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Game 2

2006-08-18 13:13

by Cliff Corcoran

The Yankees got the job done in Game 1, blowing out the Red Sox 12-4 behind big days from Johnny Damon (3 for 6, 3B, HR, 4 RBI, 3 R, and a huge sliding catch), Bobby Abreu (4 for 5, 2B, BB, R, SB), and Alex Rodriguez (2 for 5, 2B, BB, 2 RBI, 2 R, and a game-saving catch). That means that the pressure is on the Red Sox in the nightcap to take advantage of Sidney Ponson and his 8.78 ERA as a Yankee, lest they fall 3.5 games back in the East with just three games left in this series.

Meanwhile, the Yankees will be satisfied with a split, but did a good job of heating up their bats for 22-year-old rookie Jon Lester. The left-handed Lester had an impressive start to his major league career, posting a 2.38 ERA over his first eight starts despite an ugly walk rate of 5.76 BB/9, but the league seems to be catching up to him. Although his walk rate has drastically improved, Lester has a 6.91 ERA in his last five starts, due in large part to his having surrendered 41 hits in 27 1/3 innings against such offensive powerhouses as the Royals, Mariners, Angels and Orioles.

Overall, Lester has averaged less than 5 2/3 innings per start, which means if Ponson can keep it close (I know, but if), the Yankees will get a crack at the inferior Boston bullpen. Speaking of which, here's how the first game affected the two pens:

Yankees: Mike Myers retired David Ortiz on five pitches and should be available to do it again in the night cap if needed. Scott Proctor threw a reasonable 15 pitches over 1 2/3 innings. He should be avoided in the night game, but could be used if absolutely necessary and will certainly be available tomorrow. T.J. Beam threw 26 pitches in the ninth. Everyone else, including Mo, Farnsworth, Villone, Dotel and Brian Bruney, is fully rested.

Boston: Manny Delcarmen, Kyle Snyder, and Rudy Seanez are all unavailable for tonight having thrown 28, 39 and a whopping 47 pitches respectively. Rumor has it the Red Sox might activate Keith Foulke for the nightcap to compensate. Though speculation was that Jason Johnson would be designated for assignment to make room for Foulke, I wonder if the Sox might prefer to DFA Seanez, who has been awful this year and struggled to get outs in today's game, walking four and allowing four runs in an inning and a third. As it stands, the Sox have Papelbon, Timlin, Tavarez and Hansen fully rested.

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2006-08-18 14:55:09

1. randym77

Joe says Dotel will not pitch today. Everyone else is considered "available."

2006-08-18 14:56:20

2. Zack

Darn, I was hoping for 1,000 on the other thread, oh well. Here's to hoping for 5 IP, 3 R for Ponson, my overly hopeful prediction...

2006-08-18 15:00:44

3. randym77

Okay, I love Yahoo's headline:

Boston Tee Party

2006-08-18 15:10:52

4. Fred Vincy

XM is reporting that Johnson was DFAed and Foulke will be on the roster for tonight.

2006-08-18 15:13:27

5. kylepetterson

3 you can still post over there if you want. I'm hoping tonight goes 85 - -16 Yankees. (Boston gets 16 runs taken for turning their hats sideways)

2006-08-18 15:15:45

6. atc

Bernie in right, Abreu at DH, Wilson at 1st, Fasano C, Giambi rest - Per M&MD

2006-08-18 15:17:12

7. randym77

This is a surprise. I thought Giambi would play 1B. Instead, he's sitting.

Damon - CF
Jeter - SS
Abreu - DH
ARod - 3B
Cano - 2B
Wilson - 1B
Bernie - RF
Fasano - C
Melky - LF

2006-08-18 15:17:59

8. randym77

And here's the Sox:

1. Kevin Youkilis, 3B
2. Mark Loretta, 2B
3. David Ortiz, DH
4. Manny Ramirez, LF
5. Eric Hinske, 1B
6. Wily Mo Pena, RF
7. Coco Crisp, CF
8. Doug Mirabelli, C
9. Alex Cora, SS

2006-08-18 15:28:34

9. Schteeve

house money line up? I don't like it.

