| New York Yankees | Detroit Tigers |
| Curtis Granderson, CF | Austin Jackson, CF |
| Derek Jeter, SS | Omar Infante, 2B |
| Robinson Cano, 2B | Miguel Cabrera, 3B |
| Mark Teixeira, 1B | Prince Fielder, 1B |
| Eric Chavez, 3B | Brennan Boesch, RF |
| Nick Swisher, RF | Delmon Young, DH |
| Raul Ibanez, DH | Jhonny Peralta, SS |
| Ichiro Suzuki, LF | Alex Avila, C |
| Russell Martin, C | Andy Dirks, LF |
| Phil Hughes, SP | Rick Porcello, SP |
The first pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m., on the YES and MLB Networks. Let’s go Yankees!
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61 Responses to Game 109: Just Be Yourself, Rick
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On the plus side I get to watch the game. On the minus, I have to listen to Matt Vasgersian. I do have a good feeling about this game. Porcello can be hit and the bigger stadium should help Hughes. Hopefully Martin will make sure that if no one is on NEVER throw a strike to Cabrerra or Fielder.
Michael Kay is saying basically the same thing right now.
Hughes got both of them out with balls out of the strike zone. Maybe I’ll apply for a job as a pitching coach. Naw. Too much travel.
And to think most pitching coaches try to get guys to throw strikes.
I know, go figure.
3 Ks for Granderson last night, 2 so far today. Me thinks he needs a night off.
Professor, didn’t Pettitte get his ankle examined again this week? Have you heard anything?
I heard a few days ago that he was working out and was right on schedule. But nothing since then
They said the bone showed good healing on this x-ray.
Porcello’s mom is happy, Jeter got a hit.
Camera work was terrible on that. They never had the ball in view.
Same on MLBN. Alex who?
Some guy who’s a rod. That’s all I know.
The Yanks may be 5 and 6 w/o Rodriquez, but they do not miss his bat. Better triple slash by Chavez & Nix over that period.
Hughes got taken downtown with no one on. What happened to your advice?
Who listens to a guy who waves a tissue.
Some wicked curve your pupil’s got.
Hughes pitched well against Fielder and the first against Cabrerra. But he left that one pitch over the plate. And that hanger to Peralta.
I don’t think it was a hanger, quite. It didn’t have as big a break, but at 3-2, he was trying to keep it in the zone. Peralta hit it, just on the line, but he’s not throwing hangers.
I called it a hanger because it was up in the zone.
Damn, that was a LOT of pitches. The batters need to give Hughes some time to rest.
Certainly has been working hard. He’s at 100, wonder how far he’ll go.
If they keep hitting the way they are, they can pack in the season right now.
Punt Ichiro. And Ibanez.
that’s tough on Ibanez. Ichiro looks spent.
Ibanez has had some big hits, and that’s important. But the OBP stinks, and even with his power he’s a league-average hitter as a platoon DH. They should be able to do better.
If Hughes pitches to Fielder this inning, I will spit in Girardi’s eye (metaphorically).
Did you hit the TV?
Not that it matters now.
I like Harold Reynolds on MLBN, but he must have a man crush on Suzuki because he thinks he’ll hit over .300 for the Yanks and that he can homer anytime he wants.
Suzuki should go back to Japan after this season he can’t hit MLB pitching anymore.
Hey, remember the old days when managers took pitchers out of the game BEFORE they surrendered the lead?
Seriously, minus the snark, hasn’t it changed? Now they try to get the pitcher the win, and they won’t take him out until he’s losing.
I thought in the old days the starters went 9 innings? lol
If they were good. If they stunk, they actually came out of the game.
Listening to Sutcliffe last night and Katt tonight, you’d get the impression virtually every starter went nine innings every start.
It would be a mistake to think like that. I doubt Joe would worry over an ascribed win/loss, and guess he thought Phil was the best chance to get Cabrera. Would you bring in Phelps or Eppley to face him, then there’s two lefties. So, I guess he was caught in a tactical decision, which could cost the war.
Keep your eye out for it. It seems to me not just Girardi but most managers hesitate to take starters out if they’re not winning.
They can’t hit Rick Porcello!
Well Cody, that’s using the old noggin.
Great throw by Cano to get Dirks at 3rd.
Swish got a good junp on the gapper, made a good throw to Robbie who made a great relay. Hope they can use that to stir some hitting.
OK, they can hold off on burning Ichiro at the stake until tomorrow.
hey, hey, Ichiro! And he disposed of Porcello. Phew, he was tough with those hard 2 seamers, using the corners well.
Damn, I missed that double. The dog needed to got to do doggy duty. But I did leave the rally tissue in a good position.
While the bottom of the Tigers batting order has hit in these two games, for the season the 5 to 9 hitters are batting .244 with a .673 OPS. That’s why they should not give Cabrerra & Fielder anything to hit.
This is the third consecutive game where I haven’t lost the connection.
me,too, and it reloads much faster.
When you comment is there a lot of advice about a wordpress syntax error that needs attention, tho I’ve never figured out what they want or how.
I think it means I gots no grammar.
no grammar, just humor.
These games are painful to watch.
yeah. I’m weary.
OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: I’m now concerned about the Yankees. This slump has gone on too long.
oh, but you see if we just keep it up a few more days, we can go to Texas and see who is in the more poignant mess.
Shove it, Flash and Michael K. Joba was working on my plan to sharpen his breaking balls before he throws fastballs fast but wide.
Break out and analyze all the statistics you’d like, Nick wisher is a terrible baseball player. He’s trying to hit the Grand Concourse from Detroit. Two more months and he’ll be gone forever. Thank God.
Well, at least one interesting at bat before they lose.
A bonus: 2 interesting at bats.
Oh, why couldn’t that have bounced around a little and let the tying run score? I have a feeling this will go to waste.
Ugh. That hurts.
Chat y’all tomorrow.
we will try, try again.
It appears that Tex should have bunted for a hit to maybe…..start a rally. But instead he tried to hit a 4 run homer over the shift to win the game. I wasn’t certain, so I checked with Elias, and they confirmed it. No one has hit a grand slam in the history of the game with no runners on base. It’s really hard to do. If Tex got on with a freebie, who knows, the next guy could have got a hit and maybe then a walk, then maybe a double, who knows. But it would have been another base runner and one less out. Just sayin.