INSIDER: the Yankees are just 2-9 against the Rays and Red Sox and have lost their last eight in a row against the two AL East rivals including five at the new stadium. Most of them have been close games. The Yankees will play their next five games against these two teams. He now has a 13.49 ERA against the Rays and Red Sox combined. It's time for him to turn it around against those two.
ON THE MOUND:
With CC Sabathia going up against David Price it was prone to be a pitcher's duel at the new stadium today, and after four innings the Yanks were up 2-0 and it seemed like things would turn out that way, but that's when Sabathia did not fare well. He allowed two runs in the fifth, and three in the sixth on a three-run blast off the bat of Willy Aybar, and the Rays were now up 5-3.
Sabathia eventually settled down and ended up pitching eight innings, allowed five runs (four earned) on five hits, walked three, and struck out five. He threw 101 pitches, 64 for strikes. I know he gave the Yankees length but what's the good if he couldn't keep his leads and coming from an ace, 4-5 runs is horrible.
Mariano Rivera came in for the ninth and the Rays erupted. A lead-off triple by Zobrist and a single Joe Dillon and the Rays were back ahead 6-5. Mo then got the next two batters - Dioner Navarro on a ground out and Matt Joyce on a fly out - to put a Dillon on third with two out. The Rays then sent Evan Longoria up to pinch hit and Joe Girardi decided to intetionally walk him to face B.J. Upton who ended up hitting an RBI single to give the Rays a 7-5 lead. Longoria has had more success off Mo in the past and Joe Girardi made sense for this move, but Mo did not see it that way. Either way, he still needed to get out Upton and that didn't happen. That knocked Mariano out the game.
Phil Coke then came in and allowed an RBI single to Carl Crawford and then Aybar reached on an error allowing another run to come n and the Rays were up 9-5. The two runs were both charged to Rivera.
THE OFFENSE:
The score remained 5-3 Rays until the bottom of the eighth when the Yankees mounted another late-inning rally. Mark Teixeira led off the inning with a deep blast into the club level in right field to cut the Rays' lead to one. It was Teixeira's 17th homer of the year, tying him for tops in the AL with Rays' first baseman Carlos Pena. The Yankees would eventually load the bases with one out for Melky Cabrera. He hit a grounder that looked like it would end up being an inning-ending doubleplay, but the combination of a high throw from Ben Zobrist to second baseman Willy Aybar and a hard slide by Nick Swisher allowed Melky to beat out the return throw and the tying run scored.
The Yanks made it interesting in the ninth but came up short, Jeter singled, Johnny Damon doubled, and Teixeira drove in two with another double and the Yanks were now down by just two and the tying run was up with nobody out. But Alex Rodriguez grounded out, and Jorge Posada and Robinson Cano both flew out to deep center and that was the ballgame.
THE BOX SCORE:
AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG Jeter, SS 4 1 1 0 1 1 1 .312 Damon, LF 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 .296 Teixeira, 1B 5 1 2 3 0 0 2 .286 Rodriguez, A, 3B 3 2 1 1 2 0 1 .253 Posada, DH-C 4 1 0 0 1 1 3 .308 Cano, 2B 4 0 1 1 1 0 1 .304 Swisher, RF 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 .247 Cabrera, M, CF 4 1 1 1 0 1 2 .309 Cervelli, C 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .271 a-Matsui, PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .255 Rivera, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Coke, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 7 7 6 7 5 15
a-Struck out for Cervelli in the 8th.
BATTING
2B: Cabrera, M (7, Price), Damon (13, Wheeler), Teixeira (15, Wheeler).
HR: Rodriguez, A (8, 2nd inning off Price, 0 on, 0 out), Teixeira (17, 8th inning off Balfour, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Jeter; Damon 2; Teixeira 6; Rodriguez, A 4; Cano; Cabrera, M 2.
RBI: Rodriguez, A (23), Cano (33), Teixeira 3 (50), Cabrera, M (23).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Teixeira; Swisher; Matsui; Cano.
S: Cervelli.
Team RISP: 1-for-9.
Team LOB: 8.
BASERUNNING
SB: Jeter (11, 2nd base off Price/Navarro), Rodriguez, A (1, 2nd base off Price/Navarro).
FIELDING
E: Damon (2, throw), Rodriguez, A (2, fielding).
DP: (Cano-Jeter-Teixeira).
Pickoffs: Sabathia (Upton at 1st base).
IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Sabathia 8.0 5 5 4 3 5 2 3.56 Rivera (L, 0-2) 0.2 3 4 3 1 0 0 3.47 Coke 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.43
RAYS STATS
PLAYER OF THE GAME:
Ben Zobrist (2-for-3, HR, 3B, RBI, BB, 2 R)
UP NEXT:
Yankees vs. Rays
Game Time: 1:05 p.m. | TV/Radio: YES, WCBS 880
RHP Joba Chamberlain (3-1, 3.71 ERA) vs. RHP Matt Garza (4-4, 3.67 ERA)
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ON THE MOUND:
With CC Sabathia going up against David Price it was prone to be a pitcher's duel at the new stadium today, and after four innings the Yanks were up 2-0 and it seemed like things would turn out that way, but that's when Sabathia did not fare well. He allowed two runs in the fifth, and three in the sixth on a three-run blast off the bat of Willy Aybar, and the Rays were now up 5-3.
Sabathia eventually settled down and ended up pitching eight innings, allowed five runs (four earned) on five hits, walked three, and struck out five. He threw 101 pitches, 64 for strikes. I know he gave the Yankees length but what's the good if he couldn't keep his leads and coming from an ace, 4-5 runs is horrible.
Mariano Rivera came in for the ninth and the Rays erupted. A lead-off triple by Zobrist and a single Joe Dillon and the Rays were back ahead 6-5. Mo then got the next two batters - Dioner Navarro on a ground out and Matt Joyce on a fly out - to put a Dillon on third with two out. The Rays then sent Evan Longoria up to pinch hit and Joe Girardi decided to intetionally walk him to face B.J. Upton who ended up hitting an RBI single to give the Rays a 7-5 lead. Longoria has had more success off Mo in the past and Joe Girardi made sense for this move, but Mo did not see it that way. Either way, he still needed to get out Upton and that didn't happen. That knocked Mariano out the game.
Phil Coke then came in and allowed an RBI single to Carl Crawford and then Aybar reached on an error allowing another run to come n and the Rays were up 9-5. The two runs were both charged to Rivera.
THE OFFENSE:
The score remained 5-3 Rays until the bottom of the eighth when the Yankees mounted another late-inning rally. Mark Teixeira led off the inning with a deep blast into the club level in right field to cut the Rays' lead to one. It was Teixeira's 17th homer of the year, tying him for tops in the AL with Rays' first baseman Carlos Pena. The Yankees would eventually load the bases with one out for Melky Cabrera. He hit a grounder that looked like it would end up being an inning-ending doubleplay, but the combination of a high throw from Ben Zobrist to second baseman Willy Aybar and a hard slide by Nick Swisher allowed Melky to beat out the return throw and the tying run scored.
The Yanks made it interesting in the ninth but came up short, Jeter singled, Johnny Damon doubled, and Teixeira drove in two with another double and the Yanks were now down by just two and the tying run was up with nobody out. But Alex Rodriguez grounded out, and Jorge Posada and Robinson Cano both flew out to deep center and that was the ballgame.
THE BOX SCORE:
AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG Jeter, SS 4 1 1 0 1 1 1 .312 Damon, LF 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 .296 Teixeira, 1B 5 1 2 3 0 0 2 .286 Rodriguez, A, 3B 3 2 1 1 2 0 1 .253 Posada, DH-C 4 1 0 0 1 1 3 .308 Cano, 2B 4 0 1 1 1 0 1 .304 Swisher, RF 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 .247 Cabrera, M, CF 4 1 1 1 0 1 2 .309 Cervelli, C 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .271 a-Matsui, PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .255 Rivera, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Coke, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 7 7 6 7 5 15
a-Struck out for Cervelli in the 8th.
BATTING
2B: Cabrera, M (7, Price), Damon (13, Wheeler), Teixeira (15, Wheeler).
HR: Rodriguez, A (8, 2nd inning off Price, 0 on, 0 out), Teixeira (17, 8th inning off Balfour, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Jeter; Damon 2; Teixeira 6; Rodriguez, A 4; Cano; Cabrera, M 2.
RBI: Rodriguez, A (23), Cano (33), Teixeira 3 (50), Cabrera, M (23).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Teixeira; Swisher; Matsui; Cano.
S: Cervelli.
Team RISP: 1-for-9.
Team LOB: 8.
BASERUNNING
SB: Jeter (11, 2nd base off Price/Navarro), Rodriguez, A (1, 2nd base off Price/Navarro).
FIELDING
E: Damon (2, throw), Rodriguez, A (2, fielding).
DP: (Cano-Jeter-Teixeira).
Pickoffs: Sabathia (Upton at 1st base).
IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Sabathia 8.0 5 5 4 3 5 2 3.56 Rivera (L, 0-2) 0.2 3 4 3 1 0 0 3.47 Coke 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.43
RAYS STATS
PLAYER OF THE GAME:
Ben Zobrist (2-for-3, HR, 3B, RBI, BB, 2 R)
UP NEXT:
Yankees vs. Rays
Game Time: 1:05 p.m. | TV/Radio: YES, WCBS 880
RHP Joba Chamberlain (3-1, 3.71 ERA) vs. RHP Matt Garza (4-4, 3.67 ERA)
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