Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Game 132: Yankees @ Orioles

Regular Season Game 132
Yankees @ Orioles
Camden Yards - Baltimore, MD
Game Time: 7:05 p.m.
TV: YES | Radio: WCBS


Here are the lineups:

YANKEES (83-48)
Derek Jeter SS
Johnny Damon DH
Mark Teixiera 1B
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Jorge Posada C
Robinson Cano 2B
Nick Swisher LF
Eric Hinske RF
Melky Cabrera CF

Pitching: RHP A.J. Burnett (10-8, 4.10 ERA)

ORIOLES (54-78)
Brian Roberts 2B
Felix Pie LF
Adam Jones CF
Nick Markakis RF
Nolan Reimold DH
Luke Scott 1B
Melvin Mora 3B
Matt Wieters C
Cesar Izturis SS

Pitching: RHP David Hernandez (4-6, 4.24 ERA)

Yankees vs. Hernandez

ABH2B3BHRRBIBBSOBAOBPSLGOPS
A. Rodriguez 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
M. Teixeira 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
R. Cano 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
D. Jeter 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333
J. Damon 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .500 .667 .500 1.167
J. Molina 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
E. Hinske 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 .500 .500 2.000 2.500
H. Matsui 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333
M. Cabrera 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Totals213001134.143.250.286.536

Orioles vs. Burnett

ABH2B3BHRRBIBBSOBAOBPSLGOPS
B. Roberts 34 9 2 0 2 4 2 7 .265 .306 .500 .806
N. Markakis 29 8 2 0 0 3 2 6 .276 .313 .345 .657
M. Mora 20 5 1 0 1 6 4 6 .250 .375 .450 .825
T. Wigginton 20 4 0 1 1 3 3 5 .200 .333 .450 .783
A. Jones 18 5 2 0 1 4 0 7 .278 .278 .556 .833
C. Izturis 12 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 .083 .154 .167 .321
L. Scott 10 5 2 0 1 1 3 1 .500 .615 1.000 1.615
C. Moeller 6 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 .500 .571 .667 1.238
F. Pie 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800
R. Andino 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .667 .500 1.167
Totals156431116211736.276.349.474.823

News & Notes

- The Yanks are 32-11 since the All-Star break, 21-7 in August, they've won 45 of their last 61, and at 83-48 they have the best record in all of baseball. They currently lead Boston by 6.5 games in the AL East.

- In 11 starts against the Orioles, A.J. Burnett is 9-1, with a 4.61 ERA. In two starts this year he's 2-0, with a 2.92 ERA against the O's.

In his last 4 starts, A.J. is 0-3, with a 6.48 ERA.

- David Hernandez has faced the Yankees one time in his career, and in 6 innings pitched he allowed a run on 3 hits, walked 3, and struck out 4 on his way to a no decision.

- At 38-28 the Yankees have the second best road record in the AL, behind only the Angels, who are 39-26.

- Mariano Rivera has converted 37-of-38 save opportunities this season. He's tied with Brian Fuentes of the Angels for the MLB lead, and he's converted 33 straight saves which is the longest such streak in the Majors, and the longest of Mo's hall of fame career.

- Derek Jeter 10 hits shy of Lou Gehrig's all-time Yankee mark. He finished August batting .377/.403/.574 with 6 HR, 6 doubles, and 17 RBI.

- Alex Rodriguez is two hits shy of 2,500 for his career.

- Johnny Damon has a seven-game hitting streak.

- The Yanks have won 10 of the 13 games against the Orioles this season.

- Peter Abraham is reporting the Sergio Mitre will miss his start Thursday, and Chad Gaudin will start in his place.

- PeteAbe also tells up that Jonathan Albaladejo was going to get called up but got hit in the eye with a ball yesterday. He's currently listed as day-to-day and will join the Yanks as soon as he's healthy.

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

49 Comments:

Anonymous said...

Quiet night, huh?

Nobody cares about Yankees vs. Orioles?

Greg Cohen said...

Yea, I think Yankees fans are becoming bored with the regular season.... As for the game, Burnett looks lost again. He's starting to worry me as he continues to struggle.

Unknown said...

Burnett plays like a cy young or plays like someone coming up from AAA.

Greg Cohen said...

Yea, it's extremely frustrating.

Greg Cohen said...

Wow, where's the Posada hater? Two homers and a walk tonight for the Yankees catcher.

Anonymous said...

FUCKING SHIT I HATE BURNETT SO MUCH.

He's such a waste of money. This guy has never been as good as people think he is.

Greg Cohen said...

It's hard for me to disagree. He's either injured on inconsistent. It's the story of his career.

Anonymous said...

Lets just hope he is going though a bad slump and his good streak shows up in october

Greg Cohen said...

I really hope that's the case.

Anonymous said...

this sucks...

Anonymous said...

I am the Posada hater. And, he hits 2 HR's but gives up 6 runs AS USUAL, and you promote this? How stupid can you be? You think this work in the playoffs? You better think again.

