Thursday, August 16, 2012
Yankees.com: Yanks claw, but bullpen can’t slow Rangers
NEW YORK—David Murphy laced a game-tying double and Craig Gentry put the Rangers on top with a two-run single as the Yankees’ bullpen wobbled in the seventh inning of a 10-6 loss on Thursday at Yankee Stadium.
Texas avoided accepting a four-game sweep in the Bronx by getting to left-hander Boone Logan, who allowed Murphy’s run-scoring hit to right field, and right-hander Joba Chamberlain, who inherited the runners and surrendered Gentry’s single to center.
The late rally followed New York’s five-run sixth inning against Rangers starter Derek Holland, as Andruw Jones tied the game with a long two-run homer to left and Russell Martin briefly gave the Yankees the lead with a run-scoring single to center.
Just one of those days.
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Yankees.com: Yanks top Texas despite Hamilton’s display
NEW YORK—Josh Hamilton did everything he could to spoil Freddy Garcia’s night, but the right-hander once again turned in a solid performance, keeping the rest of the Rangers’ lineup in check in the Yankees’ 3-2 win on Wednesday.
After a rain delay of one hour and 45 minutes, Garcia made his first start against Texas since his Yankees debut last season. The result was another performance consistent with his last eight starts, during which he’d posted a 4-4 record and a 3.83 ERA since replacing injured lefty Andy Pettitte in the starting rotation.
While New York’s offense didn’t light up the scoreboard, Garcia made a three-run third inning stand up, holding Texas to just Hamilton’s two home runs, hit in the fourth and sixth. That would be enough for the right-hander, who was lifted after 6 2/3 innings upon allowing just five Rangers baserunners on four hits and one walk. Garcia struck out six, throwing 64 of his 100 pitches for strikes.
Garcia’s been about as effective as he was last year since returning to the rotation at the start of July, and I’m enjoying that.
Safe to say that we’ll be seeing a serious house money lineup in today’s series finale matinee.
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Yankees.com: Swisher makes Kuroda’s two-hitter stand up
NEW YORK—Hiroki Kuroda had turned in solid work in his previous three starts, but a lack of run support left him without a winning decision.
On Tuesday, Kuroda again did all he could to get back in the win column, and this time, his Yankees teammates would support him. Nick Swisher and Mark Teixiera hit back-to-back home runs in the seventh inning, sending the Yankees to a 3-0 win over the Rangers and giving Kuroda his first win since July 29.
For six innings, it looked like Kuroda might have a date with history. The right-hander went the distance, surrendering just two hits, ad he carried a no-hitter into the seventh. Rangers shortstop Elvis Andrus broke up Kuroda’s no-hit bid with an infield single to lead off the seventh.
Andrus advanced to third base on a sacrifice fly and a wild pitch, but Kuroda shut the door on the Rangers’ lone threat of the night.
Kuroda was brilliant tonight. I think this was the best game a Yankee starter has thrown all year, particularly when you consider the opponent(Texas) and the venue (DNYS, where infield flies become homers).
All is not well in Yankee-land though. Once again they struggled to score runs for Kuroda. In fact, if you take away the two homers they hit in the 7th this game is probably still going on, so I’m not sure it should even be counted as a win. This may work in the regular season, but forget abut winning in the postseason using that strategy.
But hey, it worked tonight.
Monday, August 13, 2012
Yankees.com: Summer slam: Swisher powers Yanks past Rangers
Swisher sent a third-inning rocket into the second deck in right field off Texas starter Ryan Dempster, notching his 200th career home run and highlighting a matchup of the clubs owning the best records in the American League.
Filling in for ace CC Sabathia, David Phelps offered the Yankees five solid innings of work for the victory, settling in after permitting runs in his first two frames as the rookie picked up his third Major League win in his fourth start of the year.
Phelps was solid, and should probably be able to go 90 or so pitches in his next start. He should probably get at least two more starts, and has a chance to solidify his case for being a starter, either this year or next year.
Derek Lowe also pitched pretty well, better than I thought he could. His sinker was really dropping and his slider had pretty good bite. I’m still not expecting much from him long-term, but he was nails tonight and helped the key relievers on the team get a needed night off.
It was a pretty good way to start the series.
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Yankees.com: With 10 Ks, Darvish breezes past Yanks
ARLINGTON—Right-hander Yu Darvish was electric across 8 1/3 innings, leading the Rangers to a 2-0 victory over the Yankees at Rangers Ballpark on Tuesday night.
