Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Wild Card Watch: September 3, 2013

Good morning Yankees fans! I am back with another Wild Card Watch! Yesterday the Yankees were 3.5 games back and needed to gain some ground. Did they? Here's the results from last night along with the final scores of our Wild Card contending teams:


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Wild Card Final Scores (WC Teams are in BOLD):


White Sox 1, Yankees 9: David Huff pitched 5.1 IP of one run ball, Derek Jeter drove in two runs and the Yankees scored a season high 8 runs in the 4th inning as they demolished the White Sox 9-1 to take game one of the three game set. Tonight's pitching match-up: Chris Sale (10-12, 2.99 ERA) vs. Hiroki Kuroda (11-10, 2.89 ERA)


Rays 2, Angels 11: Erick Aybar had a big night for the Angels, hitting a two-run homer and a two-run triple, Grant Green had his first MLB home run and Garret Richards navigated after a shaky start as the Angels hand the Rays their fifth straight loss with a 11-2 victory. Tonight's pitching match-up: Matt Moore (14-3, 3.41 ERA) vs. Jason Vargas (8-5, 3.54 ERA).


Orioles 7, Indians 2: Nate McLouth and Matt Weiters both hit two-run HR's and Bud Norris pitched seven innings of one run ball as the Orioles beat the Indians 7-2. Tonight's pitching match-up: Chris Tillman (15-4, 3.61 ERA) vs. Ubaldo Jimenez (9-9, 3.95 ERA).


Rangers 2, Athletics 4: Coco Crisp hit the game deciding home run and Yoenis Cespedes HR'd as the A's win 4-2. The Rangers and Angels are now tied for first in the AL West (which is why the Rangers are in the Wild Card standings. Tonight's match-up: Martin Perez (8-3, 3.58 ERA) vs. Bartolo Colon (14-5, 2.94 ERA).


Royals 3, Mariners 1: Royals reliever Will Smith tossed 4.1 IP after starter Danny Duffy left the game in the fourth inning and the Royals got to King Felix, scoring three runs including a Mike Moustakas single as the Royals beat the Mariners 3-1. Tonight's pitching match-up: Erasmo Ramirez (5-1, 5.18 ERA) vs. Bruce Chen (6-2, 2.79 ERA).


Come back tomorrow for another Wild Card Update!

1 comment:

  1. Huge victory tonight with a good old-fashioned rally in the 8th to come all the way back. 5 consecutive line drive hits by Jeter, Cano, Sori, ARod and Grandy all up the middle or to opposite field. That's good hitting and adjusting to what the pitcher is giving you. Many of them were 2-strike hits and was refreshing to see all the guys adjust and shorten up their swings a bit. Then Nunez hit the game-winner on what was an excellent pitch by Lindstrom.....a hard 95mph fastball bearing down and in that Nunie laced into the corner. It's hits like that that gets people excited about his potential. He's had an injury-ridden season but is playing well lately hitting .333 (25 for 75) over his last 21 games.

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