Burnett Sharp Again in Yanks 4-2 Win

post from Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog on 03 July 2009 07:37:00 PM. © Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog

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R H E TOR 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
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Winning pitcher - A.J. Burnett (7-4)
Losing pitcher - Brian Tallet (5-6)
SV - Mariano Rivera (21)

A.J. Burnett had another great start as he led the Yanks to a 4-2 win over the Blue Jays today in the Bronx. His once again has his A+ stuff today, spotting his 95-97 mph fastball, and curveball had excellent movement and he was throwing it for strikes. In seven innings Burnett allowed two runs on six hits, walked two, struck out seven, and threw 68 of his 112 pitches for strikes. Burnett really only made on mistake, an 0-2 fastball to Vernon Wells in the sixth that ended up in the leftfield bleachers. The first run came in the fourth when Lyle Overbay doubled and then scored on an Alex Rios RBI single.

Through his first nine starts he was a very unimpressive 2-2, with a 5.28 ERA. Since then he's 5-2 with a 1.47 ERA, and that includes that rough 2.2 inning outing in Fenway on June 9th. That night in Fenway he said this to the media:?I?m not very consistent right now. I?m not a negative guy, so I?m not going to beat myself up over it. But when I do get on that run, it?s going to be impressive. I promise you that.? Since that game he's 3-1 with an 0.99 ERA.

Robinson Cano got the Yanks scoring strated when he blasted a solo homer in second off Jays' starter Brian Tallet to put the Yanks on top 1-0. Cano has been red hot lately, hitting .357 over his last seven games, but he's driven in just one run because he's o for his last 15 with runners in scoring position. How is it possible to be on that kind of roll and still be unable to hit with runners on? Should we start getting concerned?

With the score tied at one in the fifth the Yanks loaded the bases with nobody out for Mark Teixeira. Tallet then walked him on four pitches to force in a run, his third walk of the inning. The Yanks then added another run on a wild pitch and led 3-1. They didn't do as much damage as they should have, but it turned out to be enough for today.

In the eighth Alex Rodriguez gave the Yankees some insurance when he launched a solo homer off reliever Jeremy Accardo to extend the Yanks lead to 4-2. A-Rod has five home runs and 14 RBI over the last nine games, in those games the Yanks are 8-1.

The Yankees bullpen was very good again. Phil Coke and Phil Hughes combined to pitch a scoreless eighth, then, after A-Rod's insurance Mariano Rivera shut the door with for his 21st save of the year.

With Chien-Ming Wang going up against Roy Halladay, tomorrow's pitching matchup does look too promising if you're a Yankees fan. Hopefully Wang has his best game of the year and the Yanks figured out a way to put a couple runs on the board against Halladay.

AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG Jeter, SS 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 .310 Damon, LF 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 .287 Teixeira, 1B 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 .275 Rodriguez, A, 3B 3 1 1 1 1 0 4 .237 Cano, 2B 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 .306 Swisher, RF 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .236 Cabrera, Me, RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .282 Matsui, H, DH 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 .255 Cervelli, C 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .257 Gardner, CF 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 .286 Totals 30 4 8 3 5 3 16

BATTING
HR: Cano (13, 2nd inning off Tallet, 0 on, 0 out), Rodriguez, A (14, 8th inning off Accardo, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Jeter 2; Damon; Teixeira; Rodriguez, A 4; Cano 4; Matsui, H; Cervelli.
RBI: Cano (43), Teixeira (61), Rodriguez, A (42).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Gardner; Cano; Swisher.
Team RISP: 1-for-6.
Team LOB: 7.

BASERUNNING
CS: Cervelli (2, 2nd base by Tallet/Chavez, R).

IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Burnett, A (W, 7-4) 7.0 6 2 2 2 7 1 3.83 Coke (H, 7) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.15 Hughes, P (H, 3) 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.28 Rivera, Ma (S, 21) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2.67
BLUE JAYS STATS

PLAYER OF THE GAME: A.J. Burnett (W, 7 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 7 K)

HONORABLE MENTION: Mariano Rivera (S, 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K - plus he's been lights-out lately)

Tomorrow's Game

Yankees vs. Blue Jays
Game Time: 1:05 p.m. | TV/Radio: YES, WCBS
RHP Chien-Ming Wang (1-6, 10.06) vs. RHP Roy Halladay (10-2, 2.56)

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1890 DMB World Series-Game #2

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Tom Lovett vs Ed Dailey 10/18/1890, @ Eclipse Park OYSTER BURNS SHUCKS 3 HOME RUNS IN BRIDEGROOMS VICTORY Oyster Burns Oyster Burns hit 3 3-run HRs in his1st 3 at bats to lead the Bridegrooms to a high scoring victory over the Cyclones. The 3 Hrs and 9 rbis are both DMB World Series records. Burns added [...]

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Happy and safe 4th of July to everyone

post from The tenth inning stretch on 03 July 2009 07:18:00 PM. © The tenth inning stretch

I am taking a week long vacation to the Caribbean. No TV, no Radio no American baseball. But... the only technology I am bringing with me is my iphone; and I am going to a very interesting part of the Caribbean as far as international free agents go, so[...]

