Game 74: Yankees (Stroman) at Red Sox (Crawford)

Yanks have the day off tomorrow to go home and try to regroup before the next series: a very tough, talented and confident Orioles team comes to the Stadium with what looks like a good chance to take the division lead away from the Yanks by late Thursday afternoon. The Yanks have lost 3 of 4, and looked bad doing so, especially the bullpen, which has been bad the last 4 days. The O's, meanwhile, took 2 of 3 from a very tough Phillies team, blasting their ace, Zack Wheeler for 8 runs in 4 2/3 innings to win that series. Baltimore will come in having won 18 of their last 24.

Unless Boone changes his mind, taking advantage of the off-day to insert Cole into the rotation Wednesday or Thursday, the pitching matchups look like this:

Tuesday evening at 7:07 pm on YES: Inriguing comeback veteran Albert Suarez, having a great season so far, goes for the O's. He's thrown 4 excellent if brief starts in a row filling in for some injured starters. On the season, he's 3-0 with a 1.61 ERA and a 1.052 WHIP in 7 starts and 7 relief appearances. The Yanks must send Cody Poteet out, because Cole can't go on 3 days' rest no matter what. Poteet has done well in his his four starts, 3 of them brief. He's 3-0 with a 2.14 ERA and a 1.048 WHIP on the season.

Wednesday evening at 7:07 on the (yuck) Prime Delayed Video Shame of the Week...elite lefty pitching prospect Cade Povich makes his 3rd start for the O's, another injury replacement. He got hammered by the Jays in his first game, but bounced back with 6 shutout innings of 5 hit, no walk no run ball against a good Braves lineup, but took a no-decision as the O's didn't score while he was in. Povich is 0-1 with a 4.76 ERA. Yanks will oppose with Nestor Cortes. Cortes has been up and down lately, but his last start was tough 7 inning battle against the Royals, his first really good road game all year, and one in which he should've gotten the W when the Yanks rallied in the 8th for 3 runs, but Holmes peaced it away against Isbel and Garcia in the 9th inning in KC. Cortes is 3-5 on the season with a 3.58 ERA and a 1.118 WHIP.

The series finale is Thursday at 4:05 back on YES: Cole Irvin, having a very good year so far at 6-3 with a 3.03 ERA, throws for the Orioles. Luis Gil, who had to battle hard his last two starts after 7 great starts in a row, goes for the Yanks. He's 9-1 so far on the season, 2nd in the AL in wins, and still leads the AL in ERA at 2.02.

OK, series preview done, I go to check the notifications I haven't already checked along the way, during the game.

Glad we decided to take a drive and missed this one, but we are currently at 11,200 ft. And we’re stuck in a snow bank/ on a stump. We were able to get the State police to respond and expect to see the officer in about 3 hours. We’re hoping his winch can pull us out…

It’s a forest service road, so not exactly easy access. We were lucky to find anyone to help at all! Getting very dark in these woods now… 🦁 🐅 and 🐻… haha…

I can’t believe this state patrolman is doing this for us. We were also very fortunate to have phone signal…

Still
Waiting for the state trooper. He’s getting pretty close, and maybe slightly ahead of schedule. He can’t go real fast on this road…it’s a rough one…

Got off the mountain and home at 3:40
AM. Tore the front quarter panel off the car and other damage in an unrelated incident. The road was blocked by fallen trees and turning around wasn’t an option. I forced the car through…

My goodness Inger! That situation has a Bigfoot movie written all over it! Glad you got out safely. So lucky you had cell phone reception. Time to get a winch for your truck!