2006-08-18 15:30:02

10. Ron Burgundy

He put Bernie in the outfield. Good God.

2006-08-18 15:32:40

11. kylepetterson

Anybody else notice Boston's road record?

30-31

2006-08-18 15:34:42

12. Ron Burgundy

11 I'm not half surprised. They're a .500 team and they know it.

2006-08-18 15:36:43

13. jkay

11 Boston is a combined 23-1 vs the Orioles and NL East. Boston is 46-50 vs everyone else.

2006-08-18 15:36:44

14. yankeemonkey

Why is Giambi sitting tonight? Too exhausted from the 5 ABs he had??

Also, looks like Tito realized Coco sucks at leadoff. Darn.

2006-08-18 15:38:05

15. kylepetterson

Yanks/Sawx
vs AL East
28-18/29-22
vs AL Central
17-9/11-14
vs AL West
16-13/13-13
Run Differential
99/55

2006-08-18 15:38:42

16. randym77

It occurred to me, while watching Nick Green pinch-run for Giambi, that we have only two bench players left. Nick Green for the infield, and Bernie for the outfield. And Bernie really shouldn't be used in the outfield.

The Yanks signed Frank Menechino, and sent him to Columbus. He's starting at 3B tonight for the Clippers. Maybe they'll bring him up once this weekend is over, and we no longer need 13 pitchers?

2006-08-18 15:39:19

17. tommyl

Well, isn't Bernie 0-0 against Lester? Gotta play the matchup.

Giambi will be available to PH. The move I don't like is Bernie in the OF. With Ponson pitching, we need every chance to turn some hard liner into a lucky out.

2006-08-18 15:41:49

18. JL25and3

Not only is GOB playing right field, but there's no defensive replacement available.

2006-08-18 15:42:38

19. randym77

I think Joe just wanted to get Bernie into the lineup somehow. He said before the game he would probably play Giambi at 1B, but I guess he changed his mind.

2006-08-18 15:43:28

20. Travis

16 Also Fasano, if he counts.

18 Wilson and Green can play the OF, if need be, but neither is that much better than Bernie.

2006-08-18 15:53:40

21. JL25and3

20 If you put Wilson in RF, that means Giambi's playing 1b. Not much of a defensive replacement. I suppose Green can play the outfield, but I wouldn't consider him a defensive caddy - especially not in Fenway's RF.

2006-08-18 16:05:01

22. Maniakes

18 supposedly, most pitchers can play pretty good outfield (because during batting practice every day, they're out there catching flies and throwing them back to the infield). Put a pitcher in as defensive RF when we don't expect the lineup slot to come up again, then PH Giambi, leave him in to play 1B, and shift Wilson to RF if the lineup slot winds up coming up anyway.

2006-08-18 16:08:17

23. randym77

That's right, we have lots of pitchers. Joe can always use "Wheels" Wright if he needs a pinch-runner. ;-)

2006-08-18 16:23:42

24. LI yankee

If this turns into a laugher, we could shift Ponson himself to right field as punishment. Then he can be DFA'ed

2006-08-18 16:26:46

25. JL25and3

22 I can't remember that ever happening, and I've never heard of it happening. Ron Guidry did play center field once - for one out, in the conclusion of the Pine Tar game, when Don Mattingly played second.

I think it's safe to say that's not a serious option.

2006-08-18 16:33:26

26. Travis

25 A bunch of pitchers have played the outfield, usually for platoon reasons (moving the pitcher to the OF and putting a LOOGY in for one batter, then putting the original pitcher back on the mound). Did you know Jeff Nelson once played LF in Fenway?

I've actually done the research for this - all the games where a pitcher played a position are detailed here:

http://tinyurl.com/zoze9

2006-08-18 16:41:53

27. JL25and3

That kind of switcheroo is very different from using a pitcher as a defensive replacement. What you're describing is a case where you hope to hide the pitcher for one hitter; you're not seriously expecting him to play the outfield competently.