Its a good thing Posada can hit occassionaly because he sure can't call a game, can't throw out runners, can't play defense, can't tag anyone out at home and can't frame a pitch to save his life! He is such a horrible catcher its amazing. No wonder we haven't won in the playoffs in forever! You can NOT give up 6 ER's per game as a catcher. Its that simple. If you dont get that then you're just plain dumb (which you are anyways).

Greg Cohen said...

You moron, a catcher doesn't give up runs, a pitcher does. LEARN THE DAMN GAME OR STOP WATCHING!

Greg Cohen said...

Oh, and who was the catcher when the Yankees won three of those rings? Oh right, Posada.

a7tex said...

arod with a clutch hit where are the haters?

Sam said...

Seriously Anonymous, stop coming to this blog. All you do is embarrass yourself. You sound like a dumb five year old.

a7tex said...

hey anon, seriously i wanna know how old are you?

Greg Cohen said...

Anon is 11 at the oldest. If he's any older he should find a tall building and jump.

a7tex said...

hey guys lay off him though he may have some illness-- red sox syndrome

Greg Cohen said...

I don't know what's wrong with him, but I'm sure there's a pill for it.

Greg Cohen said...

Come on Tex.... What the hell.... E3.

a7tex said...

Eh whatever, two errors in a season i can deal with that

Greg Cohen said...

True, I just hope it doesn't cost them a run.

Anonymous said...

Hey don't throw all us Anons under the bus. I would have you know that this anon is a frequent chatter in the chat. I always am a celeb but still, don't blame all Anons for the action of one

Greg Cohen said...

Don't worry other Anon, we're only talking about the idiot.

Great job by Marte. He's been really good since he came back. Hopefully he can keep that up.

Greg Cohen said...

YES, SWISHER MAKES IT 8-6 WITH A 2-RUN BLAST!

Greg Cohen said...

Check that.... 9-6 after Hinske makes it back-to-back, and a belly-to-belly.

Sam said...

This team can sure take a punch, can't they?

Anonymous said...

and people were saying earlier today that the marte trade was bad

-G

Greg Cohen said...

That's for damn sure. This team has a ton of fight in it.

Greg Cohen said...

lol... Marte seems to be turning things around. A poster mentioned that Girardi was misusing him and I think that guy was right. Marte should be a loogy and face at most one righty per outing.

Unknown said...

lol at the posada hater. How does Posada give up 6 runs? Burnett gave up 6 runs. If you watch the game you can see him have no control whatsoever. You can clearly see Posada setting up for the ball and Burnett missing the target by a mile. And no it's not because Posada is catching. That myth that pitchers can't pitch to Posada is busted. We've seen AJ dominate with Posada behind the plate. Just watch the Red Sox game or Met game. So please next time know what you are talking about before you whine like a little baby.

Unknown said...

Marte has been nice since coming back. I think he is slowly stealing Coke's job.

Greg Cohen said...

Agreed, especially since Coke gives up a homer every other time out.

bruceb said...

Is it over yet? Waiting to watch game on DVR.

Greg Cohen said...

Not yet, two outs in the top of the 8th.

bruceb said...

Thank you. Long game.

Greg Cohen said...

Oh come on Jerry, you could have had that. Dive man, DIVE!

Anonymous said...

The thing with Coke is he needs to work on not giving up so many homeruns. The thing you like about Coke is he doesn't walk many batters. And has a very good whip of 1.13.

Greg Cohen said...

YES!

Ballgame over. YANKEES WIN, THAAAAAAA YANKEEEEEES WIN!

crossfire said...

It wasn't exactly pretty but it's another win!

AJ needs to get straightened out. He completely loses focus sometimes and can't seem to battle his way through it. He even forgot to cover first.

Greg Cohen said...

This team just keeps on rolling. They've really been a machine since A-Rod got back.

crossfire said...

and somewhere in his mommy's basement, Anon weeps.

Anonymous said...

I disagree about Burnett losing focus that is a tough thing to judge. You cant really get inside Burnett head. His command was off today could be a mechanically thing Burnett was getting hit since the first inning tonight.

crossfire said...

I agree that his mechanics were off but you can tell by his demeanor that he got rattled and even completely forgot to cover first. A move that ultimately cost him a run.

Anonymous said...

All Burnett has to do his have a couple dominant performances in october. I could careless about what he does the rest of the season.

Same thing with Sabathia if he finished up with a dominant september and wins the cy young. But bombs in the postseason no one will even care about his regular season anymore.

crossfire said...

I just want to see AJ get back on the right track. I don't think he's had a win since July. That wears on a guy. I know Girardi was really trying to get him a win tonight. It just wasn't meant to be.

crossfire said...

By the way, if you haven't seen David Wright in the new batting helmet, you are going to die. The friggin' thing is huge. He looks like Rick Moranis as Dark Helmet in Space balls. LOL

I know they say that all players are going to wear it but you have to see how big it is. It's enormous.

Anonymous said...

"He looks like Rick Moranis as Dark Helmet in Space balls"

LOL I just saw a picture of David with it on it does look real funny. It is huge that has got to feel real weird wearing that.

Karen said...

I've seen the video of Jorge's 2 run blast up on mlb.com wooooooooo!! AwEsome! love him and all the yanks!!