Who replaced the Yankees with batters that could hit?
Normally we're out there sputtering for offense.....what happened? I ask because we initially were only able to manage three runs before all of a sudden, some new team decided to bat for us and get us some runs. So thanks guys, hope you can stick around for a while. Wang pitched well today; not great, but passable. He went 6 innings, gave up 3 runs on 10 hits (a tad too high) and struck out 5 while only walking 2. You could call it a quality start, although that hit total is waaaaay too high for my liking. Traber, Bruney, Joba and Nuke relieved him (in that order) and the only two to give up earned runs (Joba walked in a run) were Traber and Nuke. It's funny; we gave Nuke a 5 run lead, and all he had to do was pitch the 9th cleanly. Too much to ask? Apparently. Next time Nuke, get the 3 outs in succession.
It was nice to see the offense finally wake up. When Abreu hit that grand slam, I wasn't sure if I was watching the right game. I had to check the unis to make sure I didn't click on the wrong link. Some of our more comatose batters this season got their licks in, especially Johnny Damon, Jason Giambi and Abreu. Giambi is still hitting .120 (dear GOD that's pathetic), but at least he did something. If not for the offense outburst late in the game, that HR he hit would have been half our offense. Which would have been typical of our team lately. Alex was absent from the lineup and will be absent a few more games; Cynthia had their second daughter last night, so he's spending some much needed quality time with the familia. Felicidades, Alex!
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It was nice to see the offense finally wake up. When Abreu hit that grand slam, I wasn't sure if I was watching the right game. I had to check the unis to make sure I didn't click on the wrong link. Some of our more comatose batters this season got their licks in, especially Johnny Damon, Jason Giambi and Abreu. Giambi is still hitting .120 (dear GOD that's pathetic), but at least he did something. If not for the offense outburst late in the game, that HR he hit would have been half our offense. Which would have been typical of our team lately. Alex was absent from the lineup and will be absent a few more games; Cynthia had their second daughter last night, so he's spending some much needed quality time with the familia. Felicidades, Alex!
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