 3 0 0 .500 .500 .750 1.250
J. Lopez 7 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 .143 .222 .143 .365
R. Cedeno 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333
W. Balentien 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 .500 .500 .500 1.000
E. Chavez 5 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 .600 .600 1.200 1.800
K. Johjima 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
M. Tuiasosopo 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .667 1.000
Totals189641015261637.339.386.481.868

News & Notes

- In 20 games vs. the Mariners Andy Pettitte is 9-11 with a 4.68 ERA. Last year he was 1-1 with 3.46 ERA.

- Jarrod Washburn has had a lot of success against the Yanks in his career. In 12 starts he's 5-5, but he has a 2.56 ERA. In six games in the Bronx he's 1-4 with a 2.82 ERA. As you can see he's pitched great, but just hasn't gotten any run support.

- The Yanks have won six in a row. Boston won today so they're three games out of first for the moment.

- Good job moving Robinson Cano out of the five hole by Girardi.

- Ramiro Pena was optioned to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to make room on the roster for Eric Hinske. According to Peter Abraham the Yanks will give Pena some time in center to increase his versatility.

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

63 Comments:

Anonymous said...

Yes, good move getting Cano out of the 5th hole. Of course, bad move putting someone in the 5th hole that is equally as horrible as Cano. Girardi is so consistent and dumb with his decisions that anyone could have called that move.

Optioning Pena to AAA is dumb as hell. Then, they start Ransom at 3rd. LOL. Ransom stinks. Why move a guy that is battign .353 with RISP to AAA for Ransom? Makes zero sense. Pena in CF. LOL! Wow, this organ. is really stupid. What does that say about Gardner, Melky and Ajax?

Unknown said...

I'd rather see Pena at 3rd base but what can you do. This Hinske move has me scratching my head still. We already have 4 outfielders now 5 and they want Pena to train for CF? We have Swisher for 1b and Of and Ransom and Pena for the other positions.

JC said...

Dude, you're so dumb... They don't want Pena to be a permanent centerfielder. They just want him to be be a little more versitle so that he has more value to the team on the bench. He'll be back.

And who would you rather him in the five-hole? Swisher? Melky? Come on... Posada is the man you want there.

JC said...

Oh, and just to be clear.. I'm talking to Anon, not tou you, Robert.

JC said...

I love how the Yankees have a lot of players go out and walk around the Great Hall before the games. Just saw on the pre-game that Joba, Aceves and Hughes were out there greeting people and taking pictures, etc.

I know they do it just because they want people in the stadium early and spending money in the bars, restaurants, etc.... But it's still cool.

Greg Cohen said...

Yea, JC that's pretty cool of them to do. Never heard of that before. At least they're trying. On July 4th they're giving all fans at the Stadium free ice cream.

Anonymous said...

Pena makes that play.

Greg Cohen said...

There it gooooooooees!

Damon homers, Yanks lead 1-0.

Anonymous said...

I've never seen anyone give up leads as quick as Pettitte does.

Greg Cohen said...

Tex should have made that play cleanly, then the run doesn't score, but then again Pettitte did put himself in the jam to begin with.

JC said...

Andy looks strong tonight. A shame the Yankees offense is asleep.

JC said...

Replay!

JC said...

Homerun!

Good call. It was close, but there was nothing definitive saying it was foul.

Anonymous said...

Fucking shit he did it again, Andy Blows the Lead Pettitte strikes again.

JC said...

Dude, chill out...

He's given up two runs in six innings. He's pitching really well. It's not his fault he's getting no run support.

Greg Cohen said...

Good point JC... But I'll be honest, the timing sucks. Yanks score run, Pettitte gives up run, Yanks score run, Pettitte gives up another. So while Pettitte is pitching well it's still frustrating.

Greg Cohen said...

Damn is A-Rod on fire. There's a two-run lead for Pettitte.

JC said...

I agree it's frustrating, but I personally can't get on a guy when he's pitching as well as Pettitte is. The first run was scored on a groundball, and the second one was just a solo homer. Most of this game he's been extremely sharp and working very quickly.

And I think it's safe to say that the real A-Rod is back.

Greg Cohen said...

I agree, Pettitte is pitching a very good game, his best so far at the new stadium.

Brian Danuff said...

A-ROD!! WHOO-HOO!

Brian Danuff said...

