The Yankees’ season hangs in the balance tonight. Win and it’s back home for Game Five. Lose and it’s back home to pack up the lockers and the clubhouse. A.J. Burnett and Rick Porcello are your starters for this game. Here are the lineups:
Tigers:
1. Austin Jackson, CF
2. Ramon Santiago, 2B
3. Delmon Young, LF
4. Miguel Cabrera, 1B
5. Victor Martinez, DH
6. Don Kelly, RF
7. Jhonny Peralta, SS
8. Alex Avila, C
9. Wilson Betemit, 3B
Yankees:
1. Derek Jeter, SS
2. Curtis Granderson, CF
3. Robinson Cano, 2B
4. Alex Rodriguez, 3B
5. Mark Teixeira, 1B
6. Nick Swisher, RF
7. Jorge Posada, DH
8. Russell Martin, C
9. Brett Gardner, LF
Let’s go Yankees!
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Great catch by curtis! oh, there was the game, maybe, if he missed it. One of those right-at-him liners, hard to judge.
he mis judged it terrible play..lucky or this game was over
What they call a spectacular catch of a routine fly ball.
that both funny and correct
It’s from Charlie Brown. I’ve been using it for years.
that charlie brown..lets make the tigers frown
Hey, smurfy.
hey do, Professor. How’s the nerves?
Fine. I’ve given up. A lot less pressure that way.
yeah, you can’t control it, anyway.
By the way, I’ll probably hang around YA during the offseason some, but if you ever want to chat Yankees, my gmail is LawrenceAHerman. Also on Facebook.
gotcha
why does granderson and swisher always play shallow..they are not going to throw anybody out..
Trying to cut off a few singles from dropping in. I think I read toward the beginning of the season that the Yankees were intentionally trying to play shallower this year. Overall, I think it’s worked, but I haven’t seen any data. That’s just a guess.
They play deep because it’s more likely that they have a play in front of them than it is that they have a play behind them. Many more balls will fall between the OF/IF .
that would be a single…over the head and not having angles by playing short can be costly..if that goes over his head, inside grand slam
And if he reads it properly, it doesn’t make a difference. Most of the time, you’re not going to make a play on the ball over your head. It’s better to cut off the singles than to try and play no doubles defense all the time.
yes i agree not all the time..but on that you never gamble short, unless freddie patek is up
they will hit this guy tonight. AJ needs to be shut down..he needs to establish his FB before he start that in the dirt all the time pitch that creates all these hugh innings and short outing..
Maybe he had his inning of crumbling in the first, but managed to get out of it, and now he’ll have his 2 or 3 good innings.
Nah.
Sorry. Almost got my hopes up there for a second.
i think your right..he will be fine
You called it
that’s it FB , moving it around the plate..he has to do that for a few more innings..then use the out pitch
Our best hitter gets on base!
3 for 24 with RISP. That’s why they’re behind in the series.
Nice running by Martin! Or something…anyway, he made it.
great hustle and super slide..bout time with this guy
jeter if you noticed back up off the plate that time then crushed a ball he usually would ground out..who ever told him might have won this game for us
interesting – I’ll watch for a replay
excellent slide by Russell, after a BOOMING hit. Somebody said Jete’s hits were meaningless. Pshaw!
Jackson was playing deeper for Robbie, or for having missed Jete’s.
he was playing deeper like i said before i wish he played short we still be up
we’ll just hafta pepper short center for a while.
Ah, a 2-run lead with Burnett on the mound is like being behind in a regular game.
well, it almost seems ideal, given he could blow a 12 run lead. He’s better if it’s tighter. Not that I would tell anybody not to score.
Definitely more than I expected. At least they’ve got a chance so far. I hope he’s on a short leash, and that the pen does the job.
See? Don’t tell me Tex doesn’t get on.
Ha! I’ll take it.
Porcello, suddenly impressive. Great curveball for Posada, terrific, esp from a guy who hardly throws them.
And I loved Smoltzy’s oxymoronic comment that”High sinkers” that come down into the strike zone “worked, but they’re not supposed to do that.” Probably told Greg Maddox to straighten out his inside corner pitch to lefties, till they realized that, hey, it worked!
I’d take Burnett out at the next baserunner.
“Tough to get comfortable.” Yeah, right. I can’t stand Girardi’s yapping anymore He’s so full of it.
whew, nice curves slotted in the zone, two in a row. Has to do that if his fastballs all end in the middle.
yeah, the curve saved him there.
The curve is his out pitch. The FB really is only to set it up.
But early on, he was trying to use his curve intensively, and it got out of control with walks and bouncers. He established order with the fastball, mixing it in more, but they started to wait on it.
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I can’t believe they’re not hitting Porcello. Or getting walks. Or making him throw a lot of pitches. They can’t win if they don’t hit.
Stupid bunts.
Granderson comes through! All right, Porcello’s losing it. Pour it on.
nice hits, though. Several!
oh, boy! walks now, too. (Rubs his hands)
Yes, good hitting.
Another chance for Rodriguez to win the fans over.
RBI. Good enough.
Teixeira’s chance to win a few fans over.
I’d like to know about the accuracy of the strike call on Tex of the curve. Seems like it was caught at the top of the zone, and since it was breaking down, it was over the zone.
