Breaking down the Game 2 matchup
Posted by: Peter Abraham - Posted in Misc on Oct 05, 2007 
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Yankees vs. Carmona
(career and 2007)
Damon 2-5, 2-5
Jeter 3-7, 2-6
Abreu 2-6, 2-6
Rodriguez 1-7, 1-4
Posada 0-2, 0-0
Matsui 1-3, 1-3
Cano 2-7, 2-6
Cabrera 3-6, 3-6
Mientkiewicz 0-2, 0-2
Giambi 1-5, 1-3
Indians vs. Pettitte
(career and 2007)
Sizemore 1-3, 1-3
Cabrera 1-3, 1-3
Hafner 0-0, 0-0
Martinez 2-6, 1-3
Garko 1-3, 1-3
Peralta 2-5, 0-2
Lofton 4-29, 0-0
Gutierrez 1-3, 1-3
Blake 1-5, 1-3
Michaels 3-8, 0-2
Nixon 1-9, 0-0
Pettitte on the road: 7-5, 3.95
Pettitte faced the Indians once this season, beating them Aug. 12 at the Jake. His line: 7.1 7 2 2 2 4.
Carmona was 11-4, 3.36 at home. He was 0-1 in two starts against the Yankees this season. His lineL 13 14 6 6 2 4.
I’m 1st! Just like the Yankees will finish this year!
Pete, do these matchups mean Matsui is starting?
i’m praying for the same line tonight from pettitte
Why are you starting Matsui, Joe? Why?
Bench Matsui for the love of God Clueless BENCH MATSUI!!!
I think Giambi needs to start tonight. His presence is huge. He may have had a bad season, but he has the ability to change the game with a swing. We need more of that in the lineup. Giambi’s hits are always loud hits. Abreu, Jeter, Matsui, and Posada’s hits are usually not as loud, singles, doubles. They can hit it out but Jason’s more likely to.
Shelley can always PH for him later in the game with Minky as a defensive replacement
Pete, where are Giambi’s numbers? Does he have any?
Melky needs to hit 9th so he has Damon protecting him.
Guys, I saw *seven* squirrels today.
LET’S GO YANKEES!
God, why is Matsui in the starting lineup? I love Matsui and definitely he has been a big part of the team, but currently Matsui isn’t healthy. Look at his face and his distorted gesture when swing the bat. An injured Matsui batting the 6th definitely will be doing more damage “to” the Yankees but not “for” the Yankees.
Peter,
Could you please also post the numbers for some of the benched players, so that we (blog readers) can compare? Thank you.
I am not sure if this is the actual starting lineup,,,I’ll look around the web to see if one is posted elsewhere…but look at A-Rod’s numbers 1-7 ? BENCH HIM ! Ask that he goes to the BoSox at the end of the year….Insult his wife, his kid and his kid to be born in the Spring….Put a dunce cap on him and make him sit in the corner….Wait, did I just engage in some INSANE A-Rod bashing ? Pete should love it though, right ? What if Andy pitches horribly today ? That will be A-Rod’s fault, right ? What if the score is 20-2 and the Yankees are down by 18 and A-Rod comes to bat and does not get that BIG OCTOBER HIT that Pete says he needs ? WHAT THEN ??????????
Today is a new day!! GO YANKEES!!!!
Pete didn’t say that was the lineup and I know it’s not unless they are letting the Yankees bat 10 people.
so it seems pete has blocked my comments
yes Sherri I agree…a new day. Yanks will be hungry tonight for a win. I just don’t like the fact that Cleveland thinks they can take the Yanks now. So much of baseball is mental and momentum! we have to get it back on our side!
We saw the shortest of the short term funks last night. The real – fire in their bellies – Yankees emerge tonight then head for the Bronx.
Nick I agree 100%!
Hi all..
Got to thinking about last nights game and remembering days of yore when I played. While we as fans would prefer our boys to go undefeated, reality says that it not possible. Last nights game is an easier loss to take becasue it was so lop sided than a loss where Mo gives up a dink single to some slap hitter and the Yankees lose by 1 run.
Losses like last night are aberrations in Post-season and should be looked by fans as just that. It was a one time arse kicking where things went one way for one team.
So tonight, look for the Yankees to be more aggressive, run the bases better, and look for Pettitte to throw 75% first strikes. Yanks return to the Bronx tied 1-1 with Clemens throwing the ever important Game 3.
Feeling still is that if the Yankees can be up 2-1 going into Game 4, the series will not return to Cleveland.
Do think that you need Giambi in there rather than Matsui. Giambi has better plate discipline, willing to walk, and is more likely to lift a flyball with a runner at 3rd than Matsui.
Plus, with the exaggerated shift, it is harder to turn 2 if Giambi comes up with a runner at 1st.
Matsui is just lost at the plate right now. He is back to his early season pulling off the ball when he swings. His second AB last night, there was no way he was even going to touch the slider. It was thrown at the corner of the RH batter’s box and his front foot was 60% towards first base.
Angels against LH pitching in 2007:
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/te.....38;sort=22
*OOPS
*Indians*… not the Angels
*OOPS
*Indians*… not the Angels
I say:
If the Yankees win tonight, then they win the series and move on to the ALDS.
The Yanks hammer mediocre pitching (westbrook etc) and bat .300 at home in the Stadium.
But, an 0-2 hole would be tough for this team to overcome b/c they’d have to beat CC Sabathia at home in game 5. They had their chance to slaughter him last night when he CLEARLY didn’t have stuff or location. They missed their shot. I wouldn’t bet on Sabathia being bad twice in one series, so lets hope it doesn’t come to that.
I like your chances. For early tee times this year… like Monday maybe?
just crusing by,
I wouldn’t be so confident if I were you right now. If Dice K coughs one up tonight, then you guys lose homefield advantage like that… then it is out to California for two… Escobar was a CY Young candidate until September.
I say: the winner of each game tonight will advance. I think Yanks win and go back to NYC… be interesting to see if the Angels can steal one in the Fens.
Don’t count your chickens before they hatch, bro.
I can’t take all this! no matter what we say, they are going to do what they are going to do, we can only stand by watch and cheer (and sometimes swear!). that’s the hard part about being a fan – none of what we think is taken into consideration by the “higher ups”. So unless we think we should apply and get a job in baseball……..we can keep beating these subjects to death, the game of baseball in October has nothing to do with numbers!