Angels Sweep
July 12, 2009 · Greg Cohen · Jump to comments
Article Source: Bleacher Report - New York Yankees
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | ||
| NYY | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 | |
| LAA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 5 | 9 | 2 |
WP – John Lackey (4-4)
LP – CC Sabathia (8-6)
SV – Brian Fuentes (26)
For three straight days a Yankee starter had pitched well for the first three innings of a game.
For three straight days each of those starters fell apart in the fourth and/or fifth innings.
What this means I’m not quite sure, but it bothers me. Once through the order and all of a sudden the Angels batters own Yankee pitching.
This afternoon in Anaheim it was CC Sabathia who allowed two hits and a walk over the first three, only to implode in the fourth, allowing four runs on four hits and a walk. A 1-0 Yankee lead turned into a 4-1 deficit. Sabathia would last until the seventh, when he allowed the Angels fifth run on a two-out triple by Chone Figgins, and then an RBI single to Maicer Izturis.
It wasn’t as bad as Pettitte or Chamberlain, but 5 runs on 9 hits and three walks is still bad. He threw 114 pitches, 71 for strikes. I still think Joe Girardi should have gone with Phil Hughes once the Angels got a runner on, but that is still no excuse for the way CC pitched today.
Speaking of Hughes, he did come into the game, AFTER the Angels extended their lead from 4-2 to 5-2. He pitched 1.1 scoreless, walked two, and struck out one.
For the third straight day the Yankees blew a lead, although today it was just 1-0 and not the four-run leads of Friday and Saturday. Like the previous two games the offense fought back after falling behind.
Angels’ starter John Lackey was very good today, holding the Yanks to just two runs over seven innings. The Yankees scored two more in the eighth on an RBI single by Melky Cabrera and a sac-fly by Posada. Those runs cut the Angels lead to 5-4, but in both innings the Yankees squandered golden opportunities to either tie the game or take the lead.
With the Angels up 4-2 the Yanks had the bases loaded and nobody out in the seventh with Mark Texieira and Alex Rodriguez coming to the plate. You’d think they’d at least get one run in, but no, Lackey buckled down to strike out Texieira and get A-Rod to ground into an inning-ending double play.
An inning later the Yankees had runners on first and second with one out and Nick Swisher at the plate, he was pinch-hitting for Brett Gardner. Swisher lined a ball that was ticketed for center field, but Angels’ reliever Darren Oliver stuck his glove down and snared the ball, and then threw to first to double off Cabrera.
Like I said yesterday, it doesn’t matter how well the Yankees are playing, they can’t beat the Angels, especially in Anaheim. This year, they also can’t beat Boston, anywhere. they have a dismal 2-12 record against those two teams combined.
That they’ve played so poorly against these two top tier teams concerns me. Don’t get me wrong, they’ve had a very good first half, but eventually they’re going to have to figure out how to beat the better teams in the league, especially if they want to go anywhere in October.
The Yanks now have four days off for the all-star break. They open a three-game series against the first place Tigers on Friday in The Bronx.
| AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | |
| Gardner, CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .282 |
| b-Swisher, PH-LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .237 |
| Jeter, SS | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .321 |
| Teixeira, 1B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .275 |
| Rodriguez, A, 3B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .256 |
| Matsui, H, DH | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .265 |
| Cano, 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .308 |
| Hinske, RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .263 |
| Cabrera, Me, LF-CF | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .285 |
| Molina, J, C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .271 |
| a-Posada, PH-C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .285 |
| Totals | 33 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 23 | |
| a-Singled for Molina, J in the 7th. b-Hit into a double play for Gardner in the 8th. | ||||||||
| BATTING 2B: Cabrera, Me (14, Lackey). TB: Gardner; Jeter 2; Teixeira; Cano; Cabrera, Me 3; Posada. RBI: Jeter (37), Posada 2 (40), Cabrera, Me (34). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Hinske. SF: Posada. GIDP: Teixeira; Rodriguez, A. Team RISP: 3-for-9. Team LOB: 9. FIELDING |
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| IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA | |
| Sabathia (L, 8-6) | 6.2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3.86 |
| Hughes, P | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3.91 |
PLAYER OF THE GAME: John Lackey (W, 7 IP, 6 H, 2, 2 ER, 3 BB, 6 K)
HONORABLE MENTION: Bobby Abreu (2-for-4, 2B, RBI, R)
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