Game Thread: Fightin' Jays @ Bronx Bombers Round 2
by achengy on Sep 22, 2007 12:30 PM EDT
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PrintSaturday September 22 - Bronx, New York
1:05 PM (EDT)
Toronto Blue Jays Reed Johnson rf Matt Stairs 1b Alexis Rios cf Frank Thomas dh Aaron Hill 2b Russ Adams 3b Adam Lind lf Curtis Thigpen c Rey Olmedo ss Pitching: Shaun Marcum, RHP |
New York Yankees Melky Cabrera cf Derek Jeter ss Bobby Abreu rf Alex Rodriguez 3b Hideki Matsui lf Jorge Posada c Jason Giambi dh Robinson Cano 2b Doug Mientkiewicz 1b Pitching: Phil Hughes, RHP |
They are resting Roger Clemens for Phil Hughes as the Yankees do some serious rotation juggling.
Both the Yankees and Jays wasted some arms in the 14 innings game yesterday. We have Banks, Towers and League who didn't pitch yesterday. I am sure Frasor and Downs could step in as well. Hopefully Marcum can go deep into a game but that isn't likely where he has struggled against the Yankees this season to a tune of a 6.06 ERA in 16 1/3 IP.
There isn't much news as it is the end of the season and while we are out of it, beating up on our AL East enemies feels sweet. Go Jays!
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This would be a pretty exciting run
if we were still in it.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Wasn't it like that last year?
When we jumped ahead of Boston and finally went on the run we were supposed to have much earlier.
but swap the late run with the early collapse
and you get a depressing late collapse, so there's that.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Rain delay?
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Yep - isolated showers
according to the Sportsnet telecast.
Damnit
This is why I hate outdoor stadiums. I hope it clears up soon so I have something to watch thats worth while.
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Someone let me know when the game starts...
Doing some homework now...
Looks like it's about to start
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Sparky sucks up a lot of pitches
but doesn't reach.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Stairs caught looking
Maybe his poor numbers at 1B will make him cheaper for us when we sign him to play LF (where his numbers are insane).
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Rios grounds out on the third pitch
giving Hughes a 16 pitch 1-2-3 inning.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Marcum gets Cabrera to ground to second
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
It's easy
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Abreu flies out to right for the 1-2-3
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
There goes the no-hitter
Frank singles up the middle.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Hill keeps on truckin'
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Adams flies to right
Thomas advances to third.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Lind lays off a 2-0 fastball
then grounds into a double play to end the inning.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Marcum walks A-Rod on 4 straight
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Matsui singles on a 3-2 pitch, A-Rod to third
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Posada RBI single, Matsui to third
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
It's easy
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Marcum cuts down the runner at the plate
on a comebacker, but was Posada going? Why no double play?
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Not looking good
Rios' arm is respected though. He should be a gold glover.
Mientkiewicz singles to center
but Rios fires a strike to the plate and Posada is held at third.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Whitt makes a call to the bullpen
noting that we have some tired arms.
Cabrera grounds out to first
stranding the bases loaded.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
If only we were a team that could draw momentum
from stranding the bases loaded.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Thigpen's slump continues. Line out to RF
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Olmedo broken bat liner to A-Rod
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Sparky with a zany "double"
after Cano knocks Mientkiewicz over.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Stairs first pitch swinging groundout
to strand Sparky. That's 0 for 3 with RISP.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Jeter singles to left
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Abreu flies out to Lind
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
A-Rod singles to left
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Matsui flies out to Rios
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Marcum gets Posada on a first pitch nubber
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
It's all well and good to complain about Marcum's
delivery having too much arm and not enough leg, but if he used his legs more wouldn't he be worse at holding runners and a worse fielder?
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Rios leadoff double
It's very important not to strand him there this time, guys.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Frank strikes out swinging
now 0 for 4 with RISP
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Hill singles to right, but Rios is held at third
so 1 for 5 with RISP, but no runs.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Adams pops up to Jeter
1 for 6 with RISP and no runs.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Lind ground rule double
Rios scores, but Hill only to third. Now 2 for 7 with RISP.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Slumping Thigpen with a chance to strand 2
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Thigpen grits out a bloop single!
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Thigpen steals second
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Olmedo grounds out to second
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Marcum out, Tallet in
Jerry Howarth said he saw Marcum talk to George Poulis in the dugout.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Apparently a sore knee
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
It's easy for Tallet
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Adams makes a do-or-die play on Cano
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Tallet plunks Mientkiewicz
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Cabrera flies out Johnson
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Sparky lines out to A-Rod
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Stairs singles to left
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Rios strikes out looking
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Thomas singles to center
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
and limps off the field
John-Ford Griffin pinch running and the new DH.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Hill flies out to center
stranding two.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
It's easy
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Tallet walks Abreu
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
It's easy
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Matsui triples to right
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Tallet walks Posada
I fear it's all slipping away from him.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
It's easy
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Despite the run, Tallet was still a small net +
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Hughes out, Villone in
to face our now heavily left handed lineup.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Adams with a quick popup
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Lind flies out to the track in left
Villone out, Ohlendorf in.