Pitchers shag flies - high, easy bp flies, and if they're more than a couple of steps away the pitchers don't bother. They don't track fly balls hit a distance away, they don't deal with liners hit at them, they don't charge groundball singles. They throw the ball back in, but they don't whirl and throw, they don't hit cutoff men, they don't pay attention to which base they're throwing to.

If you had to play a pitcher out there out of desperation, you might be able to get away with it. But as a defensive replacement? I'm willing to bet that Jeff Nelson is an even worse outfielder than Bernie.

2006-08-18 16:43:19

28. Travis

27 It's not a serious option, and Torre is too conservative of a manager to ever do it. But it's fun to discuss.

2006-08-18 16:44:01

29. BayRidger

Frank Menechino, a baseball player you can actually look down upon:)

2006-08-18 16:44:40

30. unmoderated

thanks for that cool link, travis.

2006-08-18 16:48:08

31. JL25and3

28 Then we agree; that's really all I was saying.

By the way, referring to your link: I don't think Martin played Guidry and Mattingly where he did for any strategic reason whatsoever. I think it was his way of thumbing his nose at the umpires and Larry MacPhail.

2006-08-18 16:49:27

32. SF Yanks

Hey Cliff, you're wanted on the last post. We left 1000 for you.

2006-08-18 16:51:28

33. SF Yanks

Oops, we got the posts to 999, now we can't see any of them. Uh-oh.

2006-08-18 16:51:50

34. LI yankee

Err...bad omen?

2006-08-18 16:52:08

35. randym77

Yikes, I think youse guys broke the Banter. The comments don't load for me on that thread any more.

2006-08-18 16:53:29

36. LI yankee

I really did not see that coming

2006-08-18 16:55:06

37. Cliff Corcoran

16 If they add anyone it should be Guiel. Menechino is just Cairo/Green take 3. He's redundant twice over. Guiel has unique skills for this team: lefty bat, capable outfielder.

2006-08-18 16:55:53

38. SF Yanks

LI yankee started it... it wasn't me, no way (pointing finger while hiding my face)

2006-08-18 16:57:01

39. LI yankee

It wasn't me! (runs away)

2006-08-18 17:00:37

40. Cliff Corcoran

32 Much appreciated, guys. I have Ken on the case of the broken comments.

2006-08-18 17:01:15

41. Travis

31 I don't know; the moves made pretty good strategic sense. Quisenberry struggled against lefties, and putting Mattingly in at 2B meant that he didn't have to pinch-hit for Randolph leading off the bottom of the 9th.

For a real case of a manager thumbing his nose at the umpires, see entry #5 here:

http://tinyurl.com/n3uyq

2006-08-18 17:04:18

42. randym77

37 My guess is that Menechino is supposed to take Cairo's place, if he doesn't recover as quickly as hoped.

2006-08-18 17:11:37

43. Kirribilli Yankee Fan

let's see what the Sox have left in the pen and get Lester out early...10 pitch AB for Damon

2006-08-18 17:11:37

44. Marcus

GREAT at bat for Damon. Nice start!

2006-08-18 17:12:46

45. Travis

You should never bunt in the first inning with Ponson on the mound.

2006-08-18 17:14:03

46. Kirribilli Yankee Fan

It would be great to see ol Tavarez out there about the 6th inning

2006-08-18 17:15:13

47. Cliff Corcoran

Well, that was a disaster. Cripes.

2006-08-18 17:15:56

48. Cliff Corcoran

42 I'd rather have Green.

2006-08-18 17:16:13

49. Marcus

Well I can understand the call for a hit and run there. You want to avoid the double play--oh wait...

2006-08-18 17:16:22

50. Kirribilli Yankee Fan

NESN feed is torture to listen too...Remy has the worst voice

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2006-08-18 17:18:41

51. Cliff Corcoran

49 I know we're in agreement, but since you mentioned it. There's only one kind of double play you can hit into if the runner doesn't go, but two (K/CS, line drive/doubled off) if you do send him.

