Oof. Pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and try it again. Andy Pettitte makes his debut for the Yankees today, who hope to distance themselves from yesterday’s dismal outing while facing Edwin Jackson and the Rays, who find themselves sitting atop the AL East with the Orioles. Huh.
Comment away..
| Tampa Bay Rays | |
| A. Iwamura 2b | .308 |
| C. Crawford lf | .286 |
| C. Pena 1b | .250 |
| B.J. Upton cf | .364 |
| J. Gomes rf | .000 |
| W. Aybar 3b | .143 |
| J. Bartlett ss | .167 |
| S. Riggans c | .500 |
| E. Johnson dh | .000 |
| E. Jackson | 0.0 |
| New York Yankees | |
| J. Damon cf | .143 |
| D. Jeter ss | .286 |
| B. Abreu rf | .462 |
| A. Rodriguez 3b | .286 |
| J. Giambi dh | .091 |
| R. Cano 2b | .067 |
| J. Posada c | .000 |
| H. Matsui lf | .250 |
| S. Duncan 1b | .000 |
| A. Pettitte | 0.0 |
Wow. Crappy *D*-Ray baserunning
Pettitte survives a scare.
damon bases loaded. what’s happeneing? I”m at work, trying to follow on gameday
hey guys. been awhile…
bases loaded, eh? right on. c’mon JD, make it happen.
Uggg…Damon pops out…How about a sacrifice fly Johnny?
2 down, it’s up to jeter.
misses on a 90mph slider… bummer.
2 chances with bases loaded and a second year pitcher on the mound…nothing.
nice play by shelley… throws it into LF.
Ummmm…..
Gift call there, Pena was safe. Take advantage, Andy!
jeter gets the out at 2nd on the slow chopper, but a run scores. looks like he might have been safe, but i’m not complaining.
ugh. sac fly scores another.
Rios. Hate.
Wrong tab, sorry.
Andy picks off Johnson. HA! He’s looked pretty decent so far, but it would be nice to, you know, actually get him some run support…
Wow. That new D-Rays stadium looks liek it’ll be beautiful.
this game is a struggle to follow…
but bruney looked great. so we’ve got that.
back-to-back singles to lead off the 8th.
Uh oh, Yankees rallying…
Back to back to BACK singles! Bases loaded with 0 outs.
What’d I tell you, YM? ;-)
make that three in a row. juiced for robby, no outs.
robby Ks, but posada comes through with the 2-run single.
6-3 TB
Cano you lousy SOB, stop sucking and earn me some fantasy points!
Reyes out for a 4-out save.
What a giant tease.
Through 5 games, Yankee pen looks pretty good (sans Hawkins and Farns, obv).
That was frustrating.
Glad for two, and only two, things:
A: FOX blackout (first time I’ve been glad for that)
B: Stuck at work today anyway (always glad to have a job)
I have yet to watch a regglar season game live this year; it’s all been DVR which feels like cheating (not in a Patriot-sort-of-way, but those advertisers need my eyeballs I’m told). Maybe tomorrow, we’ll see.
Yankee pen looks pretty good (sans Hawkins and Farns, obv).
Not to bait, but isn’t this like saying, “The Sox lineup looks pretty good (except for Ortiz and Ramirez).” If those two are the “except for,” that doesn’t sound good to me…
I know, Paul. But i don’t think either Hawk or Kyle are as critical for Yankees success as Manny and Ortiz are for for the Sox’.
Farnsworth and Hawkins arent nearly as important to the success of the Yankees as Ortiz and Manny are for the Sox. That said, id be surprised if both Farnsworth or Hawkins are on the team come September. If these guys pitch like they have over the past few seasons, they will force the yankees hand to trade or DFA at least one of them.
I like the rest of the parts of the pen and the options coming up from Scranton. It is too early to say they are good enough to last the season.