Tonight, we start to right the ship.

Bleah

Goddammit!

Damage limited.

Good job, kid. That's all they get. Now lose the Hughes disease (25+ pitch inninings).

Hmm, not liking this

'Ohayo!' from sweltering Japan!
Cleveland radio guys are so bad I've switched to Ma & Pa. Had to bail after their lead guy spent 10minutes talking about Wilma Keefer from Alderton,Ohio and her great family...yawn...

How nice was that DiDi play?

What a play! Sigh...

Looks like Indians figured Severino out

[7] Amazing. I thought it was going to be an infield hit, not a DP.

C'mon , Drew. Do SOMETHING.

What a bust.

I love me some Didi.

Ryan takes first 2 called strikes, then swings/misses 3rd strike. Looks like Gardner...

Ian Eagle is doing this game with Cone? Is this his first Yankee game?

Ugh.

15) No, it's the kid. He's much better with Coen than he was with Flaherty.

Oh, possibly Ryan Ruocco. Who? Lol...

[17] cheers. Shite! Continued batting practice.

Oy.

Good strike out there.

Nicely done, the kid works out of trouble.

I didn't get to see Severino first time out.
The pitches actually look pretty good. Location, not so much.

Holy shit!

Goodness, what a throw. Amazing.

Nasty pitch. That aside, Alex is starting to slump some.

2 quick outs. How about a third?

Uh, fellas. A run. Remember that? Though when Carrasco looks this sharp.

We need an Amber Alert for the Yankees bats.

I see why the Yanks like this young man. He looks like a good one. Carrasco has been sharp of late and the Yanks are the perfect opponent just now.

Very nice couple of innings here for Looey Luis.

Much better, Sevvy.

29) Didn't realize how good Carrasco was in his previous 2 starts. This looks like a real case of bad luck for the Yanks. But down 2 runs isn't insurmountable. How about a big, back-from-the-dead comeback?

That's one.

Nice job, Drewski.

Hey, a whatchamacallit! And from Drew, no less

That was pretty.

What???

Do my eyes deceive me?

Our first run in, like, two weeks, right?

What has happened to Ellsbury?

I love Brett, but there's that one part of his game that's hard to take: when he watches six pitches go by, three of them for strikes. Swing. Occasionally.

[41]Agreed.

Ma & Pa having some real geezer chat now about 'back then guys pitched 300 innings with no pitch counts'. Funny though, I think they're better than they used to be overall, great chemistry and fair enough with the game-calling.

Another nice performance by Severino. Like to see him go 7, even 8, but not bad.

Good job, Sevvy. Now, if only the bats cane wake up.

42) Which is funny because Cone and Ryan just had a very level, sophisticated, and balanced conversation about saber metrics.

Yeah, what has happened to Ellsbury. Good question.

Not too shabby a start.

Nice job, Alex. Base hit is a start. No double plays now, boys.

One of the announcers correctly pointed out that several of the young Indians players probably had seen Sev in minor leagues, so Indians may have had a more accurate scouting report than Red Sox. Nonetheless, another good outing, 2 runs in 6.

I think the Yanks have a good one here. Impressed that he speaks English well enough at such a young age. Shows that he is a smart kid. Once he gets more experience we will have a number one starter. If he stays healthy.

Shit luck. Just shit.

Fuck a duck.

Bollocks.

Oh fer gosh sakes.

You have got to be kidding me. Well smashed ball is a DP?

Snake bit, I tells ya.

He saw a mark. And it was Boggs. Ha!

Baseball history says this should turn around and even the Jays will lose eventually. Just saying.

Atta baby!

Yes!

They've been hitting the ball hard all night. Finally!

Got to win this sucker.

Dang, I should go and refresh my drink more often.

Hey Drew, how about a double dip?

0-1, Carrasco makes a mistake to Drew, breaking ball, bad location, but fooled him enough on speed, fouls it back.

Dellin now and a score in the ninth. When a teams starts to turn it around they don't always win. Hope this is an exception.

I'd wind up shooting that drum guy.

[64] Wait, you hope it's an exception to what rule/pattern?

Nice little inning for Dellin.

Nicely done, Big D.

Time for Ells to drop down in the order for a bit

Ok gardi. Steal a base !

Start the runner if he gets a head in the count.

Brett's not going anywhere.

Perfect throw.

Dammit. Cant he steak anymore?

Just make this chump nervous enough to groove one to Alex. No need to be crazy.

And just as I type that...

Steal

Well, an attempt at least.

[74] Maybe he became a vegetarian.

He was supposed to hit it.

Well that was fruitless.

Should the Yanks go all out to win this or save the pen?

Crud.

[80] Steakless.

I don't understand JoeG's bullpen use these days. Shreve out aftr only 11 pitches. Why not let him go two, then Betances for 1+?

[83] What's left? Tofu?

[84] Yeah, I don't get it either. Does he think Betances loses a lot of effectiveness in his second inning? I doubt it.

[86] I just hate that relievers only go one inning. 11 pitches is not too much, let the kid pitch! Betances, maybe you are right. He has been overused a bit..

Joe always manages for the long term.

Yikes.

Free baseball!

Tex well positioned!

The evidence is that almost no relievers lose significant effectiveness after one inning. Since this is the highest leverage situation, it's definitely correct to use your best relief pitcher. So you can't use him tomorrow -- it's very unlikely you'll have as important a situation to use him in anyway.

Well, this one seems to have worked out so far!

W.t.f?!

