Yankees 5, Orioles 1: It could have been worse?
by Stacey on Aug 31, 2009 10:29 PM EDT
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PrintAndy Pettitte took a perfect game into the 7th inning before a two out Jerry Hairston Jr. error and a Nick Markakis single took both away, causing Andy Pettitte to have to settle for his 26th career win against the Orioles.
There's not much to say about the offense tonight. They hacked and flailed at Pettite's pitches all night, looking wholly incompetent. In the 7th inning, with 20 straight Orioles retired, Adam Jones hit a ground ball to 3B Jerry Hairston. The ball with right through Hairston's legs, and Pettitte's perfect game was history. Nick Markakis followed that with an opposite field single and there went the no-hitter. For the first time the Orioles were in business, but Nolan Reimold grounded out to end the inning. The O's only run came when Melvin Mora hit his 6th HR in the 8th inning, making Pettite's final line: 8 IP, 2 H, 1 R 0 BB, 8 K.
Not as effective but still rather impressive all things considered was Jeremy Guthrie's game. Guthrie allowed just two hits through the first four innings, but unfortunately one of those was a home run to Nick Swisher. Guthrie really struggled in the 5th, as the inning started off with back-to-back doubles by Robinson Cano and Swisher to give the Yankees their second run of the game. Guthrie then hit Jerry Hairston to put runners at first and second with zero outs, but escaped with a Melky Cabrera groundout and GIDP by Derek Jeter. Guthrie came back for the 6th with a 1-2-3 inning but his pitch count didn't allow him to go any deeper into the game.
With Guthrie out, Mark Hendrickson came in to try and hold the deficit at 2 runs. He was unsuccessful, giving up three runs in the 8th on four hits. Brian Bass relieved Hendo and finished the game.
The Yankees sent Bruney to the mound in the 9th to close it out, but he couldn't do his job. He walked Brian Roberts and gave up a single to Adam Jones. Just like in a game earlier this year, Mariano Rivera had to come in to clean up Bruney's mess. He retired Markakis and Reimold to end the game and earn his 37th save of the year.
You can put this one in the loss column. O's and Yanks face off again tomorrow, David Hernandez vs. A.J. Burnett.
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YESSS!!!!
1 VOTE FOR MELMO – 100% UNANIMOUS!
by Wieters Wieners on Aug 31, 2009 10:32 PM EDT reply actions
Could have been much worse
Imagine this: andy pettite perfect game against O’s.
It could have been worse, but it still sucked.
“hacked and flailed” – perfect description. Awful approach. They acted like they’ve never seen AP pitch before.
Classic '07-'08 Guts, keeping his team in a game against a better one-- and somehow not shooting all of the former afterwards
for acting like it was the first day of ST or they’d lost a bet and had to hit with the wrong end of the bat or who the hell knows what. Andy Pettitte is a good pitcher— OK, very good when he’s on — but his career record against us still smacks of theTwilight Zone or the Ugly Anomaly FIles or something. Key-ripes, he’s not Warren Spahn, people. (Although there are some similarities, come to think of it.)
OK, rack up a(nother) wasted QS, assign Hendrickson a BH and let’s get on with it today, fellas. Please show up and, well, look professional. Hold the stick by the skinny end and make the fatter part hit the ball. Very far, if you can; or extremely not far, if you’re Memlo, and then run very, very fast to first. Look, I don’t want to have to go over this stuff again, all right?
Go O’s!
"Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." Churchill,1942-- a rebuilding year.
p.s. Is anything more grating than opening up Yahoo Sports for the scores and seeing a Great Manager Joe Girardi article first?
You could lose your breakfast in a hurry.
"Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." Churchill,1942-- a rebuilding year.
If you're asking whether BH could/should subdivide into b-holds-with-lead and b-holds-while-trailing: why not?
In this instance, Hendrickson does pay a statistical price, of course, in ERA. But I think this kind of performance also deserves a collective-negative-catgegory mark to symbolize Failed to Keep ’em Close (Enough).
So maybe two BH’s, p’haps terming them BH (A) and BH(B), for Blown Hold (Ahead) and Blown Hold (Behind) makes sense.
I wonder if anybody besides O’s fans wonders about stuff like this…
"Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." Churchill,1942-- a rebuilding year.
Hey the NY times
ranked da ducks as like 13th or 14th. They also said the BS-UO game was a big game to watch.
"Chicks who dig home runs aren’t the ones who appeal to me, I think there’s sexiness in infield hits because they require technique. I’d rather impress the chicks with my technique than with my brute strength. Then, every now and then, just to show I can do that, too, I might flirt a little by hitting one out."-Ichiro
by WestcoastO'sFan on Sep 1, 2009 3:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Haha
could have been worse was the slogan of one of my little league teams.
speaking of little league
would that team from San Diego or Taiwan (the finalist teams) beat the O’s if they were wearing pinstripes?
Vote Guts
Oregon or Bust!
"Chicks who dig home runs aren’t the ones who appeal to me, I think there’s sexiness in infield hits because they require technique. I’d rather impress the chicks with my technique than with my brute strength. Then, every now and then, just to show I can do that, too, I might flirt a little by hitting one out."-Ichiro
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