He might not have much left but Jorge Posada made the most of his first start in a week today. In the second inning he hit a two-run single and in the fifth he hit a long grand slam home run as the Yanks beat-up on the Rays, 9-2. Phil Hughes pitched well, giving up a couple of runs on four hits over six innings, but it was Posada who gave the fans the big thrills. His buddy Derek Jeter was honored before the game–more 3,000 hit love–so it was lovely to see ol’ Jorge rip shit up.
One for the money, two for the show…a fun day in the Bronx.
Elsewhere, according to Brian Heyman:
Freddy Garcia cut a finger on his pitching hand four or five days ago in a kitchen accident, according to Joe Girardi, so he has been scratched from tomorrow’s start and the decision about who to cut from the rotation will now be delayed. A.J. Burnett will take the start tomorrow, weather permitting, because the forecast sounds bad.
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Also read Yanks signed Proctor to a MiL deal.
Maybe Tanyon Sturtze is available too.
[2] Allen Watson?
Ichiro takes the Grinch deep in the first, 1-0 M's!
M's three straight hits to start the first against the Grinch..make it four! 3-0 M's! They're hitting it hard of Beckett, hope King Felix can cruise to the shutout now.
Wily Mo Pena batting 5th for the Mariners..that is not good.
Full count to Wily Mo..Grinch doesn't have it tonight.
Can they put Freddie retroactively on the 15 day DL? To add a useful player. So he'd skip this start plus one more.
Hey, Beckett finally got someone out!
Holy shit. Caspar Wells?
Casper Wells (who?) with the two-run tater! M's up 5-0!
[8] Nice to see you RIYank, was settling in here for a solo Sox-Ms gamethread.
Bad news about Freddie..
[10] Well, could be worse, Mr. OK. Fred could probably use some time off anyway, and the rotation is overloaded.
Well, no perfecto, but King Felix has faced the minimum.
[12] Real pleasure to watch him pitch. But going to miss rest of this one, hope he shuts them out!
Price gives up 4 runs, HRs to Ellsbury and Mighty Mouse... who is now the Sox clean up hitter.
[14] Price??? I'm getting my studs mixed up. Felix ahead 5-4. Beckett out after 6.
This from E@#$ regarding the long boomerang that is Proctor's arm:
To borrow a phrase from one of our own, "haha hahaha aha haahaha!" - Love, B. Logan + J. Veras
Watching some of the game now, McCarver even more annoying than usual..may have to turn down the sound..
Check out Ichiro's OF assist on highlights. Damn. I wonder why Tito got so pissed off.