I really really don't like watcing Brian McCann play baseball. He's just kind of..yuck.

Good lord, McCann...

No double play, Didi. Let's go. Little Bingo here.

No, [92] I was wrong, the highest possible leverage to start an inning is the bottom of the ninth with the home team down a run. But a tie game is the runner-up.

Oi! I'm can't take it. Score a fucking run!

Dag. Young didn't get a good read.

Drew...? Let's go, Hoss.

Fucking fly ball out will do, Drewski. Really. Get it in the air.

Is there no one to pinch hit for Drew here?

Hey, four, five hits, we should be able to score!

90 feet away.

Squeeze, squeeze.

Squeeze! Deep fly. Passed ball. Anything!

2-0...

I'll take a sac fly

[101] Headley, right? Or Jones.
But this is starting out well...

Now 2-2. Shite.

Fucking fuck.

Aghhhhhhhhhhh!

But it didn't finish well.

Nice play, though.

Ah, saving Headley to PH for Ryan.

Well . . . not a DP.

The Yanks just ain't gonna win this one.

Unreal that they let Drew bat REPEATEDLY in clutch situations.

2-0 again.

3-0. I'd take 2 strikes here if I'm Headley.

I'll take a walk here.

Okay, here we go!

Do you give Headley the green light? (No.)

That 3-0 pitch looked close.

Fuck that, it was ball 4. Now, Headley will whiff, you watch.

Close your eyes and take, Chase.

Oy.

Okay, all out of headroom, Headley. Payoff...

Nailed it!

Chase!

ONIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Me of little faith!

Yay Chase!

That'll do ...whooooo to the fucking hoooooo.

Oh ye [122] [123] of little faith!

'You can Bank on Chase!' (Pa John)

Starting to turn around.

Oh come on.

Oh fuck, are you kidding me?

Good fucking Christ.

They could tie the game on outs now. Cripes.

Not going to be easy.

Miller needs a visit from Rothchild. It worked in the Boston game.

Okay, that's a good out. The one run doesn't matter. Brantley didn't advance. They still need a hit to tie.

[137] Miller looks good. The hits weren't hard...

I thought that was headed for the gap.

[140] That's because of your sunny, optimistic disposition.

I have to say this. A Soul Sacrifice from Carlos Santana...

Unbelievable.

Motherfucker.

For fucks sake.
Night all.

Nice job.

Miller off because he hasn't worked much in last week..

[147] I honestly don't think he's off. Three soft hits.

Ugh. Well, more free baseball, anyway!

RIYank, back from touring Europe?

[148] and 2 runs. Luis Gonzalez also had a soft hit off Mo in 01...

Pop one, Alex!

3-0 homer coming up.

Or 3-0 taken or a strike. I could see that too.

Brett shoulda stayed in bed today.

Okay, got to pinch run for Alex, right?

Uh oh, this could be an adventure.

Who's left on the bench?

Unfair when you drop in a curve like that.

158) Clay Bellinger?

[151] Did you think Torre should have pulled Mo?

[150] I wasn't really touring Europe. I was in northern Italy, then in Australia! And then in Maine. But back now, yeah.

This is not going to end well.

Wow, there is literally nobody left on the bench. I mean, just pitchers.

What happened to Garrett Jones??

Well, at least we have a pretty good long relief guy. But yeah, I'm not toooptimistic about this one, myself.

The Red Sox blow a 2-run lead and lose in extras, by the way.

[161] Of course not! Point is Yanks lost WS on a soft hit. A hit is a hit...and when Miller is on, he gets strikeouts! Tonight he struggled. Let's hope we pull this one out.

Nice read by Ellsbury and a nice catch.

[161]big miles,
[164] he was DFA'd but resigned last week. I thought he was on the 25 roster?

[166] Miller did get strikeouts. He struck out two guys.

My point is: when pitchers are "on", nobody hits the ball hard. Then whether the soft ones are hits or not is just luck. Just like on that grim day in October 2004.

[168] Yeah, I logged a crapload of frequent flyer miles! Not to Maine, though.
I thought so too. I looked at Gameday and they list the bench as empty. But Gameday is not all that reliable.

I thought the Mo game referred to was October 2001?

Mitchell warming up. Can't Warren go 2?

He'll strike Didi out on another curve.

Hey, way to anticipate the breaking ball and go the other way, Didi. Lovely piece of hitting there!

Drew again...

Missed it.

Do it, Didi. Pretty oppo hits tonight.

Boy, we're up late for some disappointment, eh?

And so it's Mitchell.

I wonder why. Why can't Warren pitch several innings?
I really don't get it.

Brantley, tough out, late on 2 fastballs here.

Wow, doubles up on the curve ball and gets him swinging. Impressive. Stay focused, now, B.

I'm a crowd of one. I thought my Soul Sacrifice comment about the baseball player Carlos Santana was funny.

Time for a itty bitty run.

Nice.

[183] No, I liked it.
Smooooth.

Robbery.

Rough night at the plate for Gardner.

Gardner 0-5. That's rare.

Well fuck this fucking game.

Yeah, our first two batters a combined 0-11 (with a BB for Brett).

Slow torture.

Cleveland has a good bullpen.

I mean is it sooooo late? 11:13?

[193] Our line up has been making all pitchers look good this past week, though.

Man, the 2-2 pitch was close.

Nice! Onward.

Lucky 13, right?

Nice try, dude. My feed is a minute behind live.

Wait, is this the 14th coming up? Jeez. I lost count.