Near impossible to hit, that’s for sure.
Umps been giving Porcello the high strike. Burnett, too, I think, although he’s not there as often.
I actually like the “high” strike, that is, at the letters. Just here, it has to pass thru the zone, to give the hitter a chance, and it seemed (thru the telephoto lens) to be above the letters till it was caught.
DEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE PEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!
hold onto yerself, Professor. Good to be happy,
now, but…
I keep forgetting that I already gave up. It’s over. It’s over. It’s over….
whoo! That dp had extra excirement at the end: would Tex be able to pick it? Jete unusually wild.
5 innings, 1 run. We’ve gotten as much as we could have hoped for from Burnett. I tip my cap to him.
good, since we still got $20 mm to go.
The strike zone today is so different from yesterday.
whole lot better!
Tough hitters up this inning for Burnett.
I’d have Robertson up now in case they get runners on.
Giving up 4 runs in 6 innings is not “keeping your team in the game.” It’s “sucking eggs.”
no, Yankee road apples.
Fire in the Sky!
(this liner probably scared Joe.)
Hat tip to AJ: http://tinyurl.com/3rfcp9c
Can’t argue with Girardi taking him out. You don’t want to get things messy, and the bullpen is ready.
What. A. Catch.
whooooo! MVP! MVP! MVP!!!!!!
Boy, if he hadn’t, this woulda got real messy.
Gardner was behind him, so I don’t think it would have been an inside the park HR, but it would have been tying run at the plate, runner on second or third.
and Gardy gave way, thanks gott. Can you imagine having two guys slamming noggins on that ball?
No, I can’t, and I don’t want to.
great game by AJ..great move finally by girardi taking AJ out now..what can you say about grandy tonight.. now the bad stuff..what is with sori..he keeps getting blasted..boy he is a big problem for us..
Yes, especially since Girardi is incapable of changing his plan when someone is in a slump.
that is true with joe..he views his pregame plan as written in stone
probably needs to work more regularly. Rusty.
that was weird. The ball almost hit Curtis, curveball way inside, and he called it a strike.
Didn’t see it. I’ll check it out after this half inning.
yeah.what did the ump see
Boy, Granderson catches, Coke pitches and Jackson gets all the flyballs. A showcase or what?
8 outs to go.
please don;t count outs..lets count pitchers drob then mo..
OK with me.
Nice first two outs. Soriano has trouble with first batters?
Not a handy thing, but he handled the rest after Young’s homer perfectly, too.
Actually, no. This year, .268/.297/.566 compared with .319/.326/.645 overall.
in the two recent cases, I meant to specify.
sori looked smooth..
coke will get hit
there’s the pepper! Congrats, Arod.
Just for the hell of it, let’s score 10 runs this inning.
bases loaded with Yankees. Granny, come in here!
Yanks pound lefties, especially Teixera and Swisher. Why leave Coke in there? Not that I mind…
ah, there you go. Leland heard you, blabbermouth.
Posada’s the exception, though.
hunh? Aw, the ump’s messing up Jesus’ granny.
Posada doesn’t hit lefties.
Montero wil have to settle for a three-runner.
Or an RBI single.
i told you guys coke will get hit..but i thought a little harder tex needs the cage all day tomorrow………..
If the Yankees make it past the Tigers, Teixeira will go to town on the Ranger lefties. Sez me.
These balks are ridiculous.
yeah. Sure fooled me. Maybe they are making up for the balks they don’t call on lefties going to first.
The whole point of the balk rule is to keep pitchers from faking out baserunners. But in situations like this, the baserunners aren’t going anywhere, there are no pickoff attempts, there’s no reason to make any calls.
absodamnlutely!
That was one of the wildest pitches I’ve ever seen.
oh, my granny lies over the ocean
my granny lies over the sea
hmmdedummdum
oh, bring back my granny to meeeee
(messed it up again. Aw, clear ‘em anyway, Robbie.)
He did well enough.
oh, Luis! Luis Ayala! We need you, afterall.
who asked for ten runs???? happy now…. dob and mo can now watch…save them arms
Well, it was only 6 so far, but I’m OK with that.
Looks like this is in the bag, and I’m going to sign off. Catch you all Thursday.
did you hear this idiot, he said verlander may pitch thurs..yeah blow his arm out
does sound nutty. But I can imagine it, for a few hitters, desperation.
well, there’s 10. Or did you want 10 more?
well, born… what should we play Thursday?
How ’bout Sherman’s March to the Sea?
very witty.. custer beat the savages AJ changed history,..for the good of all yankee dom
he brought the gatling guns this time.
why didn’t he bring them..??
he was travelling light, utter confidence.
ah, it’s still spring training.
did you hear the announcer? just can’t give the Yanks credit: “Cabrera..strikes out…Phil Hughes.”
they are sick we pulled this game out..
let’s bring the tigers to the colosseum in rome{yankee stadium}..let our gladiators triumph ..back ground music from gladiator
Russell Crowe to throw out the first pitch.
great idea!!!
ahhh, we live another day. Sleep well, Yankeedom.
who could have thought ivan nova will be our big guy for the whole season..i like it…..good night..i will listen to all these bums try and talk good about the yanks
a good night to you.