| Baltimore Orioles | New York Yankees |
| Nate McLouth, LF | Derek Jeter, DH |
| J.J. Hardy, SS | Ichiro Suzuki, LF |
| Chris Davis, RF | Mark Teixeira, 1B |
| Adam Jones, CF | Robinson Cano, 2B |
| Matt Wieters, C | Alex Rodriguez, 3B |
| Jim Thome, DH | Nick Swisher, RF |
| Mark Reynolds, 1B | Russell Martin, C |
| Ryan Flaherty, 2B | Curtis Granderson, CF |
| Manny Machado, 3B | Jayson Nix, SS |
| Joe Saunders, SP | Phil Hughes, SP |
The first pitch is scheduled for 7:37 p.m., on TBS. Let’s go Yankees!
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Why the Yankees need to win tonight:
1) Who in their right (or left, for that matter) mind wants to face the O’s in an elimination game?
2) It saves CC for the 1st game of the ALCS (and Verlander won’t be pitching it)
3) It’s the only opportunity to get a day off before the ACLS
4) The fans nerves are shoot and need some recovery time
But then there would be no game tomorrow!
See #4 above. My valium bill has doubled.
I like the lineup, except maybe Granderson should get the day off against Saunders.
I’d love to see that, and I know I’ve said he should be benched. But thinking further, I don’t know if Gardner is ready to hit a lefty and at least The Grandy Man could walk into one.
That would have been the spot for Jones, with Ichiro in center.
A huuuuuuge game for Huuuughes!
And he starts it off crappy.
Rust Never Sleeps
All right, let’s see if Hughes still has two-out disease.
Thank God Weiters hit that to center. No damage!
OK, Hughes gets a point for that inning.
The crippled Captain due up. Reason 5 for above. Jeter needs the rest.
The Yanks really should be able to force Saunders from the game by the 3rd inning. But they certainly looked bad in the 1st.
Werth may not be worth Werth money, but he was worth it today.
I want an easy win, not like yesterday.
I Second That Emotion!
A-Rod will get a hit in this AB!
Close.
Yes! Hughes helps himself with good fielding.
Nice play at home!
10 points for Hughes!
You should deduct 5 for a lead off walk.
I already did.
Generous scorer!
Houdini Hughes!
I believe you mean, “Hughesdini”.
Yassem Masser.
Phil got out of that! That was a pile of grief, and he got lucky with a failed slider to Davis. Hope he can choke down the butterflies, and get purposeful.
Of course there were a couple high strikes called balls.
All right, Nix! Now let’s show ‘em how to score when you get the leadoff man on.
Come on Jeter, plate Nix!
They seem to be squaring up Saunders pretty well, who’s been missing all his spots tonight.
Ok, except for that inning.
Teixeira’s hot. Let’s get it done.
Disgusting! At least Jeter put up a fight.
Things are bad when your number 3 hitter comes to the plate and I pray he walks. If there is a record for string out on 3 pitches, I think Grandy is nearing the record.
4 of 7 K’s this series.
3 points for Hughes.
Phil Hughes: The Year of Living Dangerously
They’re not listening to me! I want an easy game!
Hughes has me chewing Valium like M&Ms
I don’t think that’s sarcastic cheering. The crowd is definitely with Rodriguez on that hit.
I do believe you’re right.
Sigh.
Hughes can’t get McClouth outh.
Am I watching the Seattle Yankees at bat or are they the New York Mariners?
Either one would be an improvement.
Time to start putting some pressure on the boids.
where was that salt?
Attaboy, Russell. Remember, this is an elimination game for them. Pressure them, and they’ll have to start to get antsy.
Hey, that bunt wasn’t a bad idea.
Poorly executed, though.
At least it took 4 pitches to K Granderson this time.
Terrible baserunning by Martin. You lose a point!
There was NO reason for Martin to have passed 2nd base!
Nix should be batting cleanup in this game.
and Nunie should have started, as well. Saunders seems to be death on lefties.
a commenter suggested that, with Ichi in center, and Curtis resting. That woulda been good, I see now.
