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Yankees vs. Red Sox Part 3: Boston Sweeps Yanks Again – SERIOUSLY???
There are no other words or phrases that I can think of to describe this recent series vs. Boston but Oh My God. It’s quite disgraceful. I don’t even think I have the energy to go into too much detail about the games because I am still reeling from the 3rd game last night. Ahhrrg! >: O (mad-face smiley)
Alright, here are the facts: the Yanks go into the series up 1 game over the Red Sox in first place, 2 in the loss column. They looked great coming into it. Sox hadn’t been looking so great the week leading up to the series. We’re thinking “Oh, we got ‘em this time around.” The Sox beg to differ.
Our first two starters don’t last 3 innings each, record 15 outs, have to pitch 100+ balls to do it, and give up 8 runs combined. Neither AJ nor Wang could get it going for them. The bullpen wasn’t of much help either.
The Bombers were handed their first shutout of the season the first game of the series. David Ortiz hit his 3rd home run off of Burnett in the 2nd inning. Papi was summoned for a curtain call. There were a good few opportunites for the Yanks to score, but they just couldn’t capitalize.
They came oh-so-close to at least tying the game in the second game of the set. With two men on and one out, Posada hits a pop-fly to the right fielder, and Swisher grounds out to end the inning and the game.
CC Sabbathia lasted 7 full innings, giving up two runs before exiting the game int the 8th. Papi hit his 4th home run of the season off Sabbathia in the 5th. The Yankees actually went ahead in the top of the 8th to make the score 3-1, but the bullpen blew it, giving up 2 runs for the Sox to tie and go-ahead 4-3.
I said to myself, “Can we win a freaking GAME against these guys?!”
Apparently, the answer is no.
Hopefully, the Yanks will redeem themselves against the Mets this weekend. I really don’t want to have to lament about them again because it is definitely not my forte.
Laters!
April Showers Will Hopefully Bring May Flowers for Yanks
April wasn’t that bad of a month for the Yankees. With A-Rod recovering from hip surgery, his bat absent from the lineup, April wasn’t horrible.
The season began with a two-game losing streak, but began to pick up when they visited Kansas City. There, they won their first two games before losing the seventh to a decent Royals team. It’s the series that C.C. looked more like the pitcher who dominated for both the Indians and the Brewers last season. Then, they were headed to Tampa to take on the Rays for the last leg of their long, 9-game road trip. The Rays took the first game, winning 15-5 while the Yanks took hold of the last two.
Home-sweet-home for the Yankees as they played their home-opener at the new Yankee Stadium on April 16. Cleveland didn’t care that it was the Yankees home debute, instead taking the first game by an 8-run margin of 10-2. The teams ended up splitting the 4-game set. Following the Indians came the Oakland A’s. The first game was rained out, but the Yankees won the next two to cap off their first home series of the regular season.
Coming off two straight wins (three including the last game of the Cleveland series), the Yankees hopes were high. Unfortunatelly, they were brought back to reality as they were swept by the Red Sox in Boston. They could have easily won the first game if Mo hadn’t given up the game-tying homer to Jason Bay to send the game into extra innings. Quite un-Mo like. Detroit handed them one more loss before the Yanks came back to win the last two.
Their April record stands as 12-10 (including the first game of the home series against the Angels on the last day). During the month, Robbie Cano had an 18-game hitting streak going for him. That helped the Yanks alot, especially with A-Rod out of the lineup.
May is dawning and I’m hoping the Bombers continue their success. The season is still young. Good things can happen in this time.
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