Darvish, helped by a couple of outstanding plays by shortstop Elvis Andrus, outpitched Yankees starter Hiroki Kuroda in only the seventh game in Major League history to be started by two Japanese-born pitchers.
Darvish was really good, and Kuroda was good as well. I can’t wait to read all the awful ‘Yu’ puns in the NY fish wraps tomorrow.
Monday, April 23, 2012
Yankees.com: Jeter’s four hits help CC top Texas
ARLINGTON—The Yankees believed their trip to Texas could be a good measurement of how they would stack up against the American League’s best competition thus far, and the early results suggest they’re doing just fine.
CC Sabathia pitched eight innings in what was arguably his sharpest start of the young season, Alex Rodriguez homered and Derek Jeter banged out four hits as the Yankees defeated the Rangers, 7-4, on Monday at Rangers Ballpark.
I think Sabathia pitched much better than the four runs allowed would have you believe. Fortunately for him his offense gave him seven runs so it can be considered a gutsy performance instead of a disappointing one.
Derek Jeter’s continuing resurgence is the story of the season so far though in my mind. He now leads the AL in hits and these aren’t cheap for the most part. He’s hitting the ball hard to the outfield consistently and it’s been great to watch.
If the Yankees can take one of the next two games, this road trip will have been a resounding success.
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Yankees.com: Gardner’s walk-off RBI seals Yanks’ sweep
NEW YORK—A day before he put pen to paper, before he could put on a Major League uniform for the first time in three years, Brian Gordon went to a field across the street from Yankee Stadium.
Thirty-two years old and not yet officially a Yankee, Gordon tossed with baseball operations assistant Brett Weber, catching the eye of one passerby who stopped to say Gordon had a nice arm.
Unbeknownst to that observer, Gordon would take the mound one block over for the real thing the next day.
The New York-born, Texas-raised Gordon gave the Yankees everything they could have hoped for, and then some, in his first career start Thursday against the Rangers, a 3-2, 12-inning win that completed a three-game sweep and made this 10-game homestand a winning one after it began with three straight losses.
Gordon held his own in his first career start, but it was his bullpen’s outstanding work after he left that held Texas scoreless long enough for the Yankees to finally score the game winner on Brett Gardner’s single. Hector Noesi, David Robertson, Mariano Rivera and Cory Wade faced 22 batters and only three of them reached.
Wade’s already provided more value than Pedro Feliciano and Rafael Soriano.
After coming in for defense, Gardner went 2 for 2 and is now hitting .286/.364/.427. If only he could steal bases more successfully…
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Yankees.com: Tex’s two taters help Yanks top Texas
NEW YORK—Mark Teixeira hit two of the Yankees’ five home runs, going deep from both sides of the plate to lead the charge in a 12-4 victory over the Rangers on Wednesday at Yankee Stadium.
Teixeira blasted his 20th and 21st homers of the season, hitting a two-run shot off left-hander Derek Holland in the first inning, and adding a two-run blast in the fifth off right-hander Mark Lowe.
The display marked the 11th time that Teixeira has homered from both sides of the plate during his career, tying Chili Davis and Eddie Murray for first place on that all-time list.
Eduardo Nunez homered on his 24th birthday, and Ramiro Pena also cleared the outfield wall in support of right-hander Ivan Nova, who limited the damage to four runs and seven hits in 5 2/3 innings to pick up his sixth win of the year.
At this point last season, Teixeira had nine HRs.
Despite the final score, this was actually a pretty tight game until the fifth. Ivan Nova wasn’t great, but luckily for him neither were Texas’s pitchers.
During the game, we found out the Yankees added Cory Wade to the bullpen and moved Rafael Soriano to the 60 day DL. That signing continues to get better and better.
Seems like a move to shore up the back of the pen and not much more than that, although he did have a strong year in 2008 for the Dodgers.
No announcement about who’s starting tomorrow, although I think it may be Hector Noesi since he wasn’t needed recently.
Apparently Brian Gordon will start tomorrow. Good luck to him.
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Yankees.com: Granderson leads Yanks in rout of Texas
NEW YORK—A feeling of normalcy returned to the Bronx on Tuesday, one night after the Yankees’ lethal bats were uncharacteristically shut out.
CC Sabathia got off to a strong start, Curtis Granderson hit another home run, and Mark Teixeira was even hit by a pitch again in a 12-4 win over the Rangers in a game that started 41 minutes late because of rain.
