With the Yankees playing on the West Coast it means Saturdays game started at about 4:00 pm East Coast time. I was interested in seeing how we would overcome yesterdays defeat. Andy Pettitte was on the mound which normally means good things for us. Although this year he has been struggling a bit. Coming into the game he was 4 and 3 coming of a stint on the disabled list. I always always try to watch him pitch. Hes one of my favorites and I love the glare over the glove. In fact I use the glare when I'm bowling! I glare at the pins. GRRR watch out pins!!! Although Andy has struggled throughout his career against Seattle. At 12-13 the M's are the only American league team he has a losing record against. Saturday was different He looked focused. Waiting on every batter to step in the batters box on every pitch. And early on he was dealing. Getting a lot of ground outs. Andy's final line was 7 1/3 inning pitched gave up only 3 hits and the lone run of the game for the Mariners. He had 6 strikeouts. It was a historic day for Andy earning his 250th career win. 213 with the Yankees. Sadly, though I don't think he will reach the magic number of 300.
Offensively the Yankees scored in the first inning like they did in Fridays game. Second baseman Robinson Cano drove in the games first run when he drove Mark Teixera in. Cano now has 40 RBIs on the season. In the fourth inning Seattle got on the board. The Yankees quickly answered in the top of the fifth when Jayson Nix drove in the first of two RBIs on the day. Brett Gardner had two doubles on the day and was 3 for 5. The Yankees left a lot of guys on base. I think at my last count there were at least 8. In Fridays game I made note we were just missing pitches. Today though we were making better contact. Vernon Wells who had been struggling the past few games had 2 hits. Maybe hes starting to find his groove. On another note. The Seattle crowd gave a standing ovation to their rookie catcher Bantz it was his first career at bat in the bigs. He struck out going 0-2.
The score was 3-1 going into the 9th after David Robertson made the 8th a little interesting. The 9 that means one man. Mariano Rivera. Hes having a solid year blowing one save which came against the Mets. Rivera faced 5 batters and the Mariners had 1st and 2nd with one out. Rivera struck out the side to save his 22 on the year. Rivera has 36 saves VS the M's. I don't know if I will be able to do a Yankees recap tomorrow. NASCAR is on at about the same time. Although maybe ill record the gamegame and watch
Saturday, June 8, 2013
Game 2 vs Seattle
This is just an experiment!!!I don't even know how to start this! These are based on my notes from the game. Riding a four game win streak which saw the Yankees sweep the Indians and put up a 6 run 3rd inning in the previous nights game the Yankees looked to keep the streak alive. Hiroki Kuroda verses Jeremy Bonderman. Both pitchers were entering the game with high ERAs. Bonderman was lite up by the Twins in his first start of the season and Kuroda didn't have a decision in his previous three starts. Entering the game New York was 25-3 when they scored first.
The game started off fast for the Yanks when Brett Gardner smacked the ball to the outfield and with his blazing speed he ended up with a double. Cano drew a walk and Bonderman hadn't thrown a strike yet! But, given this was his second game coming off two separate injuries one of which was Tommy John surgery it was understandable. The Yanks scored first when Travis Hafner knocked in his 29th RBI of the season giving the Yankees the lead. Watching this game brought back memories of watching "The Kid" Ken Griffey Jr. play. Back in the mid to late 90's. As I sat here watching it seemed to me we were just missing some pitches. Both pitchers were throwing a lot of pitches. We just couldn't connect the way we needed too. Early on Kuroda was dealing. His pitch count into the 4th inning was 66. that seems kind of high to me. There was an interesting question posed on the YES network...Which four hitters would you put on the Mount Rushmore of baseball? TOUGH!!!! I went with Derek Jeter, Ted Williams, Mickey Mantle and Ken Griffey Jr. Although Griffey Jr was plagued by injuries I still think he was naturally talented. Seattle's big inning came in the 4th. 6 straight batters reached base and Kuroda would be gotten out quicker had a ground ball not hit 2nd base causing it to bounce up into the air and away from.. Cano I believe. Seattle had bases loaded twice in that inning. So we were fortunate to get out only down 4-1.
