C.C. Sabathia looks to bounce back from giving up five home runs in one game. Don’t Tell A Soul but five dingers in one start is not all that rare thing in baseball: three other pitchers have done it this year. Heck, Tim Wakefield once gave up six and won the game, so Let It Be. More importantly, C.C. looks All Shook Down from 12 runs given up in his last 14 innings.
Brian Duensing is on the mound for the TCTs. He opened his season against the Yankees, picking up a no-decision in the Twins victory.
ARod is in Minnesota but is not in the lineup tonight. In completely unrelated news, Prince, Paul Westerberg, Grant Hart, Winona Ryder, and Garrison Keillor are among the North Star State luminaries attending a no limit deuce to seven draw Hootenanny at a private country club on the shores of Lake Minnetonka.
Purify yourself and comment away.
| NY Yankees | |
| D. Jeter ss | .290 |
| C. Granderson cf | .277 |
| M. Teixeira 1b | .247 |
| R. Cano 2b | .306 |
| N. Swisher dh | .269 |
| A. Jones rf | .238 |
| E. Nunez 3b | .263 |
| F. Cervelli c | .245 |
| B. Gardner lf | .284 |
| C. Sabathia | 2.93 |
| Minnesota | |
| B. Revere cf | .253 |
| T. Plouffe 2b | .206 |
| J. Mauer rf | .281 |
| J. Morneau 1b | .226 |
| J. Thome dh | .259 |
| D. Valencia 3b | .244 |
| R. Tosoni lf | .215 |
| T. Nishioka ss | .214 |
| D. Butera c | .167 |
| B. Duensing | 4.53 |
CC has lost it…he is getting pounded.
Game.
1st place was nice while it lasted.
Now we suck again.
All home runs against the Yankees are now tape-measured shots.
Home run overturned…
Regardless, CC looks bad.
Wow. I had to do that “enter the letters” thing for my post. My random letters were “fuckv”
We got out of the inning unscathed, though Sabathia can’t be feeling good about it. Too many hard hit balls.
And the genius of Ron Gardenhire is now moot as he stomps back into the clubhouse.
Morneau strikes out.
Heheh.
Jones hits the ball 400 feet for an out. That sucks.
Jones couldn’t hit that any farther without having to get it reviewed.
Wait. Since when is Joe Mauer a right fielder?
I read online that a call-up missed a flight, and everyone else is hurt.
Yankees are testing Mauer in the field by popping out to him.
Yeah, they just explained it right after I asked.
People keep talking about Mauer’s power outage, but he’s never been a power hitter other than his ridiculous 2009 season. Unrealistic expectations. He’s a Wade Boggs type hitter.
Gardner flies to right, Nunez tags and scores. 1-0.
Or not.
1-0.
:)
Another freaking line drive. CC is not missing bats.
Luckily, Jim Thome runs like Jorge Posada carrying David Wells.
If CC continues to struggle…we are screwed.
1-1.
Fading fast.
Darkness. Dispair.
.157 hitter steps to the plate against CC…
Just closing my eyes and thinking of a happy place.
1-2.
Game.
We always lose games in bunches…
Granderson with the very strange 8-6 fc.. another run scores.
Grandy with a triple.. that’s the third base hit off a Twins’ glove.
Tex smash puny ball!!!
Teixeira took the umps out of the formula there.
TEX BOMB. 3-2.
:)
That was much better.
Yeah, he’s looking much better now.
Sweet swing Swisher swats sphere so swell.
And Jones makes it back-to-back.
No alliteration this time.
Wow. That was a bomb.
434 feet. 3rd deck.
434 feet, they just said.
Yep. A bomb indeed.
Another scoreless inning for CC. He really got it together.
ag, I do need to commend you for name-dropping Replacements albums up there. Clever lad.
CC is DEALING now…just struck out Thome with a 96 mph heater. Nice.
I hate the “neighborhood” calls at 2nd…
6-3. Why?
Slow clap for Nunez.
For fuck’s sake, kid…
Nunez. HUGE error. Blows a double play.
Bases loaded with no outs.
6-3.
About to lose #2 in a row and fall back to 2nd place.
Vomit.
6-4.
2 outs.
Come on CC. 1 more.
Thome.
Thome can still hit it. Don’t play around here..
98 mph ball…
Thank God Thome’s run as as slow as my walk with an injured knee.
CANO WITH THE DIVING SHIFT PLAY. 3 outs.
6-4 after 7.
Whew.
More runs. Now.
is*
Jeter still has the wheels…beat out an infield single. 2 hits tonight.
First base umpire wants Jeter to get to .300, and gives him the infield single.
Thanks, Dusty.. love the mats.
Cano bunting, leading off in the top of the ninth.
I just tasted some sick in my mouth.
I got hooked on The Replacements while reading Our Band Could Be Your Life. That book redeemed the 80’s for me.
Yanks win! Nice recovery for Sabathia tonight after an absolutely shitty start to the game.
Awesome! Yanks win, AG gets me hooked on an all-day search for great Replacements concerts on the internets.
That was a particulalry satisfying game for some reason. I think the fact that CC made a mid-game adjustment (right after Cervelli visited the mound I think) that seemed to right whatever went wrong with him in the previous couple of starts and in the first 2 innings yesterday was a big part of it as was the fact that everyone seemed to have a good night last night (Jeter again, Granderson again, Teix, Swish, Jones, Nunez, Cano, Cervelli), including great baserunning by Nunez and some highlight-reel defense by Teix and Cano. Anyway, hopefully the rest of the rotation can follow CC’s lead now as they were pretty bad to a man the last time through and have been simply bailed out by an offensive juggernaut and superb bullpen. Speaking of which, David Robertson is ridiculously good right now. He has been all season, but now he no longer seems to walk as many guys before shutting down the other team. He looks as much like a potential heir to Mariano as we’ve seen, esp. with his own impressive cutter, his incredibly high K-rate, which is more classic-closer than Mo’s contact-pitcher style, and his unflappable demeanor. Of course, Robertson needs to contiune this in the post-season and next year to qualify, but he certainly looks the part.
Beating the Twins is especially nice because my company is headquartered in downtown Minny. I work with many Twinkie fans. :)