07/07: Yankees Lose in 13 to Angels, 2-1
Posted by: Patrick
I only watched the final half of the 13th inning. Down a run, Cano grounded out to start it off. Cairo came up with a big hit with 1 out and immediately stole second, getting right under Orlando Cabrera's tag. F-Rod then made a wild pitch (he looked pretty bad in the 13th), allowing Cairo to take 3rd. Johnny Damon worked a walk to make it 1st and 3rd for Melky. I don't really care what happened up to this point - Melky needs to just put a ball in the air here. Man on 3rd, 1 out. You have to score that guy. He doesn't and makes a terrible cut on a ball that hits the ground and he's out. It was ugly to watch. And it capped off a really ugly day for Melky where he went 1 for 6 with 5 (FIVE!) strikeouts, tying a Yankee record. Derek Jeter came up with 2 outs and put a ball up the middle, but Orlando Cabrera was in position to field it and ran to second to just beat Damon to the bag for the 3rd out. There goes our chance to go in with a winning record at the midway point.
Our defense put up 5 errors - 3 of which were committed by Miguel Cairo. Remarkably, the first 4 errors didn't help any runs to score. But, you keep making errors and eventually, they're going to get you. Cairo had a good day offensively (2 for 5, 2 stolen bases), but a terrible day with the glove. His final error helped the final run to be scored, making it an unearned run on Luis Vizcaino.
The other Angels run was scored way back, 10 innings ago, in the 3rd. We wasted an incredible start by the Rocket, who matched John Lackey all the way. Both pitchers threw 8 innings and allowed 5 hits and 1 run. Lackey had 11 K's and no walks (to Clemens 3 and 1). Mo came in and pitched 2 scoreless innings and Kyle Farnsworth pitched one after that. Scot Shields threw 3 scoreless for the Angels. After that, Vizcaino entered and pitched a scoreless 12th. He might have been able to get out of the 13th without the error, but who knows - he did allow a double to start the inning. Meanwhile, F-Rod pitched 2 scoreless to end it. Like I said, he didn't look good in the 13th, but he got out of it.
4 Yankees (Damon, Jeter, A-Rod and Cano) went hitless. Matsui was 1 for 4 with 1 run, a walk and a stolen base. Posada was 2 for 5 and Abreu was 1 for 5 with 1 RBI.
Our record in 1 run games is now 6-14. Tomorrow, we'll finish up the first half with Wang (8-4, 3.58) going against Ervin Santana (5-9, 5.35).
Our defense put up 5 errors - 3 of which were committed by Miguel Cairo. Remarkably, the first 4 errors didn't help any runs to score. But, you keep making errors and eventually, they're going to get you. Cairo had a good day offensively (2 for 5, 2 stolen bases), but a terrible day with the glove. His final error helped the final run to be scored, making it an unearned run on Luis Vizcaino.
The other Angels run was scored way back, 10 innings ago, in the 3rd. We wasted an incredible start by the Rocket, who matched John Lackey all the way. Both pitchers threw 8 innings and allowed 5 hits and 1 run. Lackey had 11 K's and no walks (to Clemens 3 and 1). Mo came in and pitched 2 scoreless innings and Kyle Farnsworth pitched one after that. Scot Shields threw 3 scoreless for the Angels. After that, Vizcaino entered and pitched a scoreless 12th. He might have been able to get out of the 13th without the error, but who knows - he did allow a double to start the inning. Meanwhile, F-Rod pitched 2 scoreless to end it. Like I said, he didn't look good in the 13th, but he got out of it.
4 Yankees (Damon, Jeter, A-Rod and Cano) went hitless. Matsui was 1 for 4 with 1 run, a walk and a stolen base. Posada was 2 for 5 and Abreu was 1 for 5 with 1 RBI.
Our record in 1 run games is now 6-14. Tomorrow, we'll finish up the first half with Wang (8-4, 3.58) going against Ervin Santana (5-9, 5.35).
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