Yardwork: Beanings, Walk-offs and Awful Jerseys
Baseball May 18th. 2009, 11:45am
Yankees 3, Twins 2: Johnny Damon took Jesse Crain deep in the bottom of the 10th for New York’s third consecutive walk-off win, something they haven’t done since 1972. At first I thought this series was a sweep of walk-offs, which I can’t remember ever witnessing, but these two still have one more to play tonight. Joe Mauer made a sick diving tag on Brett Garnder at the plate to prevent a bizarre walk-off in the ninth. (Video after the jump.)
Blue Jays 8, White Sox 2: Roy Halladay was masterful yet again, going seven and allowing one earned run. He’s pitched at least seven innings in all nine of his starts this year and has 57 K’s to just 8 walks. It’s clearly a three-man race for the Cy Young between him, Greinke and Phil Hughes.
Padres 3, Reds 1: Jake Peavy, channeling Duke from G.I. Joe, threw a complete game four-hitter.
Rays 7, Indians 5: This began with a 13 minute delay before the bottom of the first due to a lineup card error by Tampa that had both Ben Zobrist and Evan Longoria listed as third basemen. This forced Longoria out and pitcher Andy Sonnanstine to hit in the third spot. Fittingly, Sonnanstine had an RBI double. Kerry Wood threw two pitches behind B.J. Upton as presumed payback for a ball thrown inside to VÃctor MartÃnez earlier in the series. Warnings were issued after everyone yelled and screamed and did a lot of nothing. Percival then plunked Mark DeRosa the following inning, but here was no ejection. You figure it out.
Dodgers 12, Marlins 5: Clayton Kershaw took a no-no into the eighth but it was broken up by a leadoff double from Cody Ross. No pressure though, Clayton: “He’s got the Koufax dominance, stuff-wise—the same type of curveball,†Torre said. Mark Loretta and Juan Pierre each drove in three runs and O-Dog added two more. L.A. has won four of five. So much for falling apart at the seams without Manuel.
Astros 6, Cubs 5: Lesbian catcher Pudge Rodriguez hit his 300th career home run.
Mariners 3, Red Sox 2: Nick Green sailed one well over the head of first baseman Jeff Bailey and into the camera well on the fly, keeping the ninth inning alive for the Mariners. Two batters later, an RBI by Franklin Gutiérrez drove in Roger Cedeno for the walk-off win. David Ortiz will remain homerless until he can crack the starting lineup.
Here’s the play at the plate by Mauer, although the audio is far from being in sync with the video, making the call a little confusing and anticlimactic, which is probably how a chick might describe Michael Kay in the sack.
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May 18th, 2009 at 11:49 AM
Color me shocked… SHOCKED!!!!… that the Yankees beat down the Twins in the Bronx this weekend
May 18th, 2009 at 11:50 AM
Tigers sweep Athletics and outscore them 34-9 in the 3 games. Last three series for the Tigers: Sweep Indians, get swept by Twinkies and sweep A’s.
Screw the Yankers. Glad they beat up on the Twins, but I still hate them.
May 18th, 2009 at 11:52 AM
F Kerry Wood and F Pat Burrell
GO Rays
May 18th, 2009 at 11:52 AM
no mention of the rangers sweep of the angels.
May 18th, 2009 at 11:55 AM
pretty soon wang will return, posada will be back, and arod will get his act together.
now if bloody seattle would get its act together …
May 18th, 2009 at 11:55 AM
The Lackey ejection was hilarious. Returns from the DL to throw two pitches.
May 18th, 2009 at 11:58 AM
A-Rod is already getting his timing back. 2 huge HRs over the weekend.
May 18th, 2009 at 11:59 AM
2 games under .500 for the Mariners may be their high water mark the rest of the season. They will not finish within 10 games of the division winner.
May 18th, 2009 at 12:00 PM
mike, you see this bill o’reilly story?
http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/content_display/community/opinion/e3id53e7ac87972131e4e04f9c5af3a5a18
May 18th, 2009 at 12:04 PM
no mention of the Pirates throwing up a 10 spot in the 7th?
May 18th, 2009 at 12:04 PM
Halladay winning the Cy Young is all but a lock.
Orioles bullpen continues to struggle because they’re asked to throw 4 innings every game.
May 18th, 2009 at 12:06 PM
Don’t forget Bruney is coming back and Nady doesn’t need surgery.
May 18th, 2009 at 12:06 PM
I expect Jack Mehoffer to weigh in shortly.