2006-08-18 17:18:45

52. randym77

48 I think they want Green and someone else.

Or two backup infielders, anyway. There's been some talk about the Yanks replacing Green with the recently DFA'd Vizcaino.

2006-08-18 17:19:26

53. mikeplugh

That strike called on Jeter changed the whole game. Let's see how it affects things.

Horrible call.

Damon and Jeter, 1st and 2nd no one out.
Jeter strikes out, Damon thrown out.

Lester was rescued from at least 15-20 more pitches in this game.

2006-08-18 17:19:54

54. Kirribilli Yankee Fan

Ladies and Gentlemen....

weighing in at an easy 260 lbs. of sober Aruba fury....sweating butter in the Boston heat... the only Aruban not connected to the Natalie Hollway murder...
the pride and ace of the Aruba National Baseball Team....

Sydney "Two Scoops" Ponson...

2006-08-18 17:22:25

55. Yankee Fan in Chicago

Heck, he got someone out.

2006-08-18 17:23:27

56. Ron Burgundy

53 OK, are the umpires on the Sawx payroll? The HP umps in Chicago and so far in this series are absolutely HORRIBLE. This is a joke. Our AL East position in the hands of a bunch of idiots who appear to be paid by the Bahston Red Sawx.

2006-08-18 17:24:40

57. Yankee Fan in Chicago

He got 2 guys out. Woohoo.

2006-08-18 17:24:46

58. Kirribilli Yankee Fan

bags cleared with the missing link up is always a good thing.....2b harmless

2006-08-18 17:24:52

59. Ron Burgundy

Whew, kept him in the park.

2006-08-18 17:25:28

60. RichYF

Didn't see that coming. This one is going to get ugly.

2006-08-18 17:25:33

61. Travis

Ortiz didn't homer. Hooray.

2006-08-18 17:25:40

62. Cliff Corcoran

I walk Manny here.

2006-08-18 17:25:40

63. Mattpat11

I hate this slow mo camera.

Here comes Manny.

Sidney Ponson is so discouraging.

2006-08-18 17:26:20

64. RichYF

If by discouraging you mean incredibly obese, then I concur.

2006-08-18 17:26:57

65. Ron Burgundy

60 We should probably still be batting if not for the Home Plate umpire.

2006-08-18 17:26:59

66. Kirribilli Yankee Fan

thank god he got the first two outs....

2006-08-18 17:27:10

67. Cliff Corcoran

52 That's absurd, they need another OF and a lefty power bat off the bench. That's Guiel, the don't need another futility IF.

62 Yup.

2006-08-18 17:27:11

68. seamus

not sure why Wang doesn't pitch to Manny, but Ponson does.

2006-08-18 17:27:18

69. Mattpat11

Is it possible to release Ponson in the middle of a game?

2006-08-18 17:27:23

70. randym77

Maybe they should have brought up Karstens instead of Beam.

Or Steven White. He's mowing 'em down in Columbus tonight.

2006-08-18 17:27:23

71. RichYF

Fasano didn't get the memo that you don't throw Manny breaking pitches when he has 2 strikes. Bernie shows the gun by almost killing Cano. Time to start drinking.

2006-08-18 17:28:33

72. Mattpat11

That ball was sucked into Ponson's gravitational pull.

2006-08-18 17:28:39

73. Cliff Corcoran

I'll take just one run vs. the heart of the Boston order every time through the order with Ponson on the mound. Fine by me. Still shoudla walked Manny, though.

2006-08-18 17:28:56

74. Travis

That was lucky. Ponson just happened to have his glove where the ball was going.

2006-08-18 17:29:16

75. Cliff Corcoran

72 Now that's funny.

2006-08-18 17:29:41

76. Benjamin Kabak

73 I'll take it but I again find it hard to believe the Yanks cannot find ANYONE better to pitch than Sidney Ponson. That's either very uncreative or pathetic.

2006-08-18 17:30:46

77. tocho

don't worry they will get to lester

2006-08-18 17:30:58

78. seamus

76 its not like good pitchers with experience just sit around waiting to be signed.

