06/05: Yankees vs. the Blue Jays; 6/5/08
Posted by: James
What a ending to this game. I'll have a full recap later but suffice it to say that the fans went home happy...though it sure looked like they wouldn't. Still, WITH TWO OUT in the BOTTOM OF THE 9TH, A-Rod singles, swipes 2nd (DI actually), comes home on a Matsui single. Jose Molina steps up...nah, let's pinch hit with Jason Giambi...who promptly nailed an 0-2 pitch for a 2-run HR to win the game. 9-8 Yankees.
30-30; welcome back to .500. Let's see if they FINALLY keep some momentum going this time.
Update: You can find the video here.
Update 2: Here's a little more of a recap of the game. The game started out well for the Yankees as they scored two quick runs off of McGowan in the first (walk, double, Abreu RBI groundout and A-Rod sac fly).
Chien-Ming was doing all right until the 4th when he gave up 2 runs to tie the game on a walk and a Matt Stairs HR. It all came tumbling down in the fifth though...mostly due to a very costly Melky error. Joe Inglett walked and took second on a groundout. With one out, he took off running (why? who knows) on an easy fly ball. If all had gone to plan, Melky would have caught that and doubled him off of second and Wang would have been out of the inning. No such luck. Melky took his eyes off the ball and Inglett scored and there were men on second and third with one out. A HBP would load the bases for Matt Stairs who would plate 2 with a single. Lyle Overbay was up next and plated two more with an RBI double before Ross O came in and got the next two outs. 7-2 Blue Jays.
The Yankees got two back in the bottom of the inning with they loaded the bases with no out...but only scored two with a groundout, sac fly and groundout from the heart of the order. 7-4 Jays.
They got another two in the next inning when Wilson Betemit (who I am ecstatic to have back) followed a Cano single with a HR to left center. 7-6 Jays.
Through all of this, the Yankees bullpen had performed well with Hawkins and Veras putting up 3 innings of zeros (though not without some agitation...). Kyle Farnsworth came in for the ninth and changed all of that. He was immediately in trouble and clearly, he just doesn't have his stuff on back to back days (we've hammered this to death). In any case, Single, single, double plated a run (8-6 Jays) and put men on second and third with no one out. Surprisingly, Farnsworth worked out of further trouble by getting two strikeouts that sandwiched a IBB and then getting a line out to center to end the inning.
And the bottom of the ninth...well, you can just scroll to the top. It was glorious...even in spite of the several negatives of this game.
30-30; welcome back to .500. Let's see if they FINALLY keep some momentum going this time.
Update: You can find the video here.
Update 2: Here's a little more of a recap of the game. The game started out well for the Yankees as they scored two quick runs off of McGowan in the first (walk, double, Abreu RBI groundout and A-Rod sac fly).
Chien-Ming was doing all right until the 4th when he gave up 2 runs to tie the game on a walk and a Matt Stairs HR. It all came tumbling down in the fifth though...mostly due to a very costly Melky error. Joe Inglett walked and took second on a groundout. With one out, he took off running (why? who knows) on an easy fly ball. If all had gone to plan, Melky would have caught that and doubled him off of second and Wang would have been out of the inning. No such luck. Melky took his eyes off the ball and Inglett scored and there were men on second and third with one out. A HBP would load the bases for Matt Stairs who would plate 2 with a single. Lyle Overbay was up next and plated two more with an RBI double before Ross O came in and got the next two outs. 7-2 Blue Jays.
The Yankees got two back in the bottom of the inning with they loaded the bases with no out...but only scored two with a groundout, sac fly and groundout from the heart of the order. 7-4 Jays.
They got another two in the next inning when Wilson Betemit (who I am ecstatic to have back) followed a Cano single with a HR to left center. 7-6 Jays.
Through all of this, the Yankees bullpen had performed well with Hawkins and Veras putting up 3 innings of zeros (though not without some agitation...). Kyle Farnsworth came in for the ninth and changed all of that. He was immediately in trouble and clearly, he just doesn't have his stuff on back to back days (we've hammered this to death). In any case, Single, single, double plated a run (8-6 Jays) and put men on second and third with no one out. Surprisingly, Farnsworth worked out of further trouble by getting two strikeouts that sandwiched a IBB and then getting a line out to center to end the inning.
And the bottom of the ninth...well, you can just scroll to the top. It was glorious...even in spite of the several negatives of this game.
