09/14: Hughes to Start Wednesday
Posted by: Patrick
MLB.com's Bryan Hoch reports that Phil Hughes will start on Wednesday.
09/14: Yanks Split Doubleheader
Posted by: Seamus
The Yankees played two games on Saturday after Friday's matchup with the Rays was postponed. They also wound up with two different outcomes, which is what you can usually expect from a doubleheader. The Yanks were smacked around in the first game by a score of 7-1 and put together a late-inning rally to topple the Rays by a score of 6-5 in the second game.
The first game was a retelling of a familiar story, as the Yankees couldn't push any runs across against James Shields. Aside from a Bobby Abreu home run in the 9th, the Yankees had only three runners get into scoring position the entire game, and as you can probably guess, none of them scored. Batters 6-9 in the order were a completely dreadful 0-14.
Mike Mussina had a rough outing as well, allowing five runs in five innings. With now just 14 games left to play, it appears that Moose won't get the three starts he needs to try and reach the 20-win mark for the first time in his career.
The second game was a different story, as the Yankees got some timely hitting late and defeated the Rays by a score of 6-5. Derek Jeter scored from 1st on a couple throwing errors to tie the game at 4 in the 7th, and the Yankees went ahead on a base hit by Xavier Nady. The Yankees got an insurance run that would be needed when Bobby Abreu singled in the 8th, bringing in Brett Gardner.
Sidney Ponson wasn't good, but Phil Coke was superb in relief of him, throwing 2 and 2/3 innings of scoreless ball and allowing just one hit. The win was credited to Damaso Marte, his first as a Yankee. Mariano Rivera allowed a run in the 9th but was able to record his 34th save.
The rubber game is to be played this afternoon at 1:05 ET. Carl Pavano will be on the mound and will be facing the Rays' Edwin Jackson.
The first game was a retelling of a familiar story, as the Yankees couldn't push any runs across against James Shields. Aside from a Bobby Abreu home run in the 9th, the Yankees had only three runners get into scoring position the entire game, and as you can probably guess, none of them scored. Batters 6-9 in the order were a completely dreadful 0-14.
Mike Mussina had a rough outing as well, allowing five runs in five innings. With now just 14 games left to play, it appears that Moose won't get the three starts he needs to try and reach the 20-win mark for the first time in his career.
The second game was a different story, as the Yankees got some timely hitting late and defeated the Rays by a score of 6-5. Derek Jeter scored from 1st on a couple throwing errors to tie the game at 4 in the 7th, and the Yankees went ahead on a base hit by Xavier Nady. The Yankees got an insurance run that would be needed when Bobby Abreu singled in the 8th, bringing in Brett Gardner.
Sidney Ponson wasn't good, but Phil Coke was superb in relief of him, throwing 2 and 2/3 innings of scoreless ball and allowing just one hit. The win was credited to Damaso Marte, his first as a Yankee. Mariano Rivera allowed a run in the 9th but was able to record his 34th save.
The rubber game is to be played this afternoon at 1:05 ET. Carl Pavano will be on the mound and will be facing the Rays' Edwin Jackson.
Posted by: Patrick
Bryan Hoch of MLB.com reports that David Robertson is back with the Major League club, since Scranton's season is over.
Posted by: Patrick
Chad Jennings reports that Phil Hughes has been promoted back to the Majors. Peter Abraham notes that the earliest he'd be able to pitch is Wednesday, as he helped Scranton win the International League title last night.
Posted by: Patrick
Dan Martin of the Post reports on an interesting statistic, given that Yankee Stadium will soon be closing. Lou Gehrig is the all-time hits regular season hits leader in the stadium, with 1,269 hits. Derek Jeter currently sits at 1,261 (the article says 1,260, but it must have been written before the last game because Yahoo! and Baseball Reference show one additional hit). The Yankees have 10 home games remaining. So, Jeter needs to average about one hit a game to pass Gehrig. That'd be a cool record to walk away with.
Posted by: Patrick
The Yankees Triple-A affiliate, the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees, won the International League title on Friday night, defeating the Durham Bulls, 20-2. It was the first title for the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre organization since the Scranton Red Sox topped the Eastern League back in 1948.
Phil Hughes picked up the win, throwing 5 innings, allowing 1 earned run on 4 hits. The offense was led by Juan Miranda (3 for 5, 1 home run, 2 runs, 6 RBIs) and Chris Basak (4 for 4, 2 doubles, 4 runs, 3 RBIs, 2 walks).
Phil Hughes picked up the win, throwing 5 innings, allowing 1 earned run on 4 hits. The offense was led by Juan Miranda (3 for 5, 1 home run, 2 runs, 6 RBIs) and Chris Basak (4 for 4, 2 doubles, 4 runs, 3 RBIs, 2 walks).
Posted by: Patrick
Brian Cashman spoke to the AP's Ronald Blum in response to Hank Steinbrenner's remarks from Thursday. Steinbrenner infered that he would like to form an advisory group to help make decisions, perhaps taking some power away from Cashman.
"At the end of the day, I definitely without a doubt believe that as owners, they need to set up a structure they're comfortable with," Cashman told Blum. "Simple as that."
"I'm certainly not going to make this about me. I do have an advisory board: It's my manager; it's my coaching staff; it's our pro scouting director; it's our farm director; it's our amateur scouting director."
"At the end of the day, I definitely without a doubt believe that as owners, they need to set up a structure they're comfortable with," Cashman told Blum. "Simple as that."
"I'm certainly not going to make this about me. I do have an advisory board: It's my manager; it's my coaching staff; it's our pro scouting director; it's our farm director; it's our amateur scouting director."
Posted by: Patrick
Fittingly, Anthony DiComo of MLB.com reports that Andy Pettitte is scheduled to start the final regular season game at Yankee Stadium, on September 21.
Posted by: Patrick
Rain postponed last night's Yankees/Rays season opener, so we'll play two today. The first game, at 1:05 PM ET, will pit Mike Mussina (17-8, 3.48) against James Shields (12-8, 3.64). In the night cap, Sidney Ponson (8-5, 5.10) will get the start against Matt Garza (11-9, 3.55). The late game starts at 7:05.
Posted by: Patrick
George King and Peter Abraham share some quotes from Hank Steinbrenner that indicate that, if Cashman returns, he may not have as much power as he does now.
"If Brian stays on as GM, that doesn't mean he won't be the No. 1 guy," Hank Steinbrenner said yesterday. "But the fact is, the more opinions the better. I think that's probably the best way. It worked in the 90's, and it can work again." ...
"We're going to have to look at what has been done wrong over the last five years, which I've had one year to try and figure out," Steinbrenner said. "Clearly, a lot of mistakes were made. I'm going to be reviewing the entire organization. We're going to do everything we can to win next year."
"We're going to have to look at what has been done wrong over the last five years, which I've had one year to try and figure out," Steinbrenner said. "Clearly, a lot of mistakes were made. I'm going to be reviewing the entire organization. We're going to do everything we can to win next year."