2006-08-18 17:31:24

79. Kirribilli Yankee Fan

A Rods numbers look like a good year....for Jeremy Burnitz or Geoff Jenkins

2006-08-18 17:31:30

80. Mattpat11

My9 looks awful

2006-08-18 17:31:46

81. randym77

67 Yeah, I agree, but they seem to like backup infielders. They were carrying three for awhile there.

Guiel is playing LF and batting in the three-hole tonight. He's in a bit of slump, hitting only .250 right now.

2006-08-18 17:32:03

82. sam2175

I am back here to bitch.

What an awful call on 3-1 to Jeter. This ump sucks.

And should've walked Manny. I don't really care who is hitting behind him.

Sir Sidney, just finish 6 innings, somehow.

2006-08-18 17:32:40

83. Mattpat11

78 Roger did...

2006-08-18 17:32:45

84. Ken Arneson

The Game 1 thread is now fixed.

Turns out, to prevent infinite loops, the template engine has a default maximum of loops it will iterate through: 1000. I reset the number to 5000 and now it's happy again.

Now don't go trying to create a 5,000 comment thread just to give me more busy work.

2006-08-18 17:33:38

85. Travis

Watching Lester pitch is about as much fun as watching Al Leiter ... they should just start every batter at 3-2.

2006-08-18 17:34:01

86. randym77

84 LOL! Thanks. You know us too well. ;-)

2006-08-18 17:34:33

87. tommyl

Hmmm...I now think I understand Joe's thinking. Wilson and Williams mash lefties, so if you are going to play Bernie, Lester is a good guy to put him in. You can give Giambi a rest (though why anyone needs a rest for DHing is beyond me, but perhaps Joe knows something we don't). Then, since Bernie is actually in and Abreu has played everyday you "rest" him by playing DH. Its not what I would have done, but its not awful.

2006-08-18 17:34:56

88. tocho

this will be a battle of the bullpens

2006-08-18 17:35:11

89. sam2175

Cano baby!

Tie game!!! NESN announcer deadpans.

2006-08-18 17:35:13

90. tommyl

And A-Rod and Robbie pick up right where they left off.

2006-08-18 17:35:23

91. Benjamin Kabak

78 I'm not talking good; I'm talking replacement level. The Yanks can't even find a Replacement Level pitcher to eat up some innings. I hear Jason Johnson is available now though :)

2006-08-18 17:35:28

92. Mattpat11

Holy crap, was that Jason Varitek without a mask?

2006-08-18 17:35:30

93. Ron Burgundy

And we tie it right up.

2006-08-18 17:37:27

94. Kirribilli Yankee Fan

Cano is soooo good...Cano, Wang and Melky it is good to see the Yanks getting back to the farm system and away from the Pavano and Wright deals

2006-08-18 17:37:37

95. tommyl

Could this be two walks in a day for Wilson?

2006-08-18 17:37:52

96. tocho

lester sucks

2006-08-18 17:38:09

97. Ron Burgundy

Watching Lester eat it makes me want to KILL the HP umpire for the call in the 1st inning.

2006-08-18 17:38:10

98. LI yankee

Another BB for Wilson!

2006-08-18 17:38:11

99. Travis

95 Yup.

2006-08-18 17:38:22

100. sam2175

Huh, Wilson chooses a good series to start walking again. That will help him and the Yankees.

Bernie from the right side, let's see.

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2006-08-18 17:38:37

101. tommyl

94 I would love it if the batting title was a competition between Jeter and Cano. He's up to .329 now.

2006-08-18 17:38:47

102. Travis

Anyone want a make a prediction as to whether this game ends before midnight?

2006-08-18 17:39:07

103. tocho

please no bunt, this guy is not throwing strikes

2006-08-18 17:39:27

104. RichYF

Apparently me drinking is a good idea for the Yankees. I'll keep it up if they keep it up (even if they don't).

2006-08-18 17:39:41

105. Ron Burgundy