A six-run second inning sent Alexi Ogando packing after just 1 2/3 innings and 53 pitches, as he was dealt his first loss of the season following a 7-0 start. The Yankees have had little trouble against Texas’ rookie sensation, touching him for 11 runs the two times they have faced him.
I’m kind of having a difficult time coming up with a complaint for tonight, but I’m sure you guys can help.
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Yankees.com: Hell Freezes Over
ARLINGTON—Derek Jeter and Curtis Granderson hit back-to-back homers, and Francisco Cervelli crushed his first career grand slam, powering the Yankees to a 12-5 victory over the Rangers on Sunday at Rangers Ballpark.
Jeter blasted his first two homers of the season in the win, slugging a fifth-inning solo shot to chase starter David Bush and then connecting for a tiebreaking shot in the seventh to greet Arthur Rhodes.
If you had told me this morning that the over/under on Derek Jeter home runs for 2011 was one, I’d have taken the under.
Perhaps he’s not quite done just yet.
Saturday, May 7, 2011
Yankees.com: Nova, Granderson star in Yankees’ victory
Nova pitched well for the third straight start, logging a career-high 7 1/3 innings and permitting only two hits as the Yankees defeated the Rangers, 4-1, on Friday at Rangers Ballpark.
“We were working hard,” Nova said. “The last two times when I got into the seventh inning it was special, so what can I say about this one? It was tremendous.”
Curtis Granderson homered twice—one off a lefty, one off a righty—and drove in three runs to power the Yankees, who snapped a season-high three-game losing streak.
I’m happy to see Nova getting results, but I don’t think it’s sustainable. Put it this way, which of the following lines looks better?
| TBF | H | HR | BB | SO | FIP | xFIP | FB% | GB% | LD% | Stk% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 73 | 19 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 3.79 | 5.37 | 32.1% | 52.8% | 15.1% | 56.3% |
| 78 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 4.00 | 4.71 | 31.7% | 55.0% | 13.3% | 60.7% |
| 151 | 32 | 1 | 16 | 18 | 3.91 | 5.00 | 31.9% | 54.0% | 14.2% | 58.6% |
The second line is a bit better, but not hugely so. The real difference between Nova over his last three starts and earlier in the season is that he has a BABIP against of .194 over his last three starts compared to .345 prior. Overalll he’s at .265, which is probably too low to sustain.
He’s going to need to improve that BB/K ratio if he wants to have sustained success, He’s got the stuff to do it, so I’m cautiously optimistic.
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Yankees.com: Chavez delivers decisive hit in Bronx slugfest
The Yankees scored their first five runs on homers, including a two-run shot by Curtis Granderson, but it was Eric Chavez’s RBI single that beat the Rangers.
Kind of a rough one to watch at the start, as CC Sabathia wasn’t sharp and the Yankee offense was effectively MIA for the first half of the game, but it ended nicely. In addition to Granderson, Robinson Cano and Russell Martin homered, which means the Yankees have homered 27 times in their first 14 games. That’s apparently a new MLB record, although it’s solely due to playing in a disgraceful bandbox so make sure you put an asterisk next to it in your first 14 games record book.
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Yankees.com: Tex powers Garcia’s first Yankees win
NEW YORK—The Yankees got more than they could have asked from Freddy Garcia in his first start of the year, and Mark Teixeira homered and drove in three runs to post a 5-2 victory over the Rangers on a raw, rainy afternoon at Yankee Stadium.
Because of a rainout that interrupted their pitching plans, Garcia had not yet been asked to take the mound in his role as the fifth starter, and the Yankees couldn’t be exactly sure how sharp his command would be.
They needn’t have worried. Starting for the first time since March 29th, Garcia shrugged away the long layoff and kept the Rangers off balance with an array of offspeed stuff for six innings, permitting only two hits.
Garcia won’t pitch this well most of the time, but as long as he can command his stuff like he did today he should keep the Yankees in games more often than not. That’s really all I’m hoping for out of him.
And boy, spending $36M and pissing away a first round draft pick for a setup man who’s probably not even as good as your sixth or seventh inning guys sure looks smart, doesn’t it?
NY Post: Rangers score six double plays in 5-3 win over Yankees
Double plays helped get the Yankees into double trouble last night.
The Yankees banged into a franchise record six double plays, Rangers starter Mitch Harrison seemingly inducing two outs on one pitch every time the hosts had something bubbling.
If you ever wondered what a team comprised solely of Derek Jeter circa 2010-2011 would look like, that’s what it would look like.
