Game 130: Yankees vs. Blue Jays
Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Gameday Thread on Aug 29, 2012 
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YANKEES (75-54)
Derek Jeter SS
Nick Swisher 1B
Robinson Cano 2B
Andruw Jones RF
Curtis Granderson CF
Steve Pearce DH
Jayson Nix 3B
Ichiro Suzuki LF
Chris Stewart C
LHP CC Sabathia (13-3, 3.44)
Sabathia vs. Blue Jays
BLUE JAYS (57-71)
Rajai Davis LF
Mike McCory CF
Edwin Encarnacion DH
Adam Lind 1B
Yunel Escobar SS
Kelly Johnson 2B
Moises Sierra RF
Jeff Mathis C
Adeiny Hechavarria 3B
LHP J.A. Happ (2-1, 4.15)
Happ vs. Yankees
TIME/TV: 1:05 p.m., YES Network
WEATHER: It’s cooled down a little bit, which is actually nice. Wind is blowing left to right. Very comfortable and sunny outside.
UMPIRES: HP Chris Conroy, 1B Mark Carlson, 2B Angel Hernandez, 3B Ed Hickox
AND IN THE END: The Yankees are 26-15 in series finales and?have won six of their last nine finales at home. They are 10-5 in the rubber game of a three-game series this season.
SPECIAL OCCASION: Prior to today’s game, the Yankees host “Special Olympics Day at Yankee Stadium.”?Approximately 20 Special Olympics athletes, all from the Bronx, will take part in a “Field of Dreams,” joining Yankees players at their respective positions on the field for the National Anthem.
40 STRONG: Derek Jeter leads the Majors with 41 hits in August. That matches his most hits in a month since the start of 2010 (also August of 2011). This is the 15th time in his career that Jeter has recorded at least 40 hits in a month. According to Elias, that marks the most such months by a Yankee since Joe DiMaggio, who compiled 17 months with at least 40 hits.
UPDATE, 1:26 p.m.: What do ya know, Jones just singled up the middle for an RBI and a 1-0 Yankees lead. Here’s Granderson at the plate with one out and runners at the corners.
UPDATE, 1:30 p.m.: Blue Jays can’t turn two and the Yankees get another run. That’s a 2-0 lead with Sabathia on the mound.
UPDATE, 1:32 p.m.: Back swing got Stewart. He seems fine. Must suck to play a position where you can get hit in the head by a bat, and it’s just part of the job.
UPDATE, 1:52 p.m.: Nix makes up for his error by starting a 5-2 double play. Second night in a row that the Yankees have gotten an unusual double play to get them out of trouble.
UPDATE, 1:57 p.m.: Back-to-back two-out RBI singles have tied the game at 2. Sabathia was one pitch away from ending this inning with a two-run lead.
UPDATE, 2:02 p.m.: RBI double has the Blue Jays in the lead 3-2. Three straight two-out hits given up by Sabathia.
UPDATE, 2:14 p.m.: Rajai Davis makes a poor read on Curtis Granderon’s fly ball. It’s over Davis’ head for a two-run double and a one-run Yankees lead.
UPDATE, 2:40 p.m.: Yankees hottest hitters — Swisher and Cano — come the plate with the bases loaded, and neither one drives in a run. Missed opportunity and the Yankees lead is still 4-3.
UPDATE, 2:56 p.m.: That was a full-count pitch to Escobar, and he hammered it to left for a no-doubt, two-run homer. The Blue Jays are back in front 5-4.
UPDATE, 3:31 p.m.: Big at-bat for Jones. There’s a lefty up in the Blue Jays pen — which is the reason Ibanez isn’t pinch hitting — so Jones has an RBI opportunity with a runner at second and one out against a right-hander.
UPDATE, 3:34 p.m.: Jones goes down swinging. Here comes the lefty to face Granderson with two outs.
UPDATE, 3:54 p.m.: Excellent bunt by Mathis brings in one insurance run for the Blue Jays. The Yankees have burned through three relievers this inning. Might have used only two — or only one — if Derek Lowe hadn’t gotten himself in trouble with a double and a bunt single.
UPDATE, 4:05 p.m.: Lucky bounce off the third-base bag gives Martin an RBI double to pull the Yankees within a run.
UPDATE, 4:07 p.m.: Soriano is up in the Yankees bullpen.
UPDATE, 4:08 p.m.: Looked like a sure bloop single for Ichiro, but Rasmus was playing fairly shallow and made a nice diving catch to take away the hit and leave Martin at second. Still just one out and a chance to tie with a base hit.
UPDATE, 4:19 p.m.: It’s not only guys like Jones and Pearce who are missing opporutnities to drive in runs today. Jeter, Cano and Swisher have as well. Jeter just flied out to leave a runner at second base in the eighth, and now the Yankees trail by one heading into the ninth. Eppley is staying in the game to pitch with Clay Rapada getting loose in the bullpen.