The announcers kept saying if the M's bullpen get into the game maybe we could muster some opportunities. Bonderman was cruising. At one stretch in the game he had retired 9 in a row!! He ended the game having thrown 96 pitches through 6 innings. His final line was 6 IP{ innings pitched} 1 earned run, giving up 3 hits and walking one batter back in the 1st. Great performance! Meanwhile, Kuroda was settling down and although he had given up the 4 runs we were still in the game..Kurodas pitch count was at 110
The game started off fast for the Yanks when Brett Gardner smacked the ball to the outfield and with his blazing speed he ended up with a double. Cano drew a walk and Bonderman hadn't thrown a strike yet! But, given this was his second game coming off two separate injuries one of which was Tommy John surgery it was understandable. The Yanks scored first when Travis Hafner knocked in his 29th RBI of the season giving the Yankees the lead. Watching this game brought back memories of watching "The Kid" Ken Griffey Jr. play. Back in the mid to late 90's. As I sat here watching it seemed to me we were just missing some pitches. Both pitchers were throwing a lot of pitches. We just couldn't connect the way we needed too. Early on Kuroda was dealing. His pitch count into the 4th inning was 66. that seems kind of high to me. There was an interesting question posed on the YES network...Which four hitters would you put on the Mount Rushmore of baseball? TOUGH!!!! I went with Derek Jeter, Ted Williams, Mickey Mantle and Ken Griffey Jr. Although Griffey Jr was plagued by injuries I still think he was naturally talented. Seattle's big inning came in the 4th. 6 straight batters reached base and Kuroda would be gotten out quicker had a ground ball not hit 2nd base causing it to bounce up into the air and away from.. Cano I believe. Seattle had bases loaded twice in that inning. So we were fortunate to get out only down 4-1.
The announcers kept saying if the M's bullpen get into the game maybe we could muster some opportunities. Bonderman was cruising. At one stretch in the game he had retired 9 in a row!! He ended the game having thrown 96 pitches through 6 innings. His final line was 6 IP{ innings pitched} 1 earned run, giving up 3 hits and walking one batter back in the 1st. Great performance! Meanwhile, Kuroda was settling down and although he had given up the 4 runs we were still in the game..Kurodas pitch count was at 110
a new idea...
Hello Everybody! Yikes! Its been awhile! Go ahead and yell at me. I deserve it. Theres really no rhyme or reason as to why I haven't posted in over a month. Especially because work is slower than a snails crawl. I'm sitting in the middle of a four day weekend and rainy weather so its not like I'm busy.
So I've been toying with an idea. No its not original. Ive been thinking a lot lately about starting my own sports page on Facebook and my own sports blog page on here as well. Id mainly cover NASCAR, Yankees games, Bills games and WWE. Although I've thought about asking Eros if he'd like to do some wrestling post. Like post Raw and Smackdown. And pay-per-views. I'm not really sure where to start though. Plus working second shift makes it kind of hard to get home at 1 am and stay awake for a three and a half hour baseball game. It'd be a cool idea though. Post opinions and possibly video highlights. I dunno though it'll be a huge undertaking. Just on last nights game alone I had 3 plus pages of notes!!! Maybe ill post a blog after this one as an experiment and see if I like it. Anyways that's my idea. Like I said not original but id be something id like to do because I love sports! And man ill tell ya..I love the YES network!!! Its the only reason I switched to DIRECTV and its worth every penny. Alright, I know this is short but, I'm gonna post another blog about last nights game... Thanks for reading and any feed back would be great!!!
So I've been toying with an idea. No its not original. Ive been thinking a lot lately about starting my own sports page on Facebook and my own sports blog page on here as well. Id mainly cover NASCAR, Yankees games, Bills games and WWE. Although I've thought about asking Eros if he'd like to do some wrestling post. Like post Raw and Smackdown. And pay-per-views. I'm not really sure where to start though. Plus working second shift makes it kind of hard to get home at 1 am and stay awake for a three and a half hour baseball game. It'd be a cool idea though. Post opinions and possibly video highlights. I dunno though it'll be a huge undertaking. Just on last nights game alone I had 3 plus pages of notes!!! Maybe ill post a blog after this one as an experiment and see if I like it. Anyways that's my idea. Like I said not original but id be something id like to do because I love sports! And man ill tell ya..I love the YES network!!! Its the only reason I switched to DIRECTV and its worth every penny. Alright, I know this is short but, I'm gonna post another blog about last nights game... Thanks for reading and any feed back would be great!!!
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