Friday, June 8, 2012
Yankees.com: Three straight HRs, strong Kuroda lift Yanks
Hiroki Kuroda’s Subway Series debut was an overwhelming success, as the first-year Yankees hurler carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning and defeated the Mets, 9-1, on Friday at Yankee Stadium.
Backing Kuroda’s one-hit effort, Robinson Cano slugged a pair of two-run homers and the Yankees connected for three consecutive blasts off Johan Santana, who followed his historic no-hitter with a forgettable outing that saw him tie his career high in home runs allowed.
Cano, Nick Swisher and Andruw Jones all cleared the outfield walls off Santana in a four-run third inning as the Yankees breezed to their 50th all-time Subway Series victory over the Mets, spanning 85 contests since Interleague Play began in 1997.
Well, that was about as good as you could expect. Although hopefully Kuroda is not hurt. Knowing the Yankees, he’ll go on the DL with a sore foot and miss the rest of 2012 rehabbing.
Three of the other four teams in the AL East lost, so the Yankees gain ground on all of them (Toronto is being quite pesky). They are now tied in the loss column for first place in the AL East. All in all, a good night (I wouldn’t mind Jeter perhaps getting a hit soon, though).
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Kuroda is scheduled to start throwing from the trench next week.
What happened to Kurodo?
He left the game after a line drive hit his foot. They say it is just a bruise and he should be able to make his next start without incident but…well…this is the Yankees medical staff, so Kuroda should count his blessings if he makes it to July without his foot being amputated.
Congrats to the Seattle Mariners on their six-pitcher no-hitter. The first no-hitter of that kind since the Astros did it to the Yankees back in 2003.
What’s interesting about the no-hitter to me is, let’s say you’re any one of the guys involved in the no-hitter. Is it something you brag about later on? Like, if you’re Kevin Millwood, can you really take it as some major achievement that you threw six no-hit innings of a game where five other pitchers just happened to keep it up, as well? Millwood, to his credit, downplayed his involvement (nothing that many pitchers have thrown six innings without giving up a hit) but it just strikes me as weird. It is such a cool achievement but sharing it with five other guys sort of takes away from the achievement.
Montero caught the whole thing, so maybe he gets to enjoy the most credit.
Robot umpires ? Hell will freeze over first. But if they can be replaced by a binder, why not a spreadsheet ?
I’m thinking about changing my handle to Bryce Harper Superstar.
Not DeWayne Wise superstar?
[7] Don’t do it.
I’m not going to. But holy schnikes that kid is good.
Yeah, but does he have girl on his side ?
I’m thinking about changing my handle to Bryce Harper Superstar.
I was lucky enough to cover last night’s game. Got to see Strasburg strike out 13 Red stockings and Harper miss the cycle by a triple.
So Gardner apparently felt pain in his elbow this morning. Not good.
Consider how well we’re playing isn’t anyone concerned that Robertson and TSBG might upset the chemistry?
I joked about TSBG needing TJ. I’m sad that I might have been right.
[15] He didn’t, until they sent him to the butchers at the rehab facility.
This is like Nady all over again.
Our docs are a tad unreliable and Pollyanaish
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