UPDATE, 4:24 p.m.: I don’t think Chavez saw that ball off the bat. Bad bounce and it’s an E-5.
he had chavez, jeter and swisher behind ichiro. ichiro is hitting over .300 for the yankees. its not a bad decision NOT to give up the out there. i can see going either way. he went with him hitting away and it didnt work out. theres no way of knowing whether bunting would have worked had they done it.
thats not a big issue to me.
Straw-
Ichiro popped up 1st bunt attempt went foul, 2nd attempt was on a low inside pitch, strike two.
Sorry, should be 0-46 when trailing after eight innings. I’d say we’re due. How about doing what Jays did us on Monday? Will someone please step up and show some guts.
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He tried to bunt twice in that at bat and failed.
How do you give up 12 hits to a AAA lineup?!?
in recent history the teams that have addressed their needs best at the trade deadline have performed the best in postseason play…..the Cardinals last year….the Rangers in 2011….the Giants….the Tigers…..
Where did all the posts go? Divine intervention?
Ichiro tried to bunt twice and failed.
Ooof, Chavy
Ha!
i didnt see ichiro’s ab, i am working and running in and out.
The reason the Yankees are the only team to not have taken a lead in the 9th inning is because 99% of the hitters are trying for a 600ft shot out of the park and end up popping up 600ft high.
I’d love to think this team is due to win a game in or after the 9th. I would bet money they tie it up, and then they don’t have the pitching to carry them through and they’ll lose anyway.
It’d be nice to buck the trend, though.
i thought the giants picking up beltran was the best trade deadline pickup last year. didnt win them anything.
Can’t show something they apparently don’t have.
Cannot let this run score. Tough enough to come back from just 1 run down
cmon, keep it at 1!
Everytime Yanks need to hold the other team down for an inning, they can’t seem to do it.
Joba is going to throw 6 fastballs, all strikes, all swings and misses. Go!
MarcCarig RT @pav8490: @MarcCarig When does the panic train start boarding?
It’s already full up! Still, when you commence your new job as beat writer for the Mets, you’ll soon discover that the panic train starts boarding in April.
It’s opening day here at CitiField…there’s the first pitch…and the season’s over.
Hereeee’s Joba
this is an interesting opportunity for joba. if he can get out without giving up more than 1 run, its a good outing.
hopefully he gets jazzed up being in the heat of a ballgame and puts them down.
Go Jobber!
I have a feeling that Cano is going to hit a walkoff 2-run HR. And no, i’m not jinxing it. Just you wait and watch it happen.
Joba
good
Game over now for sure.
10 games starting Friday vs Orioles[7] and Rays[3]. Lose today and theyll hopefully be able to take 4 of 7 from Orioles and 2 of 3 from Rays. They’ll be against the 2 teams that use the shift most often and coming off a 3 for 17 failure with RISP.
The last two years the Yankees have done nothing at the deadline. They were good enough. We were told their was no place for improvement. Utterly foolish.
wtf, he loaded bases already?!
damn, he’s fast
Gotta get out of the f up first.
Joba… this could be a big moment for him. Or things could go thermonuclear. Hard to breathe.
That was a meatball.
clap, clap, clap, clap!!!!
To most of the fans who attend games at the new stadium. You are a joke. This game felt like an Astros game. Bases loaded and you are all to busy shoving Shushi down your fat faces and talking on your dell phones to even clap or make noise. The new stadium sucks except for better bathrooms and soon they will smell too. All the empty good seats night after night is the biggest joke in mlb. Buck Showalter is going to come to town and stick it down the Yankees throats and they dont even give a crap
Cannot blame Joba for that.
Aw, man. =( We just can’t get a da** break.
Joba you make me barf.
This is beyond frustrating. What the hell are the Yankeea doing out there today. Do they not know how to pitch, field, or bat today? This is pathetic.
Gonna be a busy effing offseason for mom and pop dumpster shoppers. This team is dead.
Well, thats that. Lets go CHISOX!!
Goodbye. Former GG and probable user Smiley Jones cost the Yankees a chance to come back.
Joba just sucks. no need to say more.
I dont want to see him pitch again.
charlestonchew August 29th, 2012 at 4:36 pm
Aw, man. =( We just can’t get a da** break.
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We got a break on that ball Martin hit before, and didn’t take advantage of it.
Boom goes the Jobamite!
Things might not be very pleasant for the next couple days.
That cano two run homer does crap now.
jones offense isnt worth trying to hide him on defense. i know it would have allowed a run, but that ball has to be caught.
There goes Cano’s 2-run walk off HR….
