Friday, August 28, 2009

Game 128: Yankees vs. White Sox

Regular Season Game 128
Yankees vs White Sox
Yankee Stadium - Bronx, NY
Game Time: 7:05 p.m.
TV: MY9 | Radio: WCBS


Here are the lineups:

YANKEES (79-48)
Derek Jeter SS
Johnny Damon LF
Mark Texeira 1B
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Hideki Matsui DH
Nick Swisher RF
Robinson Cano 2B
Melky Cabrera CF
Jose Molina C

Pitching: LHP CC Sabathia (15-7, 3.59 ERA)

WHITE SOX (64-64)
Jayson Nix 2B
Gordon Beckham 3B
Jim Thome DH
Paul Konerko 1B
Jermaine Dye RF
Carlos Quentin LF
Alex Rios CF
Alexei Ramirez SS
Ramon Castro C

Pitching: LHP Mark Buehrle (11-7, 3.92 ERA)

Yankees vs. Buehrle

ABH2B3BHRRBIBBSOBAOBPSLGOPS
J. Damon 50 13 2 0 0 3 2 8 .260 .288 .300 .588
M. Teixeira 35 11 3 0 1 7 2 8 .314 .351 .486 .837
A. Rodriguez 28 6 1 0 0 2 3 4 .214 .290 .250 .540
D. Jeter 28 11 3 0 0 3 0 3 .393 .393 .500 .893
J. Hairston Jr. 23 6 1 1 0 0 2 3 .261 .320 .391 .711
J. Posada 18 3 1 0 0 5 0 2 .167 .158 .222 .380
N. Swisher 17 8 1 0 0 1 5 2 .471 .591 .529 1.120
J. Molina 15 6 0 0 1 2 2 0 .400 .471 .600 1.071
E. Hinske 14 4 2 0 0 3 1 2 .286 .333 .429 .762
H. Matsui 10 2 0 0 0 2 0 3 .200 .273 .200 .473
X. Nady 8 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 .125 .222 .500 .722
M. Cabrera 8 4 1 0 1 4 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500
R. Cano 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .667 1.167
K. Cash 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .200 .333 .200 .533
B. Gardner 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Totals267801614341938.300.347.412.759

White Sox vs. Sabathia

ABH2B3BHRRBIBBSOBAOBPSLGOPS
P. Konerko 66 14 3 0 2 5 11 13 .212 .325 .348 .673
J. Dye 46 14 1 0 5 11 13 11 .304 .468 .652 1.120
J. Thome 24 4 0 0 4 6 2 11 .167 .259 .667 .926
A.J. Pierzynski 24 4 1 0 1 2 0 6 .167 .167 .333 .500
A. Rios 23 7 2 0 3 4 4 3 .304 .407 .783 1.190
M. Kotsay 14 4 1 0 0 1 1 3 .286 .333 .357 .690
C. Quentin 10 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 .200 .200 .500 .700
S. Podsednik 9 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 .111 .111 .222 .333
A. Ramirez 8 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .375 .444 .375 .819
J. Nix 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
G. Beckham 4 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 .750 .750 1.250 2.000
R. Castro 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
J. Fields 3 2 2 0 0 1 1 1 .667 .750 1.333 2.083
C. Getz 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 1.000 1.333
Totals2435913116333356.243.339.502.841

News & Notes

- The Yanks are 28-11 since the All-Star break, they've won 41 of their last 57, and at 79-48 they have the best record in all of baseball. They currently lead Boston by 6 games in the AL East.

- CC Sabathia is 15-4 with a 3.77 ERA in 27 career starts against the White Sox. In his only start against them this year he went 7 innings and allowed 5 runs on 10 hits, walked none and struck out 5 on his was to a win. This month he's 5-0 with a 2.65 ERA. In his career in August he's 33-9, with a 3.16 ERA.

- In 9 starts against the Yankees Mark Buehrle is 1-6 with a 6.84 ERA. Back on August 2nd he allowed 7 runs on 12 hits and walk in his only start against them this season.

- The Bronx Bombers are a MLB best 42-20 at home.

- Mariano Rivera has converted 36-of-37 save opportunities this season. He's converted 32 straight saves which is the longest such streak in the Majors, and the longest of Mo's hall of fame career.

- Derek Jeter 17 hits shy of Lou Gehrig's all-time Yankee mark. Jeter is second in baseball with a .424 batting average agianst left-handed starters.

