04/25: Yankees @ White Sox; 4/25/08
Posted by: James
Yeesh. A wholly unsatisfying ending to a frustrating game. No, I'm not talking about the Flyers game (though in Philly, it's all you hear about this morning...).
First off, the game was delayed for 34 minutes. When it finally did start, Phil Hughes pitched and went put up zeroes in the 2 innings he pitched before the rains came again, resulting in 51-minute delay. After the delay, Ross Ohlendorf came on and after a scoreless third inning, he gave up 5 run in the fourth. It was actually pretty brutal to watch. With one out, it went like this; single, walk, single, single, double, fielder's choice to Ensberg who went home to try to get the out (no dice), fly out, double, ground out. 5-3 Chicago.
The Yankees had scored their runs in the 3rd when Giambi, Cabrera and Damon loaded the bases with one out. A sac fly from Jeter brought one home and a Bobby Abreu double plated two more (including his 1000th RBI). In an exact opposite of last year, you have to be asking yourself...where would this team be right now without Bobby Abreu's clutch hitting?
Latroy Hawkins came in for the fifth and gave up a HR to Thome, his 513th career home run (moving him past Ernie Banks and Eddie Matthews for 19th on the all-time list).
The score remained 6-3 until the sixth when Jason Giambi (who looks to be heating up...) doubled and El Leche followed with a 2-run jack. That was Melky's, who is now tied for the Yankee lead in HRs, 4th of the year. The Yanks then tied the game in the next inning when with two out, Bobby Abreu singled and Matsui walked putting runners on first and second for Morgan Ensberg who came through with a RBI single.
The Yankees did have a chance to win the game in the top half of the ninth with men on first and second with one out. However Bobby Jenks came in to face pinch-hitter Jorge Posada and got him to bounce into a double play to end the inning. In the bottom half of the ninth, Joba came on for his second inning of relief work and was hit pretty hard. A.J. had a loud out to center before Carlos doubled off the left-field wall to put a runner on second for Joe Crede, who promptly singled to left-center, winning the game for the sox (and giving Joba his first ML loss).
First off, the game was delayed for 34 minutes. When it finally did start, Phil Hughes pitched and went put up zeroes in the 2 innings he pitched before the rains came again, resulting in 51-minute delay. After the delay, Ross Ohlendorf came on and after a scoreless third inning, he gave up 5 run in the fourth. It was actually pretty brutal to watch. With one out, it went like this; single, walk, single, single, double, fielder's choice to Ensberg who went home to try to get the out (no dice), fly out, double, ground out. 5-3 Chicago.
The Yankees had scored their runs in the 3rd when Giambi, Cabrera and Damon loaded the bases with one out. A sac fly from Jeter brought one home and a Bobby Abreu double plated two more (including his 1000th RBI). In an exact opposite of last year, you have to be asking yourself...where would this team be right now without Bobby Abreu's clutch hitting?
Latroy Hawkins came in for the fifth and gave up a HR to Thome, his 513th career home run (moving him past Ernie Banks and Eddie Matthews for 19th on the all-time list).
The score remained 6-3 until the sixth when Jason Giambi (who looks to be heating up...) doubled and El Leche followed with a 2-run jack. That was Melky's, who is now tied for the Yankee lead in HRs, 4th of the year. The Yanks then tied the game in the next inning when with two out, Bobby Abreu singled and Matsui walked putting runners on first and second for Morgan Ensberg who came through with a RBI single.
The Yankees did have a chance to win the game in the top half of the ninth with men on first and second with one out. However Bobby Jenks came in to face pinch-hitter Jorge Posada and got him to bounce into a double play to end the inning. In the bottom half of the ninth, Joba came on for his second inning of relief work and was hit pretty hard. A.J. had a loud out to center before Carlos doubled off the left-field wall to put a runner on second for Joe Crede, who promptly singled to left-center, winning the game for the sox (and giving Joba his first ML loss).
