05/02: Yankees vs. Tigers; 5/1/08
Posted by: James
Chris Britton actually pitched! Woo hoo! Okay, well, that's one good thing that came from tonight's game...and that's about it.
Outside of that...ouch. The Yankees scored early on a walk from Damon, a single by Jeter and a 3 run bomb from Abreu. 3-0 Yanks.
On the pitching front, IPK was doing all right until the third when he gave up a double to Ramon Santiago who then scored on a ground out. Still, Kennedy was doing all right and had even gotten to 2 outs and no one on in the inning. However, the next few batters would do the following; double, walk, double and a triple to make the score 4-0 Tigers. Kennedy lasted until 4 and 2/3rds and didn't give up any more runs before giving way to Albaladejo who got the final out of the fifth. In the bottom of the fifth, the Yankees would tie the game up on a walk from Jeter, a single from Abreu and a RBI single from clean-up hitter Shelley Duncan.
The Tigers picked up their remaining runs with 2 in the 6 and 2 in the 7th to win the game 8-4 and sweep the Yankees in the Bronx...a great way to start off the month. All in all, a very depressing game...but one that fits right in with the way this season has progressed so far. Still, think of it this way - this is about as unlucky of a stretch that I have ever seen from the Yankees so it's gotta turn around soon, right? Right??? Well, I guess we'll see - there's still a whole heck of a lot of baseball still left in the season...and if this team's gotta rebuild, then this looks like the season that it'll start getting done.
Outside of that...ouch. The Yankees scored early on a walk from Damon, a single by Jeter and a 3 run bomb from Abreu. 3-0 Yanks.
On the pitching front, IPK was doing all right until the third when he gave up a double to Ramon Santiago who then scored on a ground out. Still, Kennedy was doing all right and had even gotten to 2 outs and no one on in the inning. However, the next few batters would do the following; double, walk, double and a triple to make the score 4-0 Tigers. Kennedy lasted until 4 and 2/3rds and didn't give up any more runs before giving way to Albaladejo who got the final out of the fifth. In the bottom of the fifth, the Yankees would tie the game up on a walk from Jeter, a single from Abreu and a RBI single from clean-up hitter Shelley Duncan.
The Tigers picked up their remaining runs with 2 in the 6 and 2 in the 7th to win the game 8-4 and sweep the Yankees in the Bronx...a great way to start off the month. All in all, a very depressing game...but one that fits right in with the way this season has progressed so far. Still, think of it this way - this is about as unlucky of a stretch that I have ever seen from the Yankees so it's gotta turn around soon, right? Right??? Well, I guess we'll see - there's still a whole heck of a lot of baseball still left in the season...and if this team's gotta rebuild, then this looks like the season that it'll start getting done.
