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Post by anthonyd46 on Sept 24, 2024 21:30:37 GMT -5
Bullpens were used a lot on both sides, but Yankees didn't have to use their closer so hopefully that helps tomorrow. They didn't use Holmes either.  Not sure if thats an advantage or not lol. |
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Post by qwik3457bb on Sept 24, 2024 21:30:38 GMT -5
Not much to say about this one, O's were better than the Yanks across the board. Better managing. Better starting pitching, better relief pitching, better baserunning, and beat the Yanks at their own power game, 3 to 1.
Game 2 is tomorrow at 7:07 pm on YES: Battle of command specialists: Zack Eflin (10-9, 3.53 ERA) starts for the Orioles. Nestor Cortes (9-10, 3.77 ERA) throws for the Yanks.
Ok, I've got a bunch of notifications to catch up with...
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Post by qwik3457bb on Sept 24, 2024 21:33:43 GMT -5
Henderson falls behind 1-2, then gets jammed by a sinker inside, his desperation inside out swing, bounces down 3rd, Chisholm tries to dive to the line in short left to cut it off, but it skips past him, becomes a 1 out "excuse me" double. Mark Leiter into the game to restore ordure. Offal good to see ordure used correctly. Every now and then I like droppings a bit of vocabulary into the game thread. |
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Post by anthonyd46 on Sept 24, 2024 21:33:55 GMT -5
Not much you can say about this one they won 5 of their last 6 coming in. Schmidt left only giving up 3.
Dumb baserunning strikes + couple tack on solo HRS given up by the bullpen.
They had their chances I guess.
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Post by kaybli on Sept 24, 2024 21:36:03 GMT -5
Gleyber's baserunning blunder really cost them. Who knows what would have happened if Judge is up in that situation. Whole different game and Yankees bullpen dynamic if they tied or took the lead there.
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Post by qwik3457bb on Sept 24, 2024 21:36:21 GMT -5
Not so much. Lots of things had them down by one. The HR Mayza gave up was just one of them. Westburg gets a 1-1 slider away, pops to Verdugo in left, 1 down. Close game. The bullpen just had a day off. Why Tim Mayza? I would have preferred to see Beeter. We know what Tim Mayza is. The entire league knows what Tim Mayza is. After all, we gave up so much to get him. Four baserunners in one inning of work. Wow. I wasn't paying attention on the off-day; didn't even know they brought Beeter up. Maybe he would have been beeter, but Boone doesn't like to break in rookies in anything other than low leverage. I'll be interested in seeing if he has anything like major league command if and when they do use him, probably in the Pittsburgh series. |
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Post by anthonyd46 on Sept 24, 2024 21:37:04 GMT -5
Gleyber's baserunning blunder really cost them. Who knows what would have happened if Judge is up in that situation. Whole different game and Yankees bullpen dynamic if they tied or took the lead there. Yea that's why I can't really say oh they were so bad etc. Just didn't capitalize on chances they had they in no way got dominated or anything. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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Post by donniebaseball23 on Sept 24, 2024 21:41:33 GMT -5
Bullpens were used a lot on both sides, but Yankees didn't have to use their closer so hopefully that helps tomorrow. They didn't use Holmes either.  |
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Post by anthonyd46 on Sept 24, 2024 21:44:08 GMT -5
Well Yankees just learned what happens when you're not playing the A's. 54-37 against >.500 38-28 against <.500 |
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Post by anthonyd46 on Sept 24, 2024 21:48:19 GMT -5
So many losses this year it seems like the Yankees beat themselves.
Obv that would have only tied it 4-4 and you dunno what happens, but still.
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Post by chiyankee on Sept 24, 2024 21:50:59 GMT -5
Gleyber's baserunning blunder really cost them. Who knows what would have happened if Judge is up in that situation. Whole different game and Yankees bullpen dynamic if they tied or took the lead there. Gleyber's taking a beating for that blunder but Verdugo grounding into a DP in