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Post by chiyankee on May 19, 2024 12:41:14 GMT -5
Getting Pham out is a plus.
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Post by chiyankee on May 19, 2024 12:41:56 GMT -5
Judge just cruising to the warning track in center to make that catch.
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Post by qwik3457bb on May 19, 2024 12:42:08 GMT -5
That was Pham, this is Vaughn
Takes a FB down and in, 1-0
Gets a FB above middle, fouled it off, 1-1
FB misses inside by 3 inches near the top, 2-1
Swings over a slider below the zone, juts inside middle, 2-2
Fb down the middle, Vaughn just misses, hits it high to deep center, Judge goes back to the track, catches, 2 down.
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Post by qwik3457bb on May 19, 2024 12:43:10 GMT -5
Jimenez chases a change tailing outside, 0-1
Can't check on a slider low, 0-2
Swings over a slider down and in, K, inning over.
Easy 1-2-3 for Rodon, just 12 pitches.
Bottom 1, 0-0.
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Post by qwik3457bb on May 19, 2024 12:44:21 GMT -5
Continuing the Standings...
In the AL Central, the Guardians won 5 of 6 this week, and moved back up to 12 games over. They lead the division by 1 12 games. The Royals took 4 of 6 and benefited from the Yanks' sweep in Minneapolis, moving into 2nd, 9 games over .500 The Twins have lost two more games since that sweep, have fallen to 3 games over .500. They're 3 behind the Twins and 4 1/2 out of 1st. The Tigers went 3-3, remaining 1 game over .500, 1 game back of the Twins, 4 back of the Royals, and 5 1/2 out of first. The White Sox had won 12 of 20 before the Yanks beat them twice this weekend. They're now 14-32, worst record in the AL by 3 games, 9 1/2 back of the Tigers, 10 1/2 back of the Twins, 13 1/2 behind the Royals and 15 games out of 1st.
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Post by qwik3457bb on May 19, 2024 12:48:03 GMT -5
Volpe leads off for the Yanks...
FB outside at 92, 1-0
FB runs inner and thigh high, Volpe late and under, fouls it off, 1-1
Cutter on the outside corner, waist high, swung on and missed, 1-2
Big breaking curve winds up waist high, inner half, bounced foul off 3rd
Cutter below the outside corner by 6 inches, 2-2
Another cutter a bit higher, but outside the zone, chases and barely spoils, tipping it toward the Yankee dugout.
FB on the outside corner, fouled off.
Volpe working the count here.
Slider in the zone, bounced hard down 3rd, goes off Medick's mitt on a backhand lunge, goes into foul ground back of 3rd, becomes a leadoff double for Volpe. Good start.
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Post by chiyankee on May 19, 2024 12:48:11 GMT -5
What an AB by Volpe! Saw a ton of pitches then lines a double down the 3rd base line.
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Post by chiyankee on May 19, 2024 12:50:23 GMT -5
RBI chance for Judge.
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Post by qwik3457bb on May 19, 2024 12:50:29 GMT -5
Big slow curve backs up way high to Soto, 1-0
Soto shows bunt takes a cutter that just missed the high outside corner, 2-0
Spins around counter-clockwise and tries to pick Volpe, but he gets back safe.
Tries to tail a FB to the inside corner, misses 3 inches inside, ball 3
Sinker in the zone thigh high, outside middle, rolled over to the right side, Vaughn comes off the bag, fields, flips to Flexen. Soto out, Volpe to 3rd with 1 out.
White Sox bring the infield in for Judge.
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Post by qwik3457bb on May 19, 2024 12:51:37 GMT -5
Judge...
swings over a cutter at the knees, -0-1
Missed a cutter just below middle somehow, 0-2
Starts a change waist high outside, but it tails to the outside corner, Judge takes for the >|, 2 down.
RISP fail there.
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Post by presceo on May 19, 2024 12:51:41 GMT -5
uh, isn't that 3 K's in a row for Judge?
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Post by chiyankee on May 19, 2024 12:51:56 GMT -5
One of the worst AB's by Judge all season.
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Post by qwik3457bb on May 19, 2024 12:54:13 GMT -5
Cutter inside to Verdugo, 1-0
Change outside near the top, 2-0
Verdugo goes after a change diving just low/away, foul tips it off Maldonado, 2-1
Cutter up in the zone away, Verdugo misses it, fouls it almost straight back, 2-2
Change tails well outside, popped over 3rd, slices foul and Julks races in and makes a backhand catch just after crossing the line, inning over.
Bad inning after the leadoff double.
Top 2, 0-0
20 pitches in the 1st for Flexen.
DeJong, Julks and Lee for the White Sox in the 2nd.
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Post by qwik3457bb on May 19, 2024 12:54:39 GMT -5
More standings...
Out West, The Mariners went 4-2 this week, and lead the West at 25-21. The Rangers continue to tread water, losing 3 of 5. They're 1 game over and 1 1/2 behind Seattle. The Astros had a 6-game winning streak snapped yesterday, and have moved up to 3rd, 6 games under, 3 1/2 back of Texas and 5 behind Seattle. After a prolonged hot streak, the A's have now lost 7 in a row, fallen to 4th, 10 games under. They're 2 behind the Astros, 5 1/2 behind the Rangers and 7 games out of 1st. The Angels continue to settle in last place, losing 4 of 6. They're now 12 games under, and trail the A's by 1, the Astros by 3, the Rangers by 6 1/2 and are 8 games out of 1st.
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Post by qwik3457bb on May 19, 2024 12:56:54 GMT -5
FB misses 4 inches outside, called strike 1 anyway. Bad call, not close, really.
Change outside, 1-1
Change low, 2-1 on DeJong.
FB waist high on the outside corner, rolled over to Berti at 3rd, throws him out, 1 down
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