07/04: Way to Ruin the Holiday: Yankees Lose to Sox, Damon Injured
Posted by: Patrick
OK, so the holiday isn't actually ruined. I had a great lunch, spent time with the family, got some work done. But, it would have been a bit better had the Yankees won and Johnny Damon not been injured.
Let's tackle the game. The Sox won 6-4. The scoring was done in 4 frames, 3 times coming in 3's. The Red Sox scored 3 in the 3rd and the 5th. The Yankees scored 3 in the 1st. And then added 1 in the 9th.
The game started on the right note for us. If you score 3 runs in the first inning off Josh Beckett, things are looking good. A-Rod drove in Johnny Damon and Bobby Abreu with an RBI double and, on the throw in, he advanced to third, setting up a Jason Giambi sac fly.
Damon wouldn't see much more action as he was injured attempting a leaping catch at the wall. He got the ball in his glove, but dropped it and went down. He left the game and Peter Abraham reported that he had an MRI and has a sprained AC joint (shoulder). He's day to day.
The first inning was an indication of what the rest of the game would not be like, as the Red Sox pitchers (Beckett for 6, Hideki Okajima for 2/3, Manny Delcarmen for 2/3, Javier Lopez for 2/3 and Jonathan Papelbon for 1) help the Yankees to exactly 0 runs on 2 hits for the next 7 innings. We'll get to the ninth in a sec.
The Red Sox got all of their runs off of Rasner, who lasted 5 innings, allowing 10 hits and 3 walks. The newly promoted Billy Traber pitched a scoreless inning, as did Jose Veras (whose ERA is now down to 2.63).
Farnsworth came out to pitch the 8th and faced one batter, Julio Lugo, who was safe on an error by A-Rod. And then the game was delayed, thanks to the persistent rain. By the time play was resumed, Farnsworth wasn't going back out. Edwar Ramirez entered and pitched beautifully, pitching 2 scoreless and striking out 3 while allowing no hits or walks.
The Yankees did make a 2 out run in the ninth, but it was too little, too late. Melky led off by fouling out to the catcher and Wilson Betemit flied out to center. Brett Gardner, in for the injured Damon, walked and Derek Jeter came up and doubled him home to bring the game within one swing of a tie. Unfortunately, it would end there, as Bobby Abreu flew out to center.
Tomorrow, Mike Mussina (10-6, 3.87 ERA) goes against Justin Masterson (4-2, 3.75) at 3:55 PM ET.
Let's tackle the game. The Sox won 6-4. The scoring was done in 4 frames, 3 times coming in 3's. The Red Sox scored 3 in the 3rd and the 5th. The Yankees scored 3 in the 1st. And then added 1 in the 9th.
The game started on the right note for us. If you score 3 runs in the first inning off Josh Beckett, things are looking good. A-Rod drove in Johnny Damon and Bobby Abreu with an RBI double and, on the throw in, he advanced to third, setting up a Jason Giambi sac fly.
Damon wouldn't see much more action as he was injured attempting a leaping catch at the wall. He got the ball in his glove, but dropped it and went down. He left the game and Peter Abraham reported that he had an MRI and has a sprained AC joint (shoulder). He's day to day.
The first inning was an indication of what the rest of the game would not be like, as the Red Sox pitchers (Beckett for 6, Hideki Okajima for 2/3, Manny Delcarmen for 2/3, Javier Lopez for 2/3 and Jonathan Papelbon for 1) help the Yankees to exactly 0 runs on 2 hits for the next 7 innings. We'll get to the ninth in a sec.
The Red Sox got all of their runs off of Rasner, who lasted 5 innings, allowing 10 hits and 3 walks. The newly promoted Billy Traber pitched a scoreless inning, as did Jose Veras (whose ERA is now down to 2.63).
Farnsworth came out to pitch the 8th and faced one batter, Julio Lugo, who was safe on an error by A-Rod. And then the game was delayed, thanks to the persistent rain. By the time play was resumed, Farnsworth wasn't going back out. Edwar Ramirez entered and pitched beautifully, pitching 2 scoreless and striking out 3 while allowing no hits or walks.
The Yankees did make a 2 out run in the ninth, but it was too little, too late. Melky led off by fouling out to the catcher and Wilson Betemit flied out to center. Brett Gardner, in for the injured Damon, walked and Derek Jeter came up and doubled him home to bring the game within one swing of a tie. Unfortunately, it would end there, as Bobby Abreu flew out to center.
Tomorrow, Mike Mussina (10-6, 3.87 ERA) goes against Justin Masterson (4-2, 3.75) at 3:55 PM ET.
