David Ortiz celebrates his 8 millionth career home run against the Yankees. (photo c/o Getty Images)
The Yankees’ woes against their archrivals continued Wednesday night, as the Bombers fell to the Red Sox for the sixth straight time — and seventh in eight contests — getting blown out by a score of 11-6. A.J. Burnett was terrible, putting the Yankees in a 3-0 hole before they came to bat for a second straight game — though he wasn’t exactly helped out by two Francisco Cervelli throwing errors — and lasting 5.2 innings, giving up eight runs (seven earned) on seven hits and four walks. I know it’s just a coincidence, but it’s rather unfortunate that two Yankee starters wound up having their respective worst starts of the season on back-to-back days against the Red Sox.
The Sox put seven runs on the board before the Yankees finally broke through in the 4th, as Alex Rodriguez launched a solo shot off Tim Wakefield. The Yanks would add three more in the fifth and one in the sixth, but it wasn’t enough to overcome the early hole they found themselves in for the second straight night. A Boone Logan inherited runner and home runs by Carl Crawford and J.D. Drew off Lance Pendleton in the ninth put the game way out of reach.
At this point the comparison to the way the Yankees started out against Boston in 2009 is becoming eerier and eerier, although at least the Yankees have a win against the Red Sox this season. Still, 1-7 isn’t all that much better than 0-8. Also, that 0-8 start only included two losses at home; the Yankees have already dropped five home games to Boston this season.
Similar to 2009, it’s still far too early to get terribly up-in-arms about the fact that the Yankees have gotten their asses handed to them by the Sox six ways from Sunday; there’s still plenty of baseball left and we know the Yankees aren’t as bad as Boston has made them look. That being said, it doesn’t change the fact that it’s still absurdly frustrating to repeatedly lose to your top foe, especially in games that really haven’t been all that close. Thankfully they come right back and do it again tonight, and one win gets the Yankees right back into a tie for first place.
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14 Responses to Boston blows Bombers out; picks up sixth straight win against Yanks
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Getting out of class and finding out it was 7-0 was not fun.
Gardner forgetting how to take a damn secondary lead was not fun.
Derek Jeter grounding into a double play was not fun.
A.J. Burnett. I don’t even know.
No one wants to say this (including Gardner) but Jeter did not wave him in. He put his arm up but I don’t know what the heck it was. It looked more like a stop sign then a wave in. It was not an emphatic wave in.
Jeter now 2 for his last 25 with the bases loaded. YES doesn’t show the stats for Jeter with the bases loaded.
I think we need some young blood up on this team.
What for, though? If there’s a purpose, yeah, sure. If Martin has to be out for a DL trip, bring Montero up. But otherwise, there’s no one quite worth bringing up that will make any sort of impact.
I think Jeter waved him in but it was a very ambiguous wave. YES only showed one replay from another angle in which Jeter’s hand does in fact call in Gardner from third. I do agree that Jeter’s waving technique could use some improvement.
That being said, Gardner and the third base coach deserve some share of the blame here. I’m not entirely sure what they were looking at. Why would Varitek be on the move to the backstop if not for a ball that had gotten away? Why would Gardner think that he couldn’t outrun Varitek and Aceves?
Caught the latter part of the game on ESPN. Don’t know who was broadcasting, but he defended Gardner by repeating (a few times) “You don’t want to take the bat out of Derek Jeter’s hands with th bases loaded.” Also mentioned not wanting to get thrown out at home.
Don’t know who this guy was, but he was obviously thinking of a much younger DJ. I love the guy, but he’s no where near what he used to be. Gardner HAS to go in that situation.
It’s the Curse of the Aceves-bino.
I don’t think it’s a coincidence that Garcia and Burnett had their worst outings against Boston. I don’t think they’r good enough to handle good-hitting teams.
The Yankees succeeded on the West Coast by playing teams that hit poorly. They didn’t score a whole lot of runs, but they squeaked by. The pitching was good, but you can’t expect it to be that good against Boston.
Word.
Burnett chokes against Boston, simple as that.
Girardi is a straight up coward cuz he’s supposed to order Burnett or SOMEONE to hit a Red Sock for what Ortiz did the night before last.
The Yankees should fire Cashman and Girardi if the team doesn’t make the postseason this year within twelve hours of the final out of the elimination game.
As soon as Jeter collects his 3000th career hit, the Yankees should give him until the All-Star Break to hit better and if he doesn’t, drop him ninth. That drop to ninth would send a loud and clear message to him: PRODUCE OR YOU STAY HERE. If he doesn’t like it, he can retire immediately or after this season, $41M or that plus what he’s due for the remainder of this season saved, Eduardo Nunez becomes the new starting SS and the Yankees could always bring in a veteran backup middle infielder a la Enrique Wilson to play some SS and mentor Nunez?
I am by no means a Jeter fan but Eduardo Nunez isn’t a viable everyday alternative.
As far as firing Girardi and Cashman, I wouldn’t miss either of them but I wouldn’t rush to can them either. Who would you suggest as adequate replacements?
What has Cashman done not to be retained MJ? People bash him yet at the same time never come up with anything he has done worthy of being “fired”. Which can’t happen because he isn’t under contract next season, and it is more likely he walks away than is not retained.
Just this season alone Cashman is responsible for Freddy Garcia, Bartolo Colon, and Russell Martin. He’s made some bad trades but which GM doesn’t? For any bad trade you can name I can name a trade that was great. All this fire Cashman stuff simply doesn’t make any sense, and a lot of the bad singing have nothing to do with him at all. He had 0 to do with Alex’s extension, Jeter’s current contract, or Rafael Soriano being signed, and in each and every case was opposed to the deal.
The whole “fire Cashman bit” at this point is under the same category as all the “fire Kevin Long to send a message” posts I’ve read all over the place.
Let’s say Jeter finishes this year with .256 BA and .325 OBP or some shit like that.
The Yankees should privately decide unbeknownst to Jeter that if Jeter produces numbers like that next year, he will be released.
Would it shake up the entire baseball world if he was released? Yes, but hey, should he be playing every day at age 39 if he’s a shadow of his through April 2010 self? I don’t think so, so what’s the point in making him a bench player in 2013? That’s even worse thab being released.
Jeter should retire after this year or next if he’s still hitting like he has since last May cuz how could he collect a paycheck knowing he sucks? I know he’s guaranteed the money but he’d be a sad embarrassment. He wants to go out like that? It’s highly possible he could.
Do any of you think he’ll even finish with the BA and OBP he posted last year (.270 and .340)? I don’t. That’s how far he’s fallen.
He’s not collecting his 3000th hit at home or I’d be very surprised if he did.
Jeter will not be released next year.
No, he will not pick up his 3,000th at home. Do the math. He would have to have a few multi-hit games which is very rare for him.
I’ve never seen a player with his speed get so many infield hits.
BTW, his 1,000th and 2,000th hits were infield hits.