Well, as you all know if you have been reading the blog, I predicted on Wednesday night that this would be the moment in the season that the Yankees turn it around. Not trying to toot my own horn here, especially because it has only been four games, but in the past four days, the Yankees are 4-0. Lets look at the key players in this time span
Andy Pettitte:
Threw 6 innings on Wednesday night only giving up 2 runs (1 earned). Got his third win of the year and lowered his ERA to an even 4.00. He did walk four and gave up 5 hits, but he kept it all together and got his team the win.
C.C. Sabathia:
After pitching a complete game shutout in his previous start, the big man took the mound on Thursday night and again gave a stellar performance. He went 8 innings, only gave up 2 runs, struck out 5 and lowered his ERA to 3.70
Phil Hughes:
By no stretch of the imagination did Phil Hughes pitch a good game last night, but considering he let 10 guys on base in only 5 innings and only 3 of them scored, he must be given points for at least keeping his team in the position to win.
Melky Cabrera:
Has cooled down in the past four games, only going 3/14, but had the oh-so-important walk-off, 2 run single on Friday night
Hideki Matsui:
Game winning home run on Thursday night and a pinch hit double that led to the game-tying run in today's game.
Derek Jeter:
Returned to the line-up on Thursday night to get the game tying single, had a solo homer Friday night and an important sacrifice bunt in today's game
Alex Rodriguez:
It seems as though he is scared to swing the bat right now, he either walks or strikes out, but, with that said, he has drawn 8 walks in the past four days including a very good at bat in the 9th inning Friday night, and of course, his one hit in the past four days was today when he hit a walk-off, 2 run homer in the bottom of the 11th inning
Mark Teixeira:
It seems as though he has finally woken up. He went 2/4 on Wednesday night with 2 RBI, had a single and a walk on Thursday, went 2/4 with a walk and an RBI on Friday and capped it off by going 4/4 today with a three run homer and a game tying RBI single. He has raised his average 36 points in the past four days and 47 points in the past four days. He has come up in clutch situations and showed lots of fire after he thought Carlos Gomez unfairly ran into him on Friday night. Seemed to pump him up and the team as well
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Brett Gardner:
Has gone 5/12 in the past four games, raising his average 11 points. Two of these hits are triples, two are home runs. One of the homers was the 1st of his career and the other was an inside the park home run. He has also played stellar defense as always and also threw a runner out at home plate the other day to end a rally. I know I will be the only one to find this interesting, but Brett Gardner has two career home runs, but he has never hit the ball out of the ballpark in the United States of America. See. Told you you wouldn't find it interesting.
Well, that's it for now. Just some updates on how the players are performing. Hopefully they can keep it going and A.J. Burnett gives a performance worthy of being on this list.
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Nice summary. Poppa D
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of Mr. Melky have you finally started to believe in this kid yet or are you of the opinion that he is just riding the hot bat for 2 months? I tend to believe the latter. I suppose if you keep this kid at home he's fine, but look at his home and road splits and you'll see quite a difference. And even though it's a small amount it's still scary. Maybe they should just play him at home
ReplyDeleteCorey, Melky's power numbers at home are much, much, MUCH better than his road numbers, but on the road he is hitting .304. You wanna bench a guy who is hitting .304 on the road? Youre an interesting character.
ReplyDeleteThese arent scary numbers. They show how much of a hitters haven the new Yankee Stadium is, but he isnt doing poorly on the road at all.