In other more cheerful news:
From dead arm to dead rotation
The Red Sox own the atrocious record, but with Phil Hughes placed on the disabled list yesterday with a “dead arm” and another young starter not able to make it out of the fifth inning, the first-place Yankees are in deep trouble.
The rotation now includes Bartolo Colon, rookie Ivan Nova, who lost 5-3 to the Rangers last night at frigid Yankee Stadium, and Freddy Garcia, who goes today against Texas.
I’d be enjoying Boston losing more if the Yankees were taking better advantage of it.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Yankees.com: We’ll CC you in Texas: Yanks force Game 6
NEW YORK—There is no one the Yankees would rather throw in a potential elimination game than CC Sabathia, and the ace left-hander delivered hope, pitching six solid innings to force the American League Championship Series back to Texas with a 7-2 victory over the Rangers on Wednesday.
Facing elimination, the Yankees’ dreams of a 41st AL pennant remain alive as they attempt to become just the fifth team in history to recover from a 3-1 series deficit and advance to the World Series. The ALCS returns to Rangers Ballpark for Game 6 on Friday at 8 p.m. ET.
It wasn’t exactly CC’s best game, but it was enough, especially with Curtis Granderson continuing to hit. And while Robinson Cano may not end up getting the 2010 AL MVP, he’s certainly been the Yankees’ MVP in the postseason.
One game at a time.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Rangers Whip Yankees To Take 3-1 ALCS Lead
Yeah, I know that the game isn’t technically over, but I’m taking my chances.
A.J. Burnett pitched much better than I expected, but you couldn’t help but feel that every out he was getting was coming on borrowed time, and that at any point he’d lose it. Unfortunately, the guy who makes the decisions in the dugout decided to keep him in there after getting five innings of two run ball out of him. I guess I’m fine with starting the sixth with him. Hell, I’m even fine with letting him pitch to Cruz after Guerrero singled. And once he got Cruz, sure, let him pitch to Kinsler.
But if you don’t think he can get David Murphy out, you don’t PUT THE GO-AHEAD RUN ON BASE INTENTIONALLY. That was epically stupid. You bring in Boone Logan to pitch to Murphy. If they pinch-hit with Jeff Francoeur, big deal, it’s Jeff Francoeur.
And you don’t leave Burnett in to give up a cookie to Bengie Molina that probably ended your season.
The offense gets some blame too, just like they should be getting for this entire series. Blowing a first and second no-out chance to build on a 3-2 lead with your 3/4 hitters up in the bottom of the fifth was probably just as important as the Girardi foolishness that followed.
I suppose losing Mark Teixeira doesn’t help either, although with the way he’s hit in the past two postseasons who’d notice him being gone?
So now we just hope this team can win three in a row against a team that’s outplayed them in just about every way for just about the whole series aside from one inning. Except for Robinson Cano, an oasis in a desert of suck.
Can they do it? Maybe.
Will they? Probably not.
Monday, October 18, 2010
2010 ALCS Game 3 Complaint Thread
The Yankees didn’t lose the ALCS tonight, but they sure did make it a lot harder to win.
Cliff Lee was outstanding. I’m not sure if it was better than Pedro Martinez’s 1-hit 17 strikeout game against the Yankees in 1999, but it was one of the best pitching performances I’ve seen.
Andy Pettitte was very good as well, but that just wasn’t enough tonight.
So now the Yankees hopes rest on A.J. Burnett tomorrow.
That should work out well.
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Yankees.com: Comeback not in cards as Rangers even ALCS
ARLINGTON—Falling behind in postseason games is no recipe for success, and the Yankees’ bats couldn’t cover up an early hole left by an ineffective Phil Hughes, suffering a 7-2 defeat to the Rangers in Game 2 of the American League Championship Series on Saturday.
Making his second career postseason start, Hughes was rocked for six runs in four-plus innings by the Rangers, who mixed their big-swinging attack with a dash of speed in evening the ALCS at one game apiece as the series moves on to New York.
The Yankees would be best-served using a different tactic in the rest of the ALCS rather than falling behind 5-0 and trying to come back.
Hughes stunk, and that’s the main reason they lost, but the offense had a couple of shots at making things interesting in the late innings but couldn’t get it done.
Conventional wisdom usually says the road team should be happy to split the first two games of a seven game series, but one of the things that amazed me yesterday was how stupid it was to think that because the Yankees came back to win that game that the series was over.
Now, the Yankees are looking at facing Cliff Lee in Game 3 and then starting A.J. Burnett in Game 4. Who has the edge in those games?
Friday, October 15, 2010
2010 ALCS Game 1 Complaint Thread
This game sucked ruled.