I just simply can not believe they have managed only 2 hits in 5 innings against Saunders. He should have been a fried bird by now.
NYFO.
What is that?
Getting 2 hit by a guy who is such a good pitcher that he was released out right by his team. This is about as bad as I’ve seen the Yankees hit….and yet it is 1-0…..the series is 2-1….and the game is so winnable if Phil can keep it close. Let’s see what happens.
Fieldin is calling a bad game.
Alright, Jeter! Nice hit. Now, Ichi, figure out a way!
Tex, bring him in, and if you get lucky, just keep going.
I believe that’s post season hit number 198!
OK, time to get rolling. Follow the Captain’s lead. Let’s go, Ichtexcan.
Not a great bunt. He should have tried for a hit.
Im a small ball guy but why bunt w no outs and Jeter on 2nd? Tex it a pop out type guy and I can see jeter stranded. Bad move.
It’s not a bad move if Ichiro tries for a hit.
He had Cano reaching for curve balls, last time. Got two strikes inside first. Guard agin it!
I thought that was a DP off the bat. What happened?
weren’t holding Tex at first, so he was most of the way to 2nd by the time Flaherty intercepted the bouncer, all momentum toward first.
K?
Ah, they weren’t holding Teixeira on.
If they bring in a righty to pitch to Rodriguez, do you pinch hit Ibanez?
Not yet. Don’t want to lose 2 players for one PH.
Yeah, you’re right. He’s not the DH tonight.
Now the question is, Can A-Rod hit a righty?
Not Hunter. He can’t catch up to his FB. Maybe they should use Chavez.
I would have given him the chance, but strike 1 and 2 were not encouraging.
Why is Saunders upset? He had a very good game.
he did, but he feels he shoulda kept Cano from touching it.
Not his fault. Unfortunate defensive positioning.
Hughes is getting toward the pitch count when he loses effectiveness. Leash short be short from here on in.
On the other hand, he’s pitching one of his best games ever.
He pitched like A Bridge Over Troubled Waters
well put.
Hughes gets to face McLouth again?
OK. The Creature From the Boone Lagoon.
Oh, gonna pitch the Boone Lagoon to McC and Davis.
Phil finally found his good high fb, striking out Machado. Catches me by surprise, taking him out.
He’s into the 7th, and Girardi wants to start his usual 7th-inning thing.
We squeaked in a run….somewhat relieved. Hope the booner can get a lefty out.
Hughes did his job….walked the leadoff hitter at least 3x but wiggled out of 3 jams…..I’ll take it….good job Phil.
Agreed. He done good.
Finally McLouth is outh! Lagoon too deep!
Leave him in for Hardy and Davis?
Yuppers.
Despite the marmalade, Hughes pitched his best game this year.
biggest best, but probably not the most dominating, was it? Minny or somebody weak, he put down.
Good point. Best game against a major league team.
Bullpen battle.
NYFO: New York Fried Oriole.
goot one!
Error!
Opens the door.
Make them pay for that error!
Vegas odds are 4,579,799,466,765 to 1 that Granderson K’s
Wow. Vegas just lost a bundle.
I wasn’t able to get my one penny bet in.
Baseball, hot dogs, apple pie, and the other team’s errors.
Damn you. I hate that song and now it’s in my head.
try
Baseball, hot dogs, apple pie, and long home runs
Come on, Cap’n, crunch one!
I think the Yanks are waiting for Johnson.
Or is Godot?
199! 199! 199!
Jeter had better get some armored boots.
I wish Buckwheat would keep Ayala in for the 8th. I think the Yanks can hammer him.
That’s his real name, his parents were big Little Rascals fans.
Now I want buckwheat pancakes.
With Oriole topping?
Nothing like parents with a sense of humor that their son gets to wear.
I lied!
tricksy ragamuffins
I dunno about lefties, but he pitch Jete well.
Run Itchy Run!
Pressure!
Can’t possibly bunt with Cano up. Man, he better not hit into a DP.
Time for Cano to channel his inner Ibby!
