07/07: Yankees vs. The Red Sox; 7/6/08
Posted by: James
What a game. What. A. Game. After all the gloom of the first two games, the Yankees ended up exactly where they were when starting the series (of course, with 4 less games to make their move).
The Yankees got on the board first with a solo A-Rod HR to left that tied him with Mickey Mantle on the all-time HR list. Next up, another HoF, 3 time MVP award winner named Mike Schmidt.
Joba Chamberlain took the mound for the Yankees and was cruising until the 5th innning. Before a single out was made, two straight singles put runners on first and second before a wild pitch walk scored a run. Joba then struck out Julio Lugo and Kevin Cash before Dustin Pedroia singled in two more runs to make the score 3-1. Joba then struck out J.D. Drew to end the inning.
The Yankees made the score 3-2 in the sixth when Brett Gardner singled and stole second base and then came around on a Derek Jeter single.
David Robertson came in for the 7th and wasn't at his sharpest. He gave up a single to Julio Lugo who took second on a Jeter throwing error. Lugo then came around to score on a Kevin Cash double that made the score 4-2.
In the bottom of the inning, the Yankees made their move as A-Rod and Jorge sandwiched a Giambi flyball out with singles to put men on first and third. Red hot Robbie Cano then tripled (thanks to a Coco Crisp throw that went oh, maybe 15 feet?) to tie the game. Of course, with a man on third and one out...Melky Cabrera didn't exactly endear himself further to Yankees fans by grounding out to Pedroia who came home for the easy out.
There was some intrigue in the top of the 9th when Sean Casey singled to start off the inning, was replaced by pinch runner Brandon Moss and was sacrificed over to second. At that point, Mo really bore down and got "All-Star" Jason Varitek (who may be a fantastic person but certainly does not deserve to be an All-Star this season) to ground out weakly before throwing 3 change-ups to strikeout Manny Ramirez, who might have been napping because he didn't lift the bat off his shoulders.
In the 10th, Robbie Cano led off with a single and took second on a Melky sac bunt. Pinch hitter Wilson Betemit, not exactly lighting it up with Yankees fans either, struck out before Brett Gardner stepped up to the plate. Gardner worked a long at-bat before getting a seeing eye single up the middle and right off the glove off Julio Lugo that scored the winning run.
The Yankees got on the board first with a solo A-Rod HR to left that tied him with Mickey Mantle on the all-time HR list. Next up, another HoF, 3 time MVP award winner named Mike Schmidt.
Joba Chamberlain took the mound for the Yankees and was cruising until the 5th innning. Before a single out was made, two straight singles put runners on first and second before a wild pitch walk scored a run. Joba then struck out Julio Lugo and Kevin Cash before Dustin Pedroia singled in two more runs to make the score 3-1. Joba then struck out J.D. Drew to end the inning.
The Yankees made the score 3-2 in the sixth when Brett Gardner singled and stole second base and then came around on a Derek Jeter single.
David Robertson came in for the 7th and wasn't at his sharpest. He gave up a single to Julio Lugo who took second on a Jeter throwing error. Lugo then came around to score on a Kevin Cash double that made the score 4-2.
In the bottom of the inning, the Yankees made their move as A-Rod and Jorge sandwiched a Giambi flyball out with singles to put men on first and third. Red hot Robbie Cano then tripled (thanks to a Coco Crisp throw that went oh, maybe 15 feet?) to tie the game. Of course, with a man on third and one out...Melky Cabrera didn't exactly endear himself further to Yankees fans by grounding out to Pedroia who came home for the easy out.
There was some intrigue in the top of the 9th when Sean Casey singled to start off the inning, was replaced by pinch runner Brandon Moss and was sacrificed over to second. At that point, Mo really bore down and got "All-Star" Jason Varitek (who may be a fantastic person but certainly does not deserve to be an All-Star this season) to ground out weakly before throwing 3 change-ups to strikeout Manny Ramirez, who might have been napping because he didn't lift the bat off his shoulders.
In the 10th, Robbie Cano led off with a single and took second on a Melky sac bunt. Pinch hitter Wilson Betemit, not exactly lighting it up with Yankees fans either, struck out before Brett Gardner stepped up to the plate. Gardner worked a long at-bat before getting a seeing eye single up the middle and right off the glove off Julio Lugo that scored the winning run.