There may be a good chance that Joba won’t be on the postseason roster. He has done nothing but throw wild inside and outside of the zone. This is not pretty.
Will u effing 5 year olds stop clamoring for this uber bust now? He stinks, after 5 years, accept it.
Jones should really be Randy Winn’ed about now.
Are we about to become the 2011 Red Sox?
Tomorrow’s an off-day. Regroup???
Sigh.
Granderson game winning Grand Slam! The kind that you can only dream of.
Let Birds win
A song for Andruw Jones to the tune of Adam Ant’s Goody Two Shoes.
Can’t bat, can’t field…what can you do.
MarcCarig profile
MarcCarig The average big league team this season wins 4.6% of their games when they trail to start the ninth. The Yankees? 0.0%.
Oh and I am so glad that having CC on the mound is ” reassuring” . For who? the donut vendors at the park, He is a fat pig and does nothing to stay in shape.
OH a word to CAshman. If you were not so busy in divorce court and attending hearings of your stalker girlfriend or paying for her breasts or abortions maybe youy could stay awake long enough to see the Yankees really stink.
Your the boss, this is on you pal.
Mac,
This team has had obvious holes for awhile and the Yanks have done a marvelous job of duct taping over them…..but the gum in the hole in the dam might be giving way now.
The Yanks always talk about prices now…..at the deadline…..in free agency…..well thats fine…but when you have multiple teams every year ahowing urgency to fill their needs a go for it then its just going to make it all that harder on the teams that are satisfied wirh wher they are.
The sad part of it all is with the Yanks in free fall mode the dominant talk on sports radio is still the Jets.
good job joba!
if jones makes that easy play, just the one run scores.
The Yanks certainly had opportunities today. Really should have had about 10 runs.
As for Joba, he was rushed back too quickly. No way he’s on the playoff roster, IMO
cc has been inconsistent for a while.
As a ace (fake or not), you need to pitch better than this.
He is not a real ace.
The binder will come to the rescue in the ninth. It never fails!
Joba is less than a month off of a year absence.
He is hardly the only problem we have right now.
Is it ok to boo now?
I see Romper Room let out early today.
Sweep the Birds and we’ll be up by either 5 or 6. Season starts Friday.
I think alex can rehab as a dh in the big league. He will do no worse.
joba was fine, jones let 2 runs in.
not bad for a guy coming back from surgery who just sat for 8 days w/o pitching.
And there goes the Grandy-slam.
Sweep the Birds and we’ll be up by either 5 or 6. Season starts Friday.
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They can’t even win a series against the Blue Jays
The fact that we are still in first means we cannot pull a Boston and blow up the team, though we need to make some changes.
I was stunned to read that A-Rod was not even put on waivers (yet). What is the harm in seeing if anyone would want him for the next 5 years….. Worst case nobody does, but the way the Dodgers have swiped up everything out there, there has to be a little thought that someone would want Alex on their team….
Still believe they need to consider resigning Swish (on their terms) and trading Granderson…
Swisher and Robby had most disappointing at-bats of the game with the bases loaded.
I cannot believe they are not going to take the series from the Blue Jays.
I’m stunned.
Wow this team blows right now.
Pathetic ……..
suzyn said the yankees are thinking of rehabbing andy pettite in the bigs, too, maybe pitching him 3 innings with someone else to back him up, then 4 innings, etc. idk if they are going to have the cushion to do that, but if they are i like the idea.
kind of out of the box thinking for the yankees.
very disappointing game for the Yankees, it seemed like they didn’t show up…
As for Joba, he was rushed back too quickly. No way he’s on the playoff roster, IMO
Playoff roster, playoff roster…who mentioned the playoff roster?
I was stunned to read that A-Rod was not even put on waivers (yet). What is the harm in seeing if anyone would want him for the next 5 years
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Because the Yankees are never future thinking. They are only reactionary
Triple-
Its a game of streaks. Friday would be a good time to start.
Oh and I want to share this with you Arod is taking BP and running and fielding. Then why the F#$k is he not playing? Dont give me this rehab crap. Just play. What are we waiting for for Gods sake.
Oh and I want to share this with you Arod is taking BP and running and fielding. Then why the F#$k is he not playing? Dont give me this rehab crap. Just play. What are we waiting for for Gods sake.
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Take a chill pill guy. Arod is the last guy to ever dog anything. Pavano yes but not Arod
Happ must be a bad pitcher to give up an rbi single to andruw jones.
I do not think Arod is dogging it at all but Yankee management. Put me in coach Im ready to play. TODAY
There is zero accountability in this organization.
Does anyone agree that the fans at these games are lame drones who just sit there and bring no energy to the game? I could here a pin drop with bases loaded today and one out. Whats up??