- Chicago has won three of the four games against the Yankees this season.

- Here's an update on Joba Chamberlain via Peter Abraham:
Joba Chamberlain will be in the rotation moving forward, meaning he will pitch every five games. They decided he needed to pitch more regularly. The innings limit hasn’t changed. Some starts will be less than five innings.
Yup, just keep changing how you're gonna handle the kid. Smart move Yanks!

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

40 Comments:

JC said...

No one around tonight???

Liam Gallagher said...

I was wondering the same thing.

JC said...

Yeah, a slow night!

CC looks really good so far. Melky annoyed me on that play in center where he lost the ball. He never yelled for help or anything. He should've yelled over at Swisher to let him know he lost the ball... Luckily, it didn't hurt us.

Homer by Damon!

Liam Gallagher said...

CC does look good. Yeah Melky should of said something. As long as CC doesn't blow the lead I think it could be a very good night.

Liam Gallagher said...

Now Melky can see it!

Liam Gallagher said...

Micheal Kay just said the Yankees are leading the RED SOX 2-0. lol

Greg Cohen said...

Hey guys, I actually fell asleep for a while, been a long day. Big play by A-Rod to say the lead, that could be a huge play in this game if CC can get out of it here.

Liam Gallagher said...

It sure would.

Greg Cohen said...

Damn, tie game, but at least they cut down that lead run.

Liam Gallagher said...

Now we have to score some runs. Both Hughes and Rivera haven't pitched in a little while so it would be good to get them in this game.

Liam Gallagher said...

It's gonna be quite intresting to see who wins awards after the season. You got Mauer and Jeter for MVP, you got Beckham and Reimold for Rookie of the year, and for Cy young, it could come out to a CC/Beckett race.

Greg Cohen said...

Boston just tied it at 5.

Liam Gallagher said...

How are they playing?

Greg Cohen said...

You mean because of the weather? No idea.

Liam Gallagher said...

I mean who are they playing? My bad. lol!

Greg Cohen said...

Oh, lol, Toronto... Nice inning by Phil.

Liam Gallagher said...

Boston should be winning if there playing Toronto but i'm glad there not though.

Liam Gallagher said...

Alright Greg, I might not be around tommrrow in the late afternoon because i'm getting treatment for my arm. See ya.

Greg Cohen said...

Later Liam, good luck with your treatment.

Liam Gallagher said...

Thanks, this is my second to last time:(

Greg Cohen said...

Nicely done Mo... I want to see Jeter get a pie in the face.

Liam Gallagher said...

Same here, Night.

Vinsanity13 said...

Did the Stadium actually boo Molina calling time?
I know they thought Ramirez stepped out, but still, that's dumb.

Go Bombers, I call for Damon's 2-run walk-off HR.

Greg Cohen said...

They've been in a booing mood for some reason. Maybe they're unaware of the standings, or maybe just angry at the weather.

Greg Cohen said...

Oh no, not Bruney. Apparently Girardi doesn't care about winning tonight.

Greg Cohen said...

Wow, heck of a job by Bruney and a great play by Molina to end the inning... Now can we please just end this.

Unknown said...

I don't like the chances now with cano up

Greg Cohen said...

I'm still pissed that A-Rod's blast somehow got held up by that wind. I thought that was long gone off the bat.

Unknown said...

It also did the same to tex and 1 other yankee I forgot who....

Unknown said...

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Greg Cohen said...

YES ROBBIE!!!!!!

PIE TIME!

crossfire said...

OH BABY!!!!

CANO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Unknown said...

AJ! Get the pie out!

a7tex said...

greg, just tellin you that the kazmir trade went through and kazmir is an angel now

Greg Cohen said...

Thanks A7Tex, these damn contradictory reports are making me dizzy.

Capone said...

Great win for the Yanks. A total team effort. The 7th inning defense, the Hughes-Rivera combo and course CC all deserve credit for this one.

crossfire said...

ARod and Swish saved the day in the 7th.

ARod's throw home nail Quentin for the second out and his outstanding play on the ball hit by Nix really saved the game.

He may not have got anyone out but he saved a run there by keeping the ball in the infield and the runners from advancing. And that ball was basically past him when he got it.

Swish's throw to nail Castro was also key.

Greg Cohen said...

You guys are absolutely right, the defense in the seventh won them the game.

Danny said...

This team is built to win the only thing that can ruin it is Girardi over managing

WOW GOLD said...

good game