Thursday, April 24, 2008
New York Yankees(12-10) at Chicago White Sox(11-9), 8:11 pm **Live Blog/Game Chatter**
NYY: Philip Hughes (22, RHP, 0-3, 8.82) vs. CHW: Gavin Floyd (25, RHP, 2-0, 1.40)
Lineups…
NY Yankees
Johnny Popup DH
Jeter SS
Abreu RF
Matsui LF
Ensberg 3B
Can’t o 2B
Baseclogger 1B
Cabrera CF
Molino C
Chicago White Sox
Swisher CF
Cabrera SS
Thome DH
Konerko 1B
Dye RF
Pierzynski C
Quentin LF
Crede 3B
Ramirez 2B
Gavin Floyd continues his drive to win the Cy Young. Phil Hughes continues his drive to allow fewer runs than innings pitched.
There’s rain in the forecast, so we may be in for a long evening.
I predict Baseclogger will hit every ball in play right into the teeth of the shift.
I can’t liveblog this evening, so I hand off the baton to anyone who may be up for it. Go Yanks.
*** Keith in ***
Rain, rain, go away, come again some other day….
After the first rain delay….
Floyd retired the Yankees in order in the first and second. Young Master Philip did likewise in the first, and did the equivalent in the second (leadoff single wiped by a GIDP).
The Yanks did good in the third. Giambi clogged the bases with a leadoff single, then went to second on a wild pitch. Melky walked, Molina flied out, and Sexy Calves also walked to load ‘em for El Capitan, who hit a sac fly to score Giambi and make it 1-0. Abreu followed with a double that scored Melky and Johnny Popup to make it 3-0.
Ozzie-ball apparently includes walking the batter prior to Morgan Ensberg, as Gojira got an intentional pass, and Mighty Morgan obligingly grounded into a forceout.
After the second rain delay…
Bottom of the 3rd
Hughes out (of course—he was pitching well...), Ross Ohlendorf in. I have no problem with this. Hughes is the future of the franchise. Let’s take it easy on him for now…
Quentin strikes out, Crede flies out to Matsui on a hit that the crowd and Sterling both thought was gone, and Ramirez grounds out to first.
I’ll take two more of those, please.
Top of the 4th
Can’t-o strikes out swinging. Sigh. Giambi flies out to left. Hey look! He went the other way!
Melky singles to right, but The Great God Molina bounces back to the box to end it.
Bottom of the 4th
Swisher pops out to Mighty Morgan. The Other Cabrera makes a diving stop to save a double, but can’t throw Orlando out, so it’s an infield hit. Ohlie then walks Thome. Konerko singles to left-center to score Orlando to make it 3-1. Thome to second.
Dye singles to left to score Thome and cut the Yanks’ lead to 3-2. Konerko to second. This sucks. Pierzynski then doubles over Abreu’s head to score Konerko and tie the game at 3. Dye to third. So much for the gentleman from Princeton.
Oh, fuck me sideways! Quentin grounds to third, and Ensberg throws home, but not in time to get Dye, who scores to give the ChiSox a 4-3 lead. Pierzynski holds up at second, Quentin safe at first on the fielder’s choice.
Crede flies out to Abreu, which comes as something of a relief. Less of a relief is Ramirez hitting an automatic double to score Pierzynski and make it 5-3. Quentin to third. Thank Bob it bounced into the seats, as it’d be 6-3 is Quentin could run free….
Swisher, who started this half-inning back in the Mezozoic, ends it by grounding to Giambi.
That went bad in a big ol’ hurry….
Top of the 5th
Sexy Calves walks on four pitches. By contract, El Capitan falls quickly behind to 0-2, but Damon steals second on the first pitch. Jeter then pops out uselessly to second. Abreu strikes out just as uselessly. And then Gojira pops out to shortstop.
So the leadoff batter walked and stole second, and nothing happened. The technical term for that is “sucking.”
Bottom of the 5th
Ohlie out, The Hawk in.
The Other Cabrera grounds up the middle, and Cano makes a fine barehanded catch to throw him out. That joy is short-lived, however, as Thome slugs a home run to center field to make it 6-3.
Konerko and Dye both ground out to Mighty Morgan to end it.
Top of the 6th
Mighty Morgan grounds back to the box. Can’t-o continues to suck by flying to right. Giambi then punches a double over Dye’s head.
MY BOY MELKY!!!!!! He socks a home run to right to make it 6-5 Chicago. I love that kid….
The Great God Molina pops out to end it.
Bottom of the 6th
Pierzynski pops out to the Baseclogger. Quentin strikes out swinging. Crede flies out to Melky. A nice 1-2-3 for Hawkins of Troy.
Top of the 7th
Floyd out, Matt Thornton in. Also, Juan Uribe now in at second, Swisher moves to right, and Ramirez goes out to center, Dye out of the game.
Sexy Calves strikes out swinging. El Capitan lines out to Uribe. Abreu socks a single to right. Gojira walks.
Floyd out, Scott Linebrink in.
Mighty Morgan gets in the hole 0-2, then he hangs in and works the count full to 3-2, then he pounds a single up the middle to score Abreu to tie the game at 6! Go Go Guten Morgan! Matsui goes to third.
Cano then, amazingly, works a walk to load the bases for the Clogger of Bases. Sadly, he hits a foul popup to end it.
Bottom of the 7th
Hawkins of Troy out, FARNSWORTHICIDE!!!!! in.
Ramirez pops out to second. However, Farnsworth isn’t comfortable unless he puts runners on, so he gives up a single to Swisher. However, Swisher does not respect the Great God Molina, and is sacrificed on his altar—to wit, he’s caught stealing second. Kyle then strikes out Orlando looking to end it.
The good news is that Kyle threw the equivalent of a 1-2-3 inning. The better news is that Farnsworth limped off the field, having landed funny on that last pitch. I don’t wish ill on him, but—Okay, I do wish ill on him. Seeing “NYY place K Farnsworth (RHP) on 15-day disabled list” in tomorrow’s transactions would give me a happy.
Top of the 8th
Linebrink out, Boone “Lumberjack” Logan in.
Melky grounds out to short. The Great God Molina grounds out to third. Sexy Calves pops out to short. Guys, we’re never gonna get the lead back if you can’t get the ball out of the frapping infield!
Bottom of the 8th
FARNSWORTHICIDE!!!!! out, Joba the Hutt in. And why not?
Thome grounds out to Cano in short right field. Konerko strikes out swinging on the Slider Of Doom. Uribe does likewise.
JOBA JOBA HEY!
Top of the 9th
Though Bobby Jenks was warming up, Lumberjack is still in. Sterling and Waldman theorize that this is because of Abreu and Matsui coming up in the inning.
El Capitan leads off with a single. Now Jenks is up again. However, Lumberjack gets Abreu to fly out to left. Gojira singles to left, Jeter to second.
Lumberjack out, Jenks in. Also Mighty Morgan out, Jorge Posada in to pinch hit.
He grounds into a 4-6-3 DP to end it. That was seriously anticlimactic.
Bottom of the 9th
Joba the Hutt still in. The AG now in at third.
Pierzynski hits the ball to deep center, but Melky catches it on the track. Whew.
Quentin doubles over Gojira’s head. Crede then singles to center, and even Melky’s arm won’t help, as Quentin scores to give the ChiSox the win 7-6.
Sigh.
That was a game the Yanks really should have won. It’s part on the bullpen, but the offense blew several opportunities to score a lot more runs.
Sigh again.
Goodnight, everybody!
*** Keith out ***
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