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Checking Out With a Win

post from The Chuck Knoblog on 03 July 2009 07:18:00 PM. © The Chuck Knoblog

I'll be making my getaway to New Hampshire to spend some time with the family tomorrow. So, this was the last game I'll be seeing for the rest of the week. It was a good one though.

A.J. came out of the gate throwing heat. He was thrwoing 95-97 mph consistently and it served him well early on. When that started to fail him, he turned to a vicious breaking ball. Although the score was close, the way Burnett pitched made it feel like the lead was much larger.

He's been fantastic since that start against Boston and I pray he stays healthy because right now A.J. is a guy worth watching every start. He K'd seven in as many innings and gave up only two runs. Much of that was due to the fact that he limited his walk total to three which is a major improvement for Burnett. He was challenging hitters, rather than nibbling and the results were fantastic. The bullpen was just as good as well. The two Phil's worked together for an easy eighth inning and Mariano had a 1-2-3 ninth inning while K'ing two.

The offense didn't score to many runs but were solid and four runs sould be enough to win a game. Cano opened up the scoring by leading off the second with a homer. Its been a long time since Robi's flashed his power. It wasn't that long ago that some people were talking about 30 home run potential with him and its nice to see him show some of that again. The fifth inning was what sealed the deal. Brain Tallet started the inning by walking Brett Gardner, big mistake. The Toronto lefty was clearly distracted by Gardner throughout the rest of the inning. He ended up walking Mark Texeira with the bases loaded and throwing a wild pitch to give the Yankees a 3-1 lead. Vernon Wells got the Jays a run closer in the following inning with a solo homer but that was all they would get and A-Rod would tack on another run with a ninth inning homer off of Jeremy Accardo anyway.

Great bounceback win after a clunker by Sabathia and the Yankees are rolling right now.

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Game 79 Open Thread - White Sox (41-38) at Royals
(33-45)

post from Royals Review on 03 July 2009 07:15:00 PM. © Royals Review

Zack Greinke against John Danks.

I'd love to see Zack do something magical tonight.

White Sox vs Royals coverage, South Side Sox

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2009 Game 81: First Place Detroit Tigers at Soon
to be First Minnesota Twins

post from The WGOM on 03 July 2009 07:00:37 PM. © The WGOM

Time: 7:10 CDTTV: FSN HDMLB.tv and radioStarters:Lucas French (2.98 ERA, 7.9 K/9, 2.2 BB/9 in 81.7 IP in AAA)vsKevin Slowey (10-3, 4.41; 119 tRA+)Yes, Frenchie, err, Luke is left-handed. Sorry, he's not a Jeremy.. yet. Mediocre numbers in the minors until this year in AAA, when he basically morphed into Scott Baker. Maybe Rick Knapp [...]

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Manny 0 for 1 with walk in return (AP)

post from MLB News Blog on 03 July 2009 06:57:27 PM. © MLB News Blog

Manny Ramirez returned to the big leagues as only he could. Wearing sunglasses and with his famous dreadlocks in a ponytail, the Los Angeles Dodgers' slugger apologized to fans and teammates during a news conference Friday afternoon. He refused to answer questions about steroids, laying off them as if they were pitches in the dirt.

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Danks sharp as White Sox extend run to 7 (AP)

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John Danks threw 7 1-3 shutout innings and got a big lift from reliever Scott Linebrink as the Chicago White Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 5-0 on Friday night for their seventh straight victory. A. J. Pierzynski homered and he and Scott Podsednik both had three hits for the White Sox (42-38), who won [...]

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Game #79: Maxwell M. Scherzer vs. Jorge Alberto
(Gonzalez) de la Rosa

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I think we win the battle of best replacement manager...

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M.M..S.

vs.

J.A.(G.)d.l.R.

I think we win the battle of best looking starting pitcher initials....

NL West Standings

W L PCT GB STRK Los Angeles5029.6320Won 1San Francisco4236.5387.5Lost 2Colorado4137.5258.5Lost 1San Diego3444.43515.5Lost 2Arizona3148.39219Lost 2

(updated 7.3.2009 at 6:05 PM EDT)

I think we win the battle of best record...

Diamondbacks

2B Felipe Lopez
3B Ryan Roberts
RF Justin Upton
1B Mark Reynolds
LF Gerardo Parra
CF Chris Young
C Luke Carlin
SS Augie Ojeda
RHP Max Scherer

Rockies

CF Dexter Fowler
2B Clint Barmes
1B Todd Helton
RF Brad Hawpe
SS Troy Tulowitzki
3B Ian Stewart
C Chris Iannetta
LF Carlos Gonzalez
LHP Jorge De La Rosa

I think we win the battle of the best starting lineup (from the DP, I'll put the widget in instead when it's available)...

Let's win the battle on the field tonight!

Go Rockies!

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Pujols hits fourth slam of season in win (AP)

Albert Pujols hit his club-record fourth grand slam of the season, and Jarrett Hoffpauir drove in the go-ahead runs in the ninth inning with his first career hit as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Cincinnati Reds 7-4 on Friday night. Hoffpauir, playing his first major league game after being recalled Wednesday from Triple-A Memphis, [...]

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