Thursday, April 17, 2014

Sabathia, offense overpower Rays in 10-2 win

CC Sabathia gave up just 1 earned run in 7 innings and the defense turned a 5-4-3 triple play in the bottom of the second tonight as the Yankees stunned David Price and the Rays in St. Petersburg, 10-2. In those 7 frames, Sabathia wasn't necessarily dominant, as he surrendered 7 hits while getting a lot of balls hit hard off him, but since those line drives rarely turned into runs I guess it's tough to complain about this outing. 

Anyway, the Yanks offense attacked early and often in this one, scoring 4 times in the first two innings thanks to 2 RBI Triples from Jacoby Ellsbury and Brian Roberts and 2 RBI Singles from Brian McCann and Derek Jeter. Later on, McCann, Ellsbury, and Roberts, along with Alfonso Soriano, struck again, collecting a Solo Home Run, a Sac Fly, a run-scoring single, and another Solo shot respectively to make this contest a blowout. 

Besides those guys, Yangervis Solarte and Scott Sizemore also contributed to this W, going 3-for-5 with a 2-run Shot (the first of his career) and 1-for-3 with a double. After that double, Sizemore scored easily on the triple by Roberts, giving the Pinstripes an early 2-0 lead.

10 comments:

  1. And that my friend Patrick, is why I'm glad they didn't sign Balfour. Clearly, it was not his fault Tampa lost, but him giving up a long ball would have occurred nightly in the Bronx. Can we PLEASE get over the Yanks not signing him???

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  2. I tried to put that into Patrick's head all offseason long that his numbers were severely helped by a huge park in Oakland and that he was fly ball and home run prone.. It didn't work.

    Keep fighting that good fight fellas

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  3. GRANT BALFOUR...allows a wind driven home run to Solarte in the ninth.....and poor old patrick
    gets double teamed. This is shameless !

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    1. No one is double teaming you buddy, just disagreeing.

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  4. Don't feel bad. Everybody has a player they want in pinstripes that nobody else seems to agree with. I'll let you in on my shameful secret. I've always wanted the Yankees to go after Lincecum. I think he'd be a rock star in New York.

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  5. I always wanted Zack Grienke, so I'm just as bad

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  6. AND....tonight's lineup !
    BeltranBrett Gardner LF
    Derek Jeter SS
    Jacoby Ellsbury CF
    Alfonso Soriano DH
    Brian McCann C
    Yangervis Solarte 2B
    Kelly Johnson 1B
    Scott Sizemore 3B
    Ichiro Suzuki RF

    RHP Hiroki Kuroda

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    1. Solarte is on steroids, he has to be. Dude is destroying the ball....

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  7. JEFF...I love Balfour, for what he would have brought to the swagger of this team.
    In truth, I did get my guy over the winter................Brian Roberts. Always admired his play.

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  8. I wanted AJ Burnett... oh wait, I got him.

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Sorry for the Capatcha... Blame the Russians :)