May 18th, 2009 at 12:06 PM
Johnny Damon stole David Ortiz’ steroids, and he wants them back
May 18th, 2009 at 12:07 PM
Yea he was trying to hit Upton. Did you see Percival go hit DeRosa next inning?
May 18th, 2009 at 12:08 PM
Bruney is still a question mark if you ask me. He has already had a history of injuries in his short stint with the team.
May 18th, 2009 at 12:11 PM
Did you see Percival go hit DeRosa next inning
yeah. F Troy Percival. He is overpaid too
May 18th, 2009 at 12:11 PM
Nah, it’s a contract year.
May 18th, 2009 at 12:12 PM
You Hear that Kenny Williams!!
May 18th, 2009 at 12:14 PM
ill, hard to disagree, but what if grienke keeps it up?
May 18th, 2009 at 12:16 PM
not hard at all. greinke is doing what Cliff Lee did last year, but 100x better.
May 18th, 2009 at 12:18 PM
anyone see Miller’s ridiculous shirt and tie last night on sunday night baseball?
May 18th, 2009 at 12:20 PM
@youngstown: Here’s that shirt.
May 18th, 2009 at 12:20 PM
My votes for Grienke.
May 18th, 2009 at 12:23 PM
sparty, so are you saying that grienke is that much better than halladay so far? i would say they are both making a pretty strong case for themselves.
May 18th, 2009 at 12:24 PM
he got tired of telling people “im, the one who isnt retarded.” so to distinguish himself from the other two he started wearing brightly colored shirts.
May 18th, 2009 at 12:25 PM
yes, Greinke is much better than Halladay for this season, so far.
May 18th, 2009 at 12:27 PM
i just don’t get how he looked in the mirror and thought to himself that he could pull that off..it boggles my mind
May 18th, 2009 at 12:28 PM
Yeah, Grenike’s ERA is a full two points lower I believe. That’s a lot, considering Halladay’s ERA is great.
May 18th, 2009 at 12:31 PM
yes, Greinke is much better than Halladay for this season, so far
I’m not going against Greinke. I’m just have more confidence in someone who has been great over a 5+ year span. Greinke is experiencing greatness for the first time of his young career.
Also, if Halladay pitched in the Central… lights out.
May 18th, 2009 at 12:31 PM
i really cringe at the comparison based on stats.
who has halladay faced? who has better run support?
home vs. away, all that stuff has to be considered, me thinks.
May 18th, 2009 at 12:33 PM
i think Halladay is getting great run support this year. something he didn’t get last year.
May 18th, 2009 at 12:33 PM
again, Cliff Lee.
May 18th, 2009 at 12:34 PM
This didnt factor in When Lincecum beat out Webb last year.
May 18th, 2009 at 12:37 PM
If push comes to shove and I’m voting, I gotta go with Pat Hentgen.
May 18th, 2009 at 12:39 PM
He was a beast in RBI Baseball.
May 18th, 2009 at 12:42 PM
I was just throwing out some ridiculous prediction two months into the season while taking a jab at the AL Central. I wasn’t looking into stats to justify my position.
May 18th, 2009 at 12:45 PM
for those interested in run support
May 18th, 2009 at 12:45 PM
Johnny Damon stole David Ortiz’ steroids, and he wants them back
Nah, it’s a contract year.
exactly why he’s doin’ the Boli. A-Rod’s cousin had a lot left over
May 18th, 2009 at 12:48 PM
For anyone who missed this over the weekend: Will Ferrell as Harry Caray debating with Seth Meyers over whether the Predator would make a good ball player, the risk being that he would kill the other players. Genius.
http://www.hulu.com/watch/73359/saturday-night-live-update-harry-caray
May 18th, 2009 at 12:48 PM
AL Central > Indians
May 18th, 2009 at 12:51 PM
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I become fan and the Ranger become unstoppable. Coincidence? I’m also a Saints fan so yeah, it’s a coincidence. Still cool, tho.
May 18th, 2009 at 12:56 PM
Johnny Damon – 7HR in 63AB at home, 3HR in 79 AB on the road. It’s the wind tunnel.
May 18th, 2009 at 1:00 PM
HA, even at the old place his home/road HR ratio would probably look something like that.
Thoughts on Papi? Is he back in the lineup tonight?
May 18th, 2009 at 1:39 PM
One more day off for Papi. And for the rest of the team.
May 18th, 2009 at 1:49 PM
Everybody in baseball except Washington > Indians
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