09/29: Juan Miranda Turns Walk-Off Hero After Solid Burnett Outing
Posted by: Patrick
A.J. Burnett logged his third consecutive solid start and Juan Miranda played ninth inning hero as the Yankees topped the Royals, 4-3.
Burnett went 6.1 innings, allowing 2 runs (1 earned) over 3 hits and 3 walks while striking out 8. His ERA in his last 3 starts is 1.89. Not a huge sample, but we'll certainly take it.
In just his 5th career start, Anthony Lerew held the Yankees scoreless through 5 innings. The team finally got on the board in the sixth, when Mark Teixeira hit a solo home run to tie the game at one.
In the sixth, however, Phil Coke would not have his best inning. After Burnett walked a batter and retired one, Coke was called and Alex Gordon reached on a bunt single back to the pitcher. The next hitter, Josh Anderson, hit the ball back to Coke and he made a throwing error, allowing a run to score and the runners to move to second and third. Would you believe? Yes, another ball hit to Coke by Mitch Maier. He got the out at first, but the runner scored at home. Finally, someone - in this case, Yuniesky Betancourt - hit the ball away from Coke. It was a ground ball to A-Rod, who took care of it and the inning was over.
A.J. Burnett logged his third consecutive solid start and Juan Miranda played ninth inning hero as the Yankees topped the Royals, 4-3.
Burnett went 6.1 innings, allowing 2 runs (1 earned) over 3 hits and 3 walks while striking out 8. His ERA in his last 3 starts is 1.89. Not a huge sample, but we'll certainly take it.
In just his 5th career start, Anthony Lerew held the Yankees scoreless through 5 innings. The team finally got on the board in the sixth, when Mark Teixeira hit a solo home run to tie the game at one.
In the sixth, however, Phil Coke would not have his best inning. After Burnett walked a batter and retired one, Coke was called and Alex Gordon reached on a bunt single back to the pitcher. The next hitter, Josh Anderson, hit the ball back to Coke and he made a throwing error, allowing a run to score and the runners to move to second and third. Would you believe? Yes, another ball hit to Coke by Mitch Maier. He got the out at first, but the runner scored at home. Finally, someone - in this case, Yuniesky Betancourt - hit the ball away from Coke. It was a ground ball to A-Rod, who took care of it and the inning was over.
To lead off the seventh, Nick Swisher belted one to deep center, narrowing the margin to 2. In the eighth, David Robertson saw his first action since September. After a strike out and a ground out, he walked a hitter and Brian Bruney was brought in. He allowed a single, but that would be all. With a host of defensive replacements in, Bruney pitched a scoreless ninth, helped by a 5-6-3 double play. A-Rod to Jeter to Teixeira? No way. Hairston Jr. to Pena to Miranda.
But, the Yankees weren't done yet as Kyle Farnsworth entered for the bottom of the ninth. After a Brett Gardner strike out, Francisco Cervelli singled. Eric Hinske was sent up to pinch hit for Ramiro Pena and delivered a single to put runners on the corners. Cano did his job next, driving in Cervelli on a sacrifice fly - Hinske would move to third on a throwing error.
The Royals elected to intentionally walk Johnny Damon and then allowed him to go to second on fielder's indifference. This set the stage for Juan Miranda, who delivered a walk-off RBI single, scoring Hinske and pushing the Yankees to 102-56. Bruney improved to 5-0, as well.
Mark Teixeira was the only Yankee with more than 1 hit. This included Derek Jeter, who is now at 208 hits for the season. This is second only to his 219 in 1999 when he hit .349. He's got 8 less games under his belt than he finished with that season and only 4 games remaining.
Both Jeter and Mariano Rivera were honored before the game and presented with paintings. The Yankees gave Jeter home plate and first base from the night when he surpassed Lou Gehrig for most hits as a Yankee. They also gave him the two seats he collided with when he made that memorable leap into the stands against the Red Sox in 2004, along with the "I want to thank the Good Lord for making me a Yankee." sign from the old stadium. Meanwhile, Mo is now the proud owner of the bullpen bench from the old stadium and the pitching rubber from Citi Field, when he collected save number 500. Cool stuff.