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Thigpen lines out to center to complete the 1-2-3
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Tallet out, Kennedy in
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Cano grounds out to second first pitch
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Kennedy walks Mientkiewicz
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Cabrera grounds out softly to Kennedy
Mientkiewicz into scoring position with 2 outs
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Kennedy out, Frasor in
to face Jeter
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Frasor drops the feed from Stairs on a ground ball
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Frasor walks Abreu
We're about to lose.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
A-rod 2 run double
See?
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Frasor out, Downs in
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Matsui 2 run single
Icing on the cake.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Looks like Downs tweaked his back covering
so we get to warm someone up.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
It's going to be League.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
League ready already
but considering how long he took to warm up, he's not really ready and will get hit hard.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Posada grounds out on the first pitch
At least they used a bunch of their better relievers last night, but Rivera only pitched one inning, so we'll have to put something together before then.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Yanks bring in Veras
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Olmedo with a leadoff bloop double
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Sparky keeps on truckin'
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
This would be a good time for Stairs clutchness
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Stairs strikes out swinging
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Runners move up on a wild pitch to Rios
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Rios strikes out swinging
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
A passed ball lets Olmedo score
Sparky to third
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Griffin keeps on truckin'
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Hill RBI singles to left, advances on the throw
as Griffin made it to third.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Veras out, Ramirez in
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Adams doubles! Jays take the lead back!
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Adams up to third on another wild pitch
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Lind RBI single to center!
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Thigpen flies to center for the third out
Now we just have to keep it this time.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Giambi flies out, escaping the sombrero
for now
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
League walks Cano on 4 straight
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Mientkiewicz with a ground rule double
Great, we're going to give the lead back.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Cabrera 2 RBI single
Tied again. Sigh.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Grounder to first, no chance at the double play
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
League out, Wolfe in
to face a lefty. This will only end in tears.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Wolfe walks Abreu
Here come the tears
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
A-Rod RBI single to center
sob
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Matsui grounds out
Now we have to score a run before they can get Rivera in to shut down the rally.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Ramirez out, Farnsworth in
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Olmedo with the infield single
Does he have base stealing speed?
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
16 SBs
in AAA in 22 attmpes 2006. This year sucked for him though going 7 for 12.
Sparky shows bunt
Farnsie keeps checking on Olmedo
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Sparky keeps on truckin'
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Stairs with another chance at clutchness
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Stairs lines out to first
but no lineout double play, luckily.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Globetrotter that save up, Farnsie
Make it a blown save.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Zaun pinch hitting for Griffin
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Farnsworth out, Britton in
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Hill flies out to right
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Pitching staff WPA
Jays: -.956
Yankees: -1.188
Yankees: -1.188
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Britton out, Igawa in
Luna pinch hitting for Clutch Adams.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Luna RBI single
gets caught in a pickle, and Zaun thrown out at the plate trying to score.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Posada with an infield single up the middle
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Giambi flies out to Rios, still no Sombrero
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Wolfe walks Cano
Seriously?
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Sparrow is starting to warm
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Betemit grounds out to Hill
but no double play chance and now two in scoring position for the top of the order.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Cabrera 2 RBI single again
but they get him turning at first. Another ball under Hill's glove.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
This can't end well for us.
The Yankees have a 16 man bullpen right now.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Igawa out, Rivera in
and we rallied before they could get him in, but they rallied back.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Rivera faces our bottom three
and we have to hold down their 2-3-4.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Eh we are probably relying on Sparrow
the way this one is shaping up...I am not too optimistic.
Blue Jays Franchise Record
For longest 9-inning road game.
Lind grounds out to short
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Thigpen doubles off the wall
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Safe to say
he's out of his slump.
Olmedo strikes out swinging
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Sparky strikes out swinging
Thigpen stranded.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Here he comes
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Jeter grounds out to second
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Abreu grounds out to the mound
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
And here comes Mr. 9th inning
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
A-Rod doubles to left
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Matsui flies out to Rios again
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Extras again
Hugo is getting more bang for his buck again.
But again, seeing the Jays blow 6 runs of leads
probably not making him happy.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Rivera out, Karstens in
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Stairs leadoff single
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Rios flies out to right
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Zaun pops up to second
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Hill doubles, Stairs thrown out at hom
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Posada leadoff ground rule double
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Johnny Damon pinch running for Posada
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
They're putting Giambi on
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Cano flies out to left, runners advance
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
It's easy for Sparrow
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Cabrera ends it
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Yucky Game
It's funny you'd think that if we score 11 runs we'd win even against the Yankees but our pitchers consistently got behind everyone. walked countless people got behind everyone 2-1 and 2-0 and 3-1.
Horrible execution today by this pitching staff.
Sure the Yankees were the same way but we are supposed to win games with pitching not lose them.
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We used our best pitching to keep the tie
in Friday's game, and were stuck with the dregs to try to hold a lead.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
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