The big man goes for the Yanks tonight, facing Angels righty Ervin Santana. CC was steady if unspectacular last month, pitching to a 4-2 record and 3.63 ERA for the month of May. Santana has been his usual inconsistent self. In 10 starts this year, he’s given up 5 or more runs 4 times, and 1 run or less 4 times. He’s their version of AJ Burnett. Great arm, great stuff, very up and down. Let’s hope he has one of his 6 run outings tonight facing the boys from the Bronx.
Here’s your Yankee lineup, as usual courtesy of the fine folks over @LoHud:
Derek Jeter SS
Curtis Granderson CF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Robinson Cano 2B
Russell Martin C
Nick Swisher RF
Jorge Posada DH
Brett Gardner LF
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Well, they’ve already got 33% of the hits they had last night.
Sabbathia has a lower ERA this year than he’s ever had at the same point in any previous season. Great, but I bet the run environment is contributing significantly to that.
Hey, talking about run environment, has anyone checked to see if late-inning scoring is down throughout the league (relative to early- and mid-inning scoring)?
Double for Swisher! Looked like it should have been caught, but what the heck.
Posada didn’t get a hit, but he looks at least a little bit better overall.
Another missed tag. They need to tighten up the defense.
they must have went to bull fighting school in the off season..i guess cano didn’t look at jeter last night,
cano won a gold glove last year, this year he is playing for a lazy glove.
Home run for Cano. The way they’re going, they won’t score again, but if they can hold ‘em for 6 innings, they could win 1-0.
Santana’s looking good, but so is CC. He’s got the changeup working tonight, a big weapon that’s sometimes MIA.
A Yankee fan was Torii’s unwilling padding in the front row.
Santana has been keeping his fastball away to the lefties, thus Swish’s, Posada’s and even Tex’s drives/flies to left center. With Cano, he finally came in with a slider/cutter, and Robbie was good enough to stay with the sharp break on that pitch.
Good point.
It seems like Jeter is making more errors this year, but his fielding percentage is actually above his lifetime mark.
I think the run is unearned.
Derek Jeter is embarassing. ‘Can’t hit and now he can’t make routine plays.
The Yankees should give him 2012 to right his ship and if he doesn’t, give him two options: release or retirement to avoid release.
shame..cano playing ole and jeter not picking that ball, makes a tie game and extra pitches on CC arm
what a bum,,how could this guy who knows the game better than anyone swing at the first pitch..
well, sometimes the first is the best one: usually a fastball trying for strike one. Santana hasn’t walked many, and we needed a hit with two outs.
All right, a walk to Granderson to lead off the 6th. How about some hits now?
That ball that Tex hit must have been a dud – sure looked like we had two. Oh well, Alex took care of it!
Hey, a HR for Rodriguez! First since May 21. Good job.
hurray for cousin yuri !!!he must come around and watch more B BALL
Those rocks and vines in leftare beautiful, but how canthey afford to give up seating?
ooh, Kendrick caught Swish’s drive high off the wall, but his mincing steps raised my hopes.
Maybe Gardner can steal 2nd, 3rd, and home.
C.C. might be able to pitch a complete game.
88 pitches for C.C., 5 outs to go.
He’s gotten 22 outs with those 88 pitches, exactly 4 per out. So with 5 outs to go, it would take 20 pitches at that rate, and he’d finish the game at 108.
Surprising the Angels didn’t go all out to sign Beltre last winter. They are a bit thin on power, without Morales (and Wells, temporarily – had the money for him).
-whew, scare from Torii Hunter.
Taking on Wells’ salary but not making a bigger offer for Beltre was odd.
and gave up Napoli, a power hitting catcher. Hunh?
insane..wells???
either there were personality conflicts or something we don’t hear about; or Tony Reagins is insane.
or maybe Texas is best buddies.
good old Tex
I took C.C. a few extra pitches to get through the 8th, but he’s only at 99. They might take him out for Mariano anyway, but he could go 9 if he has to.
Yeah, probably go to Mo. CC had a hard time in the 8th.
No,I see Mo sitting still. Wasn’t Joba warming?
No way Joba pitches the 9th, unless Mo is unavailable. I don’t think anyone’s up–they want C.C. to finish.
mo for the ninth for me.. any opinions
I always like to see pitchers pitch until they start to look bad. C.C. still looks good.
All right, take him out.
And here’s Girardi.
One pitch!
How was Mo’s form tonight? Don’t know – I blinked.
I think Jeter’s critics complain too hard, but he did seem awfully late trying to get to Izturis’ chopper.
MO and out..
Tonight’s player of the game is the old man in a Yankee’s jersey who distracted Torii Hunter from Cano’s ball over the wall. Kismet!
Lots of Yankee fans in Anaheim.