06/22: Disaster 7th Inning Dooms Yankees
Posted by: Seamus
Dan Giese was nothing short of brilliant in his first major league start, but things fell apart after he made a bad throw to second in the 7th, and the Yankees lost their second straight to the Reds by a score of 6-0. The Yankees failed to gain ground on the Red Sox, who also lost their second straight, and lost ground on Tampa Bay, who won over Houston.
The game was a good pitchers' duel for the first 6 innings. Daryl Thompson (MLB debut) pitched 5 scoreless innings and Giese got the Yankees into the 7th inning with the game scoreless. The 7th was where it all fell apart, however. With nobody out and a runner on first, Brandon Phillips hit what should have been a double play ball back to Giese, who made an errant throw to second, and everybody was safe. Giese still almost got out of it, as he was one strike away from getting through the inning unscathed, but Edwin Encarnacion lined an 0-2 pitch to left field for a two run single. Jose Veras then relieved Giese and gave up a two-run homer to Corey Patterson, and the Reds would add two more insurance runs in the 8th.
While Giese's start was solid, you can't win a game when you score zero. It was kind of sickening to watch as the Yankees reverted back to some of their habits from earlier in the season. The Bombers left more runners on base (12) than the Reds even had runners (9). Meanwhile, the Reds put nine runners on base and six of them came around to score. Not really a recipe for success, but I guess you can't dwell on two games and Daryl Thompson was pretty good...I guess.
The Yankees will try to salvage a game from this series this afternoon at 1:05 E.T. before heading to Pittsburgh for a three-game set with the Pirates. Andy Pettitte will be taking the mound today and will face Johnny Cueto.
The game was a good pitchers' duel for the first 6 innings. Daryl Thompson (MLB debut) pitched 5 scoreless innings and Giese got the Yankees into the 7th inning with the game scoreless. The 7th was where it all fell apart, however. With nobody out and a runner on first, Brandon Phillips hit what should have been a double play ball back to Giese, who made an errant throw to second, and everybody was safe. Giese still almost got out of it, as he was one strike away from getting through the inning unscathed, but Edwin Encarnacion lined an 0-2 pitch to left field for a two run single. Jose Veras then relieved Giese and gave up a two-run homer to Corey Patterson, and the Reds would add two more insurance runs in the 8th.
While Giese's start was solid, you can't win a game when you score zero. It was kind of sickening to watch as the Yankees reverted back to some of their habits from earlier in the season. The Bombers left more runners on base (12) than the Reds even had runners (9). Meanwhile, the Reds put nine runners on base and six of them came around to score. Not really a recipe for success, but I guess you can't dwell on two games and Daryl Thompson was pretty good...I guess.
The Yankees will try to salvage a game from this series this afternoon at 1:05 E.T. before heading to Pittsburgh for a three-game set with the Pirates. Andy Pettitte will be taking the mound today and will face Johnny Cueto.