I’m not sure where to start. After a really bad start by CC and a WOE-ful job by the offense, I had pretty much given up. When Joba Chamberlain walked Nelson Cruz with one out in the fifth I figured we’d get one of his patented implosions, but he got out of it.
When Dustin Moseley got the call to relieve Joba, I pretty much figured it was done, but Moseley was outstanding, retiring everyone he faced aside from an E-5 over two scoreless innings. Kerry Wood’s eighth inning started off with a four pitch walk to Ian Kinsler, but Kinsler got picked off and from there Wood was great.
And of course, the best out-getter in the history of MLB’s postseason did his job, with the help of a great play by Mark Teixeira on a sacrifice bunt by Elvis Andrus. Mo vs. Josh Hamilton with the tying run on second and two outs had the potential to be some of the best drama baseball can offer, but Mo spared us by retiring Hamilton on one pitch.
The bullpen was great in relief of Sabathia, but this was the offense’s night.
Remember when Robinson Cano was both a bad hitter with runners on base and in the postseason? Me either. His solo HR in the seventh seemed meaningless at the time, but it sure ended up being huge.
And while it’s generally not beneficial to slide into first base, in this case by doing it Brett Gardner was able to elude a tag and reach base safely leading off the eighth, which allowed him to score on a Derek Jeter double to cut the deficit to 5-2. Jeter’s double drove out Texas starter C.J. Wilson, who pitched very well until the eighth.
Two walks by Nick Swisher and Mark Teixeira against Darren Oliver were then followed by an Alex Rodriguez single off Darren O’Day that drove in two runs and cut the deficit to 5-4, which again sent Ron Washington to his pen to bring in lefty Clay Rapada to pitch to Robinson Cano. It was the right move on paper, but Cano has killed lefties this year and tied the game with a sharp single and brought up Marcus Thames.
I have no idea why Ron Washington did not bring a right-hander in here rather than Derek Holland, although it’s likely the Yankees would have pinch-hit for Thames with Lance Berkman. It still doesn’t make sense to have brought in a lefty to face Thames, Thames fell behind 1-2 then fouled a pitch and took one in the dirt before dumping a soft single to LF which brought in Cano with the go-ahead run.
I’m going to pretend Nick Swisher didn’t bunt in the ninth for health reasons. My own health.
So complain away.
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Yankees 7, Rangers 6
I didn’t think there was any way the Yankees were going to win this game. Trailing 6-1 with Cliff Lee on the mound and absolutely dealing, it sure looked bleak, but they were able to chip away to tie and then eventually take the lead in the top of the ninth, with Marcus Thames as the man of the hour thanks to his 8th inning HR that cut the deficit to 6-5 and then his 9th inning single that scored Brett Gardner with the eventual winning run. The Yankees scored runs in each of the 6th-9th innings, against a combination of Lee and six Texas relievers who are all having great seasons.
With Mo coming in, the only thing left to do was count down the outs, until Elvis Andrus decided to lead off the bottom of the ninth with a triple. So yeah, once again it looked bleak. Michael Young hit a flare to shallow RF and Austin Kearns raced in and made a great shoestring catch that saved a run. Kearns had just been shifted to right after Curtis Granderson pinch-ran for Lance Berkman and then was moved into CF. I can’t recall a better Yankee defensive OF than Gardner/Granderson/Kearns.
Rivera then got Josh Hamilton to ground right back to him to hold Andrus at third and get the second out, before finally retiring Vlad Guerrero on a grounder to third to end the game and close out the win.
This win wouldn’t have been possible without Sergio Mitre and Kerry Wood pitching 3.2 scoreless innings after Javier Vazquez crapped the bed again. I haven’t really talked about Wood’s acquisition at all, and I’m not sure how good he really is, but his job description is pretty simple. Be better than Chan Ho Park.
A loss tonight would have cut the Yankees’ lead over the Red Sox to just four games, so avoiding that was also nice.
Yankees.com: Rare hiccup for Mo ends in loss for Yanks
ARLINGTON—Mariano Rivera watched David Murphy’s line drive, probably the sharpest ball the Rangers managed that inning, secure a grassy patch in right field. The closer shrugged and headed for the showers, knowing there was now nothing else to be done.
Murphy turned around Rivera’s full-count offering and dispatched it safely for a bases-loaded, walk-off single at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, lifting Texas to a 4-3 victory over the Yankees in 10 innings on Tuesday.