Yeah, Pettitte is pitching great. Maybe he takes what he's done from this start and carry it into his next start at the Stadium. I mean, he has to be doing something differently. Well then again, this Mariners team doesn't have so much power, so he might just be doing what he's supposed to do against a bad offense - shut 'em down.

Greg Cohen said...

Wow, looks like Girardi already demoted Bruney... This should make for an interesting post game show because Bruney tends to say what he thinks.

Greg Cohen said...

Another homer for Montero tonight. That make four in Double-A.

JC said...

Aceves for the eigth. Hmm. Interesting choice.

Greg Cohen said...

Oh, it's because of the lefties on deck. Good point by Kay.

Brian Danuff said...

Well he was only in there to get 1 out. Now comes Coke.

JC said...

Man, how good is Coke now?

The guy's flat-out nasty.

Greg Cohen said...

Coke did a great job. A few insurance runs would be nice so they don't have to use Mo again.

Anonymous said...

JC - you're so dumb its not even funny. Where did I say that Pena was training to be a permanent CF? I didn't at all. You're so fuckign stupid its amazing.

Pena doesn't need to be wasting valuable time workign on the outfield. He should be lifting weights, playing the field and getting better at the INFIELD. But, this DUMB Yankee organziation is too worried about Jeter, Arod and Cano.

And, Pena workign on the OF shows exactly how happy the Yankee organization is with Gardner, Melky, and Swisher. Obviously, they want an improvement.

Furthermore, there is no valid explanation for keeping Ransom or Hinske for that matter in place of Pena. Pena has done a helluva lot better than both of them combined. And, we need to win now. Pena is an excellent late game addition for defensive purposes and is clutch unlike alot of people on this team. This team should be worried about winning now. Not taking your car to 711 to get it fixed because they have oil on the shelf.

Brian Danuff said...

Yeah. What would that be if he was used tonight, 3 straight games?

Anonymous said...

And, dont ever tell me who I want in the 5 hole. I, that's ME, will decide who I want. NOt you.

Posada is NOT the man that anyone wants except for opposing teams and pitchers. POSada sucks. He is a DP and SO machine who is not clutch. POSada is an old fuckign man that belongs at DH permanently.

Brian Danuff said...

He should be DHing more often, but give him some props. He had a career year just a couple years ago at the age of 35.

Brian Danuff said...

Make that 3 straight games Mo has pitched in. The Sandman is entering for the 9th.

JC said...

So... Who you want in the five-hole then? Who?

Greg Cohen said...

Anon, give it a rest.

Brian Danuff said...

Sleep with one eye open...keeping your pillow tight!

Oh yeah baby! Mariano is in, and our 7th straight win is 3 outs away.

Anonymous said...

See? Moron. I called in hours before it even happened. POSada is a DP machine, SO king and is NOT clutch at all. He's actually horrible at working the count, being smart and making the pitcher throw strikes.

POSada=Cano in the 5th hole.

Go DP king! You da man POSada. The amazing great, know-it-all JC said "come on, you want Posada in the 5th hole". I said no, he hits into too many DP's.

No wonder you stick up for Cashman and all idiotic moves he makes. Birds of a feather flock together. Moron.

Brian Danuff said...

Anon, come on. You're a Yankee fan, right? Well act like one, not a sleezy Red Sox fan.

Anonymous said...

Hey look at the bright side, POSada didn't give up his usual 6 runs per game tonight! Get excited POSada lovers, there is always tomorrow!

Greg Cohen said...

Dude, you're such a moron. What's the point with all your nonsense? What do you gain?

And no, YB, there's no way this person is a Yankee fan.

JC said...

Fuck you, Anon. You always find SOMETHING to complain about. We're 12 games over .500; shut the hell up.

I'm done talking to you.

Anonymous said...

Act like one? You're a fuckign idiot too.

Was JC acting like a fuckcign idiot like you in the 3rd post of this thread? Or, was he acting like a real Yankee fan calling someone dumb because I bashed Pena "working on CF" and bashing POSada as the #5th hitter?

Who's the dumb one? You are. POSada in the 5th hole. Bwahhahahahah! Hope you like DP's!

Brian Danuff said...

BALLGAME OVER!! SCREW ANON! YANKEES WIN!! THAAAAAAAAA YANKEES WIN!!

Anonymous said...

Other anon, go fuck yourself.

