04/22: Yanks go 14 Innings in Win vs. A's
Posted by: Seamus
After watching a total of 14 runs scored in the first seven innings of the game, you'd have been hard pressed to find anybody who expected to see that followed by six straight scoreless innings, but that's exactly how it went, as the Yankees defeated the A's by a score of 9-7 in 14 innings thanks to a walk-off two run homer by Melky Cabrera.
The game was pretty much back and forth as the Yankees rallied early from a 3-0 defecit to take the lead on two different occasions, and Oakland came back both times to tie the score against the Yanks. The game featured five home runs (1 for the A's, 4 for the Yankees), including two by today's hero Melky Cabrera.
CC Sabathia struggled a bit, although he really didn't pitch quite as bad as his numbers indicated. He allowed 6 earned runs on 6 hits in 6 and 2/3 and allowed 6 walks, but was also victimized by some bad defense (Johnny Damon dropping an easy fly ball was an example of that) and was forced to essentially get 4 or 5 outs in a couple innings.
The game was still tied at 7 after 9 innings, and the Yanks and A's wound up playing five innings of free baseball in the Bronx. Jose Veras was a lifesaver in extra innings, as he came into the game with two outs in the 10th and pitched 3 and 1/3 innings of scoreless ball.
The game had gotten to the point where I was kind of enjoying watching every inning go by one by one and wondering just how long this game could go when Melky Cabrera belted his second home run to right field with Nick Swisher on 1st base to end the game and give the Yankees a 9-7 victory.
I was at the game today and I have to say it was a pretty good one to be at, although from the looks of things there were about 20,000 people missing from the seats (the official attendance was listed at 43,342; there is no way there was anywhere near that many people at this game). I even got to participate in the "tradional" 14th inning stretch (I guess because baseball is "traditionally" played for 14 innings now).
The Yankees will have the day off tomorrow before traveling to Boston to play their first series of the season against the Red Sox on Friday evening. Joba Chamerlain will be taking the mound against Jon Lester in a battle of two promising young arms. Game starts at 7:05 ET.
Recap records: Patrick: 5-1, Seamus: 3-4, Andrew: 1-1
The game was pretty much back and forth as the Yankees rallied early from a 3-0 defecit to take the lead on two different occasions, and Oakland came back both times to tie the score against the Yanks. The game featured five home runs (1 for the A's, 4 for the Yankees), including two by today's hero Melky Cabrera.
CC Sabathia struggled a bit, although he really didn't pitch quite as bad as his numbers indicated. He allowed 6 earned runs on 6 hits in 6 and 2/3 and allowed 6 walks, but was also victimized by some bad defense (Johnny Damon dropping an easy fly ball was an example of that) and was forced to essentially get 4 or 5 outs in a couple innings.
The game was still tied at 7 after 9 innings, and the Yanks and A's wound up playing five innings of free baseball in the Bronx. Jose Veras was a lifesaver in extra innings, as he came into the game with two outs in the 10th and pitched 3 and 1/3 innings of scoreless ball.
The game had gotten to the point where I was kind of enjoying watching every inning go by one by one and wondering just how long this game could go when Melky Cabrera belted his second home run to right field with Nick Swisher on 1st base to end the game and give the Yankees a 9-7 victory.
I was at the game today and I have to say it was a pretty good one to be at, although from the looks of things there were about 20,000 people missing from the seats (the official attendance was listed at 43,342; there is no way there was anywhere near that many people at this game). I even got to participate in the "tradional" 14th inning stretch (I guess because baseball is "traditionally" played for 14 innings now).
The Yankees will have the day off tomorrow before traveling to Boston to play their first series of the season against the Red Sox on Friday evening. Joba Chamerlain will be taking the mound against Jon Lester in a battle of two promising young arms. Game starts at 7:05 ET.
Recap records: Patrick: 5-1, Seamus: 3-4, Andrew: 1-1
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