Game 66: The streak is broken!
I know what you're thinking......what streak? Well, this was the first home game we played with no home run. That may not be significant in the long run, but one of the things people complained about re: the new Yankee Stadium (or Coors Field East, as I've heard it called) is that the park is homer-happy and that we can't win a home game without one. Well, la dee da, we just did.
Granted it was one of those wins where we were wondering up to about the last couple innings whether we would or not, but a win is a win, no matter how (or when) it's gotten. We had Crooked Cap on the mound tonight and yet again, he went deep into the game - going 7.2 innings and giving up only 3 runs on 6 hits. It sucks the three runs came on a 3-run HR [at least someone hit one!], but we were able to come right back and take the lead, so it didn't affect anything. He's definitely been our ace this season even if his W-L tally doesn't reflect that. Bruney relieved him and pitched a great 0.2 innings and then Mo came in for the save and locked it down with no drama. Can't complain much about this pitching performance.
However, one can complain about the fact we only managed 5 runs and 8 hits off the Washington Nationals, a team so bad I actually feel bad for them. CBS Sports called them woeful and I think even that may be too kind. What is even worse is that Robbie Cano had exactly half our hit count tonight. Not exactly what I'd call a sparkling display. Then again, we did score 15 runs on Sunday, so I guess we were due for a slow day. In any event, aside from Robbie going 4-4 with 2 RBI, no one else really did anything. Alex is slumping bad, Derek left the game early [don't quite know why, yet] and the bottom of the lineup got a collective 1 hit. So a short write-up on the offense since it didn't do much. Let's hope for bigger and better things tomorrow.
Also, it was revealed today that Sammy Sosa tested positive for steroids in 2003, so he's part of the 104 names that Alex was also on. Gee, color me surprised. Just release the rest of the names and get it over with, I'm tired of this drips and drabs crap.
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Didn't the Nationals have a homerun last night off of C.C.? So there was an HR in the stadium - just not by the Yankees. You can never underestimate the teams your suppose to beat.
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//Didn't the Nationals have a homerun last night off of C.C.? So there was an HR in the stadium - just not by the Yankees.//
Ummmm, the streak had nothing to do with road teams playing at Yankee Stadium, it was about us. Until last night, every home game we've played so far has included a Yankee HR. I've talked about it numerous times in this blog, this was hardly the first time I mentioned it. So while your observation was astute, it wasn't directed correctly.
Again, that wasn't the first time I talked about people's complaints that we can't win home games without hitting a HR.
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