07/16: Red Sox Rout Yankees in Lopsided Affair
Posted by: Seamus
All Joe Torre and Yankee fans could do before last night's game at Fenway Park was hope that Tim Redding could pitch well enough and go deep enough into the game to at least give the Yankees a chance to stay in the ballgame. That didn't happen, though, as David Wells and the Red Sox gave the Yanks a 17-1 pounding to go back to 2.5 games ahead of the Yankees in the standings. Redding only pitched one full inning and came out with the bases loaded and nobody out in the 2nd. He gave up 6 earned runs on four hits. His problem, though, was that he could not throw the ball over the plate as he walked 4 batters. He actually recorded more walks than outs. Darrell May came in for relief and didn't do too much better as he also gave up 6 runs. This was the second time this season the Red Sox beat the Yankees by a margin of 16 runs, with both games ending with the score 17-1.
It was a tough one to swallow, but what could you really expect? I mean I wasn't thinking 17-1, but as soon as I heard we'd be throwing out Tim Redding last night to face David Wells it didn't look good. It looks like we might have to deal with this every 4th and 5th day for at least a week or two before Carl Pavano and Kevin Brown are ready to return.
On another note aside from pitching, it is clear now that Melky Cabrera just isn't ready for the Major League's yet. He made a horrible misjudgement in centerfield that allowed Trot Nixon to go all the way around the bases for an inside the park home run. He's got a rocket for an arm and will usually give us one decent at-bat each game, but he's just not ready yet. We obviously need to give him time. The guy is only 20 years old. I'm hoping that Joe Torre and Brian Cashman don't think that just because they brought up two guys from Columbus earlier this year who came up and surprised everyone they can fill any hole by going into their farm system. Cano and Wang were ready for the big leagues. Cabrera isn't yet.
I guess the only bright spots last night were Robinson Cano and Gary Sheffield, who had two hits each.
Today everyone will get to see the game as Randy Johnson will take on Matt Clement in an afternoon affair on FOX at 1 p.m. We're really going to need this one today and Randy Johnson has to step up because we still don't even have a pitcher for Sunday yet.
On a totally different note, I'd just like to throw in my favorite stat of the day: Former Yankee Mike Stanton balked in the winning run last night in his Nationals' debut before even throwing a pitch. In his last start with the Yankees, Orioles' 2B Brian Roberts put Stanton's first pitch in the stands for a walk off home run. So that means Stanton is now 0-2 with a total of one pitch thrown in his last two appearances.
It was a tough one to swallow, but what could you really expect? I mean I wasn't thinking 17-1, but as soon as I heard we'd be throwing out Tim Redding last night to face David Wells it didn't look good. It looks like we might have to deal with this every 4th and 5th day for at least a week or two before Carl Pavano and Kevin Brown are ready to return.
On another note aside from pitching, it is clear now that Melky Cabrera just isn't ready for the Major League's yet. He made a horrible misjudgement in centerfield that allowed Trot Nixon to go all the way around the bases for an inside the park home run. He's got a rocket for an arm and will usually give us one decent at-bat each game, but he's just not ready yet. We obviously need to give him time. The guy is only 20 years old. I'm hoping that Joe Torre and Brian Cashman don't think that just because they brought up two guys from Columbus earlier this year who came up and surprised everyone they can fill any hole by going into their farm system. Cano and Wang were ready for the big leagues. Cabrera isn't yet.
I guess the only bright spots last night were Robinson Cano and Gary Sheffield, who had two hits each.
Today everyone will get to see the game as Randy Johnson will take on Matt Clement in an afternoon affair on FOX at 1 p.m. We're really going to need this one today and Randy Johnson has to step up because we still don't even have a pitcher for Sunday yet.
On a totally different note, I'd just like to throw in my favorite stat of the day: Former Yankee Mike Stanton balked in the winning run last night in his Nationals' debut before even throwing a pitch. In his last start with the Yankees, Orioles' 2B Brian Roberts put Stanton's first pitch in the stands for a walk off home run. So that means Stanton is now 0-2 with a total of one pitch thrown in his last two appearances.
