So the Yanks went out and won with their second unit today. Freddy Garcia pitched seven innings, a couple of unearned runs scoring thanks to an error by Ramiro Pena. David Robertson chucked a scoreless eighth and threw a fastball, right down the middle, past Joey Votto to end the inning. Man, don’t try that at home, kids.
Mariano struck out two in the ninth and got the save. Brett Gardner helped turn a nifty double play and the deciding hit came from Jorge Posda, who hit a two-run home run in the sixth.
Final Score: Yanks 4, Reds 2.
Good news with Johnny Cueto on the hill for the Reds tonight.
Brett Gardner LF
Curtis Granderson CF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Nick Swisher RF
Russell Martin C
Eduardo Nunez SS
Ramiro Pena 2B
Brian Gordon RHP
Smile, it won’t mess up your hair…and:
Let’s Go Yank-ees!
[Photo Credit:The Under Girl]
I now it's a dreaded double heard, but sitting Cano? I guess the Chessmaster needs to find a way to get Peña his ABs...
I'd give Joe a pass here. I'm sure he knows his guy needs a blow.
Maybe. I'm a little leery after last season's restapalooza down the stretch, which probably cost the division.
speaking of lemon-yellow unmentionables, the Red Sox are down by 4 in the 6th.
[4] Good, but what exactly does that have to do with lemon-yellow unmentionables? Oh, because Lackey... dyed his yellow, so to speak?
5) the lemon-yellow bra atop this here recap. Even cartoon lingerie catches my eye.
[6] No, I got that, but not what it had to do with the Red Sox.
I have to say that the fact that Lackey is signed through 2014 makes me feel a lot better about the fact that Adrian Gonzalez is signed through 2018.
Yoooooook! (Threat-killing GIDP.)
7) oh, I was just equating the "right as rain" bra with something else that's appealing to behold, a BoSox loss in the works. Let's go Pods!
[9] Ah.
It works my way, too, though! Also, lots of rain at Fenway.
Let's play two!
[7] Gonzalez is a bastard AND a scoundrel. But man can he hit. Especially in that piece of shit park.
[11] Lets win two!
David Pinto posted on a Bill James idea, going with the B team in the first game, and if you win, with the A team in the night cap, its a good chance for a sweep, and if you lose the first game, you still have a good chance for a split. Don't most DHers wind up as splits anyhow?
[13] I think about half of DHs are split, or just a bit more than half.
Does it get under anyone else's skin that Michael Kay consistently calls him "Alex Rudge-Riggis"?
[15] :) A little, yes.
Fug.
Score one for the bad guys.
Haha, tricked them into killing their first inning rally. Good job not walking him, BG!
Heisey just might end up Wally Pipping Jonny Gomes.
He's a good kid. His dad died of ALS, so he's active in that charity. Grew up in eastern PA.
This ump fucking sucks. So did the game one home-plate ump. Oi! Does a hyphen count as an dash? Just kidding... : )
Ball's flying outtta there this eve.
Very nice shot, Swish!
Wow, that didn't look like it was going out, but it did.
Bam.
Ok, no more coming in to the righties.
Oh my. Gonna be a slugfest tonight?
Ah, that was just a hanger.
Well that's just odd.
That's what happens when you think middle of the field.
Jesus, the ball is really fucking carrying.
[30] Exactly. Virtue is restored, and the integrity of the game is recaptured from the depravity of all those home runs.
Robbie turns that.
[32] Exactly.
[32] Funny you should use the word "depravity." I was thinking "gluttony," which made me wonder if there's any correlation between economic boom and home run boom (1920s, 1990s... :)
In times of economic prosperity, we demand the long ball, in times of decline, we prefer more frugal, less ostentatious ways of getting by.
Someone should write that book. Ken Burns comes to mind. :)
[35] Hm, J. C. Bradbury? Although you want more of a sociologist than an economist.
And maybe you have the cause and effect backward. Maybe Babe Ruth actually caused the boom, and deadening the ball caused the Depression.
[36] *cracking up*
Indeed, maybe he did!
[36] All those home runs just made people feel good, confident, daring, brash, in short, created a nation of swaggering, voracious risk-takers!
[38] Right. And the Juicers of the 1990s subconsciously influenced bond traders, and 'artificially pumped up' the market in internet and tech stocks.
Ray Bradbury could write "The Sterling Chonicles." That would be interesting.
This umpire is a raging fucking douche bag!
[41] Reds announcers don't care for him either.
[39] :) You got it!
And why does this mf wait so long to call a strike?
Does Elias keept track of most pop outs for the last 4 games. Bah!
Always an adventure with Swish.
[45] You missed his terrific catch in the first game, though. He looked like a champ. (And a flake, too, but that goes without saying.)
Oops, I meant to refer to [46], not to [45].
[47] Ah, pity.
[49] Also Brett with another assist. Caught a runner at second before he could get back to tag up. (Dumb base running.) Rob had to make a good play on that one, too.
There must be highlights somewhere you can watch.
[50] Damn, really? Yeah, I should dig those up!
Yargh! stupid 10 second rain storm blocking Directv.
[50] That was young Jay Bruce. Cincinnati announcers roasted him for that one.
That's right, Jay Bruce. Or as I like to think of him, Jay "the" Bruce.
Shit.
I'm not enjoying this particular game.
I would just like to point out that the Yankees are in first place. Just saying. (And enjoy it, looks like it won't last long.)
I guess Gordon isn't the second coming of Aaron Small.
Well that bought us another three months of Boone Logan
Wow. Boone Logan actually getting lefties out.
Yanks being one-hit by Cueto.
[61] Thanks, was just about to ask "game summary please!"
[61] Not anymore.
[62] It's been all the long ball. Chris Heisey hit two homers, one with Paul Janish on second. Jonny Gomes hit one. Swish hit one.
Oh, hey, Rob's up to .297!
'Bout bloody time!
C'mon Robinson!
Everybody's safe!!
He dropped the ball! Well, he's a pitcher.
Piss poor defense.
I hate when guys swing at the first pitch in that spot.
Fuck!
Make the pitcher feel the pressure!
Ramiro Peña, ladies and gentlemen.
Damn it! You see if the guy's rattled from the error before you hack away!
OH MOTHERFUCKING COCKSUCKER MUCKER!
Oiks.
Great situation, and two pitches later, garbage.
I think that was as much on Votto as on Cueto. Cueto thought Votto was going to 2B.
I can't believe that just happened.
2 historically bad ABs.
Wow, Miggy Cairo is my age..why does he seem like the Sphinx?
[78] Well, to be perfectly frank, you do seem a little sphinxish.
Sphinxotic.
Miggy got the first multiyear contract in his long career from the Reds this year. Two years, two million. The most he ever got before was 1 year, 1 million. From the Yanks, of course.
I do like the looks of Noesi.
[79] You mean an eternal attraction, cryptic and wise with millions of people coming to see me? Or an old, cracked, broken-nosed rock in the desert that does nothing and just sits there?
Miguel Cairo has more stories than one can shake a stick at.
[83] The cryptic thing. Though maybe Chyll Will would be a better sphinx, come to think of it.
Yeah, most Double Headers are split, that's what they say.
Well, I did like being in first place this afternoon.
This game sucks.
[85] Hahah, yes Chyll often brings the cryptic wisdom!
Reds not a bad team, no shame losing this one. Not like we lost two straight to the Padres.
Noesi looka nogood right now. Shite!
Yanks being 2-hit.
[89] Make that 3 hits. Two courtesy of A-Rod.
Whew, that was a stinker.
We never did finish that discussion about pi, though I think that would be expected...