Thursday, September 2, 2010
Yankees.com: CC allows just one hit as Yanks sweep A’s
NEW YORK—CC Sabathia continued his regular-season unbeaten streak at Yankee Stadium, turning in a dominant performance as the Yankees completed a four-game sweep of the Athletics, 5-0, on Thursday.
Curtis Granderson, who replaced an injured Nick Swisher in the second inning, provided the bulk of the offense with a pair of home runs in New York’s sixth consecutive win. The Yankees won nine of the 10 meetings with Oakland this season.
On a sweltering afternoon in the Bronx, Sabathia was as good as he has been all season. The only hit he allowed over eight innings was a Mark Ellis ground-ball single through the right side. He faced a threat in the third, when Jorge Posada committed a two-base throwing error with nobody out.
Big deal. His FIP for this game was 3.50.
It was win #19 on the season for Sabathia, and with 5 or 6 starts left, CC’s got a very good shot at 20 wins. Although readers of this blog should understand that pitcher wins aren’t really a very good measure of a pitcher’s value, it’s still fun to see a guy get to 20.
Curtis Granderson’s almost certainly going to end the year with a disappointing overall line, but his performance since re-working his swing with Kevin Long is cause for optimism going forward IMO.
Sweeping Oakland is awesome, but ultimately meaningless if the Yankees don’t take two of three from Toronto.
Complain away.
Comments
Too many walks from our supposed “ace”
Too chubby.
I think Kevin Long’s contract expires after this season. If so, he may be one of the most important free agent signing.
Sweeping Oakland is awesome, but ultimately meaningless if the Yankees don’t take two of three from Toronto.
If they want to avoid a humiliating total collapse, they really better sweep Toronto. And then win 4 out of 3 from Baltimore. Anything less and I think you can pretty much pencil in a Rays-Red Sox 1-2 finish in the AL East.
If CC puts on another 100 lbs maybe we can split him in two and improve our rotation
Hey guys—
Sorry to hijack, but I did ask SG first.
My soccer film “Pelada” is premiering in New York on September 21. I’ll be there and would love to meet all RLYWers. Plus, it’s at a sports bar so we can booze it up.
Details and advance tickets available at the website:
Thanks!
CC pitches right-handed for a possible game 2? Still better than AJ.
[7] whoa, now! if CC pitches righty, we’ll have to start saying his name backwards: CC!!
[4] Clearly, you mean Red Sox-Rays.
Hey fgasparini. Congrats. I am not sure if we have met but I work for Rooftop Films and I saw Pelada at SXSW. I also sometimes engage in chatter here—though not as regularly as you. Anyway, congrats again, and best of luck with the film moving forward, and maybe I will see you at some film event down the line.
That slob is on pace to give up a career-high 21 HR this season. (Interesting, every season of his career he’s been no lower than 17 and no higher than 20).
CC is either bored, tired, or very hungry.
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