Ibby jumped him last night. Wonder what his first pitch will be.
threw it foul
Ah, more lefty medicine.
3-1…
Cano still looks terrible, but at least he got the runners over.
If Rodriguez lines into a DP, he might as well just leave town.
Showalter ripping through his staff. If the game goes extra innings, does he have someone to pitch a couple innings?
Tillman
I remember them as carrying 13 pitchers, but I dunno who.
Arod, oh, Arodddd. Oh, no more matchup. Who he do? Oh, O’Day.
Alex, turn a new leaf, or Joe, you do it.
Buckminster is doing his Girardi impersonation.
By the way, it’s actually William Nathanial Showalter III.
Rodriguez is swinging and missing at everything.
Now the crowd is booing.
Three swings and he didn’t touch the ball. Something’s really wrong.
Man, they blew it. They just blew it.
Unfuckingbelievable
I guess they are waiting for Godot Johnson.
Pathetic, I just shot my TV set…im gonna need to depend on you guys to tell me what happened.
When the Yanks are batting…..NOTHING
O’s 0-7, Yanks 0-9 RISP
Girardi should platoon A-Rod & Chavez if they go any further
Probably right, till Arod catches fire.
I’d call him a Lew-ser, but that would be mean.
Quick work, Sori. Got another inning?
Remember when FORD meant Found On the Road Dead!!! Well, it’s baaaack!
No, I do NOT like this. Unless the Yanks win now, then Nunez is in the field in extra innings!
I don’t know if it’s an omen, but I just got my first Database Error message of the game.
me, too.
2-0 Detroit. If the Yankees move on, I’d rather they play Detroit.
WE WANT JOHNSON!
I HATE, HATE I tell you, extra innings
Not now. Not like this.
Joba.
Yanks tonight .176/.282/.235
Team ERA for the series is 1.80.
I watching TBS with the sound off on my laptop and listening to Sterling. The radio is two pitches ahead of the TV picture.
So naturally from that you concluded that Sterling is a fortune teller!
Seems obvious.
two pitches? That can be like a whole minute!
Yeah, basically.
never knew they delayed like that. Wonder why?
wardrobe malfunctions?
I don’t know if they do it deliberately. It might just be some technical thing with my cable company.
It’s probably a socialist conspiracy.
The illuminati.
Well, Nunie handled a hot one, easy do it. So did Joba, big time.
Nunez makes a routine play! Yes!
Johnson must be unavailable. But the Yanks have hit Strop well
Either they’re waiting for a save situation, or they don’t trust him.
I’d guess (a). that’s one advantage to the visitors.
I know that the O’s have some good pitchers, but the Yanks are making them look like the best ever!
the bat got Joba on the crazy bone
Scary! I feel so bad for Joba.
Calm down, Phlepsie! Nice – your first strike looked a lot better than the pickoff throw.
well done, young sir.
Phleps looked good, especially considering it’s tied, extra innings, and his 1st playoff game.
Phleps is the man!
Professor, since you knew that play in advance, why didn’t you warn Joba?
He turned his cell phone off.
Don’t you know smoke signals?
I’m trying to quit.
Granderson looked a little better in his last two AB! Now END IT!
regression
The Kinks called this game years age, “all day and all of the night”
X-rays negative, Joba has no elbow?
Its almost as if Grandy has an eye sight problem….that ball bounced 5 feet in front of him…..i’m 53…i’ve never seen a worse display of hitting against mediocre pitching….the New York Yankees can and will survive without Granderson and others.
ow, we’ve got a tight spot now. Come on, Phleps!
Damn.
Damn, until that pitch Phleps hadn’t thrown Hardy a single pitch in the strike zone.
Need some serious mmmmojo, now.
Wow, if the O’s win it’s a double header today!
Well, for y’all, it’s still Thursday here.
And for H-Dave
It’s Texnorod!
Oh, boy, Alex could redeem his reputation soon.
Crap. See you tomorrow.
Damn
razzerfratz!
Chat y’all tomorrow
Fuck u arod