05/23: NYY 3, BOS 7: "You've got your little ways...
Posted by: Jason
...to hurt me, you know just how to tear me up,
and leave me in small pieces on the ground."
Alternative country pioneer Dwight Yoakam's song "Little Ways" comes to mind as I write today's recap, for obvious reasons. A suddenly chilly offense and compliant pitching gave the Red Sox the lead they required to recover the game they lost Monday night.
We should be disappointed but not furious with Mussina: Granted, his first inning was horrible (three hits and three runs on a long Ramirez HR) but besides the first and the mistake to Lowell (solo HR) in the fourth he settled down for the next five frames. Certainly long enough for the Yankees offense to light up #5 starter Julian Tavarez, right?
One of Yoakam's early CDs is titled "Just Lookin' for a Hit" and I can not find a better description of the offense last evening. After Tavarez's gift run on a wild pitch in the fourth, the Yankees had bases loaded/one out in the fifth. They could manage only one run on a fielder's choice.
The Red Sox extended their lead to 7-2 in the seventh, aided by hits off of Mussina and Myers. I should add that the Yankees experienced (approximately) their 135th umpire's blown call of the season, when Joe West called Crisp safe on a steal of second. The reply showed Cano putting the tag on him in time. There should have been 2 outs w/no baserunners.
Bottom eighth: The Yankees had bases loaded, one out. One run on a fielder's choice? Not acceptable. Papelbon looked shaky in the ninth and the Yankees had 2 on, no out...again, no hits when necessary.
Torre acknowledged that the "pressure is on" to win this series. Joe is a master of understatement.
and leave me in small pieces on the ground."
Alternative country pioneer Dwight Yoakam's song "Little Ways" comes to mind as I write today's recap, for obvious reasons. A suddenly chilly offense and compliant pitching gave the Red Sox the lead they required to recover the game they lost Monday night.
We should be disappointed but not furious with Mussina: Granted, his first inning was horrible (three hits and three runs on a long Ramirez HR) but besides the first and the mistake to Lowell (solo HR) in the fourth he settled down for the next five frames. Certainly long enough for the Yankees offense to light up #5 starter Julian Tavarez, right?
One of Yoakam's early CDs is titled "Just Lookin' for a Hit" and I can not find a better description of the offense last evening. After Tavarez's gift run on a wild pitch in the fourth, the Yankees had bases loaded/one out in the fifth. They could manage only one run on a fielder's choice.
The Red Sox extended their lead to 7-2 in the seventh, aided by hits off of Mussina and Myers. I should add that the Yankees experienced (approximately) their 135th umpire's blown call of the season, when Joe West called Crisp safe on a steal of second. The reply showed Cano putting the tag on him in time. There should have been 2 outs w/no baserunners.
Bottom eighth: The Yankees had bases loaded, one out. One run on a fielder's choice? Not acceptable. Papelbon looked shaky in the ninth and the Yankees had 2 on, no out...again, no hits when necessary.
Torre acknowledged that the "pressure is on" to win this series. Joe is a master of understatement.