Tomorrow at 7:05 PM ET, Joba Chamberlain (9-6, 4.72) gets the start against Robinson Tejada (4-2, 3.41) of the Royals.
Burnett went 6.1 innings, allowing 2 runs (1 earned) over 3 hits and 3 walks while striking out 8. His ERA in his last 3 starts is 1.89. Not a huge sample, but we'll certainly take it.
In just his 5th career start, Anthony Lerew held the Yankees scoreless through 5 innings. The team finally got on the board in the sixth, when Mark Teixeira hit a solo home run to tie the game at one.
In the sixth, however, Phil Coke would not have his best inning. After Burnett walked a batter and retired one, Coke was called and Alex Gordon reached on a bunt single back to the pitcher. The next hitter, Josh Anderson, hit the ball back to Coke and he made a throwing error, allowing a run to score and the runners to move to second and third. Would you believe? Yes, another ball hit to Coke by Mitch Maier. He got the out at first, but the runner scored at home. Finally, someone - in this case, Yuniesky Betancourt - hit the ball away from Coke. It was a ground ball to A-Rod, who took care of it and the inning was over.
A.J. Burnett logged his third consecutive solid start and Juan Miranda played ninth inning hero as the Yankees topped the Royals, 4-3.
Burnett went 6.1 innings, allowing 2 runs (1 earned) over 3 hits and 3 walks while striking out 8. His ERA in his last 3 starts is 1.89. Not a huge sample, but we'll certainly take it.
In just his 5th career start, Anthony Lerew held the Yankees scoreless through 5 innings. The team finally got on the board in the sixth, when Mark Teixeira hit a solo home run to tie the game at one.
In the sixth, however, Phil Coke would not have his best inning. After Burnett walked a batter and retired one, Coke was called and Alex Gordon reached on a bunt single back to the pitcher. The next hitter, Josh Anderson, hit the ball back to Coke and he made a throwing error, allowing a run to score and the runners to move to second and third. Would you believe? Yes, another ball hit to Coke by Mitch Maier. He got the out at first, but the runner scored at home. Finally, someone - in this case, Yuniesky Betancourt - hit the ball away from Coke. It was a ground ball to A-Rod, who took care of it and the inning was over.
To lead off the seventh, Nick Swisher belted one to deep center, narrowing the margin to 2. In the eighth, David Robertson saw his first action since September. After a strike out and a ground out, he walked a hitter and Brian Bruney was brought in. He allowed a single, but that would be all. With a host of defensive replacements in, Bruney pitched a scoreless ninth, helped by a 5-6-3 double play. A-Rod to Jeter to Teixeira? No way. Hairston Jr. to Pena to Miranda.
But, the Yankees weren't done yet as Kyle Farnsworth entered for the bottom of the ninth. After a Brett Gardner strike out, Francisco Cervelli singled. Eric Hinske was sent up to pinch hit for Ramiro Pena and delivered a single to put runners on the corners. Cano did his job next, driving in Cervelli on a sacrifice fly - Hinske would move to third on a throwing error.
The Royals elected to intentionally walk Johnny Damon and then allowed him to go to second on fielder's indifference. This set the stage for Juan Miranda, who delivered a walk-off RBI single, scoring Hinske and pushing the Yankees to 102-56. Bruney improved to 5-0, as well.
Mark Teixeira was the only Yankee with more than 1 hit. This included Derek Jeter, who is now at 208 hits for the season. This is second only to his 219 in 1999 when he hit .349. He's got 8 less games under his belt than he finished with that season and only 4 games remaining.
Both Jeter and Mariano Rivera were honored before the game and presented with paintings. The Yankees gave Jeter home plate and first base from the night when he surpassed Lou Gehrig for most hits as a Yankee. They also gave him the two seats he collided with when he made that memorable leap into the stands against the Red Sox in 2004, along with the "I want to thank the Good Lord for making me a Yankee." sign from the old stadium. Meanwhile, Mo is now the proud owner of the bullpen bench from the old stadium and the pitching rubber from Citi Field, when he collected save number 500. Cool stuff.
Tomorrow at 7:05 PM ET, Joba Chamberlain (9-6, 4.72) gets the start against Robinson Tejada (4-2, 3.41) of the Royals.