Greg Cohen said...

Nice win, seven in row!

Anonymous said...

That's right JC, make you sure change the subject jackass.

You have to change the subject for your poor logic. POSada sucks and he really sucks in the 5 hole. Sending down Pena to work on CF so they can keep Ransom and Hinske is beyond stupid. But, that's why you applaud it because you are stupid just like them.

12 games above .500. Wow, really impressive. They have a $200m dollar payroll you fuckign moron. They can't beat ANY good teams and barely beat bad teams, can't hit with RISP and they make dumb personnel decisions repeatedly. I can't wait for Marte to comeback. Yippppeeeeeee!

Brian Danuff said...

45-32. Man, let me check Yankees.com and see where we were at this time last year. We defenitely weren't this good.

Brian Danuff said...

It is, in any other divsion we would be in first place (except the NL West).

Anonymous said...

Awesome they won, even with retardi and JC's stupidity of putting POSada in the 5th hole.

Of course, didn't make any ground up because Baltimore blows but hey its a win even with POSada catchign and batting in the 5ht hole.

Greg Cohen said...

Anon, go back to SOSH with your other Sox fans. You're not wanted here.

Brian Danuff said...

Wow. The Yanks were 44-40 last year at this time, barely over the .500 mark. Big difference there.

Anonymous said...

If my uncle sat down to pee then he would be a she. If, if, if , if , if , if , if.

If Cashman wasn't such a poor GM and made better decisions we should be 25 game over .500 and have the best record in the game.

Anonymous said...

Not a Red Sox fan. I told you this before. I am a real Yankee fan unlike you positive idiots. I just dont view everythign this organization does as awesome because they are the Yankees.

Brian Danuff said...

What do you want us to be, more negative? OK, so if A-Rod hits a walk-off home run we'll just sit there and say he got lucky? No.

We are Yankee fans, and we stick with them threw ups and downs, no matter what.

Anonymous said...

Wow, Yankee b-boy, you sure are smart aint ya?

You said the Yankees were 44-40 last year. That is 84 games.

They are 45-32 this year. That is 77 games.

Great comparison. But, you are smart and I am not, right? LOL

After 77 games in 2008, they were 41-36 .532.

After 77 games in 2009, they are 45-32 .584.

4 games difference or .052 winning percantage.

A 4 game difference for adding CC, Burnett and Tex. Frankly, that's not very good. 4 more wins cost them about $40+ million this year alone. That about sums of Brian Cashman's business and baseball expertise.

And, if you're going to post stats at least do it properly and dont compare apples to steaks.

Greg Cohen said...

They've won seven in a row, enjoy it, that's the only thing fans can do. All your bitching and moaning isn't going to change a thing. I don't see why you watch sports if you don't allow yourself to enjoy the wins.

Anonymous said...

Is this all you idiots do is make straw man arguments? I NEVER said anything about Arod tonight. You just make "scenarios" and conjecture becuase you hate the facts that I bring up.

And, it doesn't change that this team has NOT beaten good teams so far and hasn't done that great against bad teams either. And, they still have alot of problems. And, those problems come out vs. the better teams.

What is Cashman doing to fix those problems? NOthing, other than demoting a .353 hitter with RISP so they can keep Ransom and Hinske. And, you applaud this move? Idiot.

Anonymous said...

Bitching? What am I bitchign about idiot? Your butt boy JC is the one bitching because I laughed about another dumb personnel move that Brian Cashman made. JC is the one who started it LIBTARD.

Both of you simple can't stand to be wrong. You're full of the devil. Pride goeth before destruction and a haughty spirit before the fall.

Next time, dont bitch at me and call me names because of Cashman's stupid moves. dumbass.

Greg Cohen said...

Exactly, you're bitching about a move that for the moment is completely irrelevant.

Look, I don't like the move either, but it's not going to cost this team that many games, if any.

And spare me your mindless nonsense about religion, politics, or whatever other pointless topic you want to throw into this BASEBALL discussion.

And once again, you're an idiot.

JC said...

"You're full of the devil. Pride goeth before destruction and a haughty spirit before the fall."

LOL!

Oh, boy...

Greg Cohen said...

hahahaha tell me about it.

Brian Danuff said...

I meant up to date asshole, not the number of games played. Jeez.

Greg Cohen said...

Don't worry YB, the rest of us realized that.