05/07: Pettitte Tops Carmona, But Joba's Human and Yanks Lose to Indians
Posted by: Patrick
Usually, when your offense scored 3 runs in 5 innings, that wouldn't be looked at as great. But, when the pitcher you are facing is the Indians' young star, Fausto Carmona, it looks pretty good. Coming into the game, Carmona was 3-1 with a 2.60 ERA.
The Yankees made him pitch, leading to five walks. They also collected six hits in the five innings of work. He threw 95 pitches before exiting the game, down 3-2.
Andy Pettitte outpitched Carmona in this one, going 6.1 innings and allowing 2 earned runs on 5 hits and 1 walk. Kyle Farnsworth pitched the final two outs of the seventh. Guess what time it is? JoMo time!
Unfortunately, it didn't go as we are now used to it going. Joba didn't have it. Call it rust, call it whatever... he was called to do a job and he's human. It was bound to happen and it's going to happen. Anyway, it went like this: walk, sacrifice of runner to second, walk, fly out, pitch hit home run and strike out.
Of course, he almost got out of it as that home run came with two outs. It came off the bat of former Yankee David Dellucci. And, just like that, the Yankees went from a 3-2 lead to a 5-3 deficit.
Even though the offense got Carmona out after just five, they struggled with the bullpen, collecting just 2 hits and 1 walk over the final four frames. The collective of Rafael Perez, Jensen Lewis and Rafael Betancourt kept the bats quiet. Jose Veras pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for the Yanks.
Hideki Matsui is hot. He went 3 for 3, extending his hit streak to 15 games, scored a run and walked. He's hitting .342. Jeter was 1 for 4 with a run and a walk, Abreu was 0 for 3 with 2 walks, Giambi was 1 for 4 with 1 run, 2 RBIs and a walk, Cano was 1 for 4 with an RBI, Betemit was 1 for 4 in his return and Molina was 1 for 4 with a walk.
Tonight, at 7:05 PM ET, we'll have quite a pitching matchup. It'll be Chien-Ming Wang (6-0, 3.00 ERA) going against Cliff Lee (5-0, 0.96 ERA). Conventional wisdom would tell us there won't be many runs scored in this one. So, that means it'll be an offensive blow out! Yankees 15, Indians 14. (Kidding).
The Yankees made him pitch, leading to five walks. They also collected six hits in the five innings of work. He threw 95 pitches before exiting the game, down 3-2.
Andy Pettitte outpitched Carmona in this one, going 6.1 innings and allowing 2 earned runs on 5 hits and 1 walk. Kyle Farnsworth pitched the final two outs of the seventh. Guess what time it is? JoMo time!
Unfortunately, it didn't go as we are now used to it going. Joba didn't have it. Call it rust, call it whatever... he was called to do a job and he's human. It was bound to happen and it's going to happen. Anyway, it went like this: walk, sacrifice of runner to second, walk, fly out, pitch hit home run and strike out.
Of course, he almost got out of it as that home run came with two outs. It came off the bat of former Yankee David Dellucci. And, just like that, the Yankees went from a 3-2 lead to a 5-3 deficit.
Even though the offense got Carmona out after just five, they struggled with the bullpen, collecting just 2 hits and 1 walk over the final four frames. The collective of Rafael Perez, Jensen Lewis and Rafael Betancourt kept the bats quiet. Jose Veras pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for the Yanks.
Hideki Matsui is hot. He went 3 for 3, extending his hit streak to 15 games, scored a run and walked. He's hitting .342. Jeter was 1 for 4 with a run and a walk, Abreu was 0 for 3 with 2 walks, Giambi was 1 for 4 with 1 run, 2 RBIs and a walk, Cano was 1 for 4 with an RBI, Betemit was 1 for 4 in his return and Molina was 1 for 4 with a walk.
Tonight, at 7:05 PM ET, we'll have quite a pitching matchup. It'll be Chien-Ming Wang (6-0, 3.00 ERA) going against Cliff Lee (5-0, 0.96 ERA). Conventional wisdom would tell us there won't be many runs scored in this one. So, that means it'll be an offensive blow out! Yankees 15, Indians 14. (Kidding).
Seamus wrote:
I don't know what happened with Joba last night. He just decided not to trust his stuff all of a sudden. Way too many curveballs when his fastball and slider have been enough to get guys out even when they know what's coming. The result? Two walks that turned out to be the difference in the game.