I’d like to go ahead and congratulate Cliff Lee on the first perfect game of his career tomorrow night.
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Yankees.com: Yankees sweep behind vintage Pettitte
NEW YORK—No Derek Jeter? No problem.
With the shortstop on the shelf for Sunday’s finale, Ramiro Pena stepped in and delivered a two-out, two-run single in the third that gave the Yankees a lead they never relinquished in their sweep-sealing 4-2 win over the Rangers.
Pena’s knock scored Alex Rodriguez and Jorge Posada as part of a three-run third in which the Bombers turned a one-run deficit into a two-run edge. Andy Pettitte (2-0) made that lead stand up over eight innings, surrendering two runs on four hits. Pettitte didn’t look comfortable in the beginning of the game, but his only hiccup came in the third, when he gave up back-to-back RBI hits to Elvis Andrus and Michael Young. They were the last hits he allowed. Pettitte retired 12 Rangers in a row during one stretch and 17 of the final 19 he faced.
I really like this team.
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Yankees.com: Power on display as Yanks beat Rangers
NEW YORK—On days like Saturday, when the Yankees beat the Rangers, 7-3, in the Bronx, trying to pitch to New York’s lineup simply seems unreasonable.
There is no easy out and there appears to be no weakness. Power? The left side of the Bombers’ infield went deep off Rangers’ reliever Doug Mathis. Speed? Brett Gardner twice extended innings with two-out infield hits. The Yankees scored six runs in those frames after Gardner’s hustle singles. Patience? How about Nick Johnson and Swisher seeing 24 pitches in three combined at-bats against Texas starter Scott Feldman?
Mark Teixeira’s an easy out.
It was nice to see A.J. Burnett throw another good game with Jorge Posada behind the plate as well.
The Yankees are now 1.9 wins ahead of where my early April log 5 post would have put them.
| date | game | xW | xL | cxW | cxL | aW | aL | caW | caL | W+/- |
| 4-Apr | @Boston Red Sox | 0.48 | 0.52 | 0.48 | 0.52 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -0.48 |
| 6-Apr | @Boston Red Sox | 0.48 | 0.52 | 0.97 | 1.03 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.03 |
| 7-Apr | @Boston Red Sox | 0.48 | 0.52 | 1.45 | 1.55 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.55 |
| 9-Apr | @Tampa Bay Rays | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.95 | 2.05 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0.05 |
| 10-Apr | @Tampa Bay Rays | 0.5 | 0.5 | 2.44 | 2.56 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0.56 |
| 11-Apr | @Tampa Bay Rays | 0.5 | 0.5 | 2.94 | 3.06 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1.06 |
| 13-Apr | vs. Los Angeles Angels | 0.65 | 0.35 | 3.59 | 3.41 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1.41 |
| 14-Apr | vs. Los Angeles Angels | 0.65 | 0.35 | 4.23 | 3.77 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0.77 |
| 15-Apr | vs. Los Angeles Angels | 0.65 | 0.35 | 4.88 | 4.12 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1.12 |
| 16-Apr | vs. Texas Rangers | 0.61 | 0.39 | 5.49 | 4.51 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1.51 |
| 17-Apr | vs. Texas Rangers | 0.61 | 0.39 | 6.09 | 4.91 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1.91 |
| 18-Apr | vs. Texas Rangers | 0.61 | 0.39 | 6.7 | 5.3 | 8 | 3 |
xW/L: Expected wins/losses using log 5
cxW/L: Cumulative expected wins/losses using log 5
aW/L: Actual wins/losses for games played
caW/L: Cumulative ctual wins/losses for games played
W+/-: caW - cxW. Negative means behind pace, positive means ahead of pace
If they can finish off the sweep tomorrow they’ll be 2.3 wins ahead of pace, and even if they should lose they’ll still be 1.3 wins ahead.
Yankees.com: Rain can’t dampen Sabathia’s dominance
NEW YORK—One start after Joe Girardi had decided that CC Sabathia was working on his final batter, no-hitter or not, Mother Nature made the decision to end the left-hander’s evening of work after just six innings.
Luckily for the Yankees, Sabathia was just as dominant on Friday as he was on Sunday, taking advantage of a free-swinging Rangers lineup to record nine strikeouts and log a rain-shortened, complete-game, 5-1 victory at Yankee Stadium.
Though he was aware of the pregame weather reports, which showed a large green blob quickly approaching the Bronx, Sabathia paid little attention, instead focusing on what he has done well through three starts—attack the zone and make hitters look silly.
I will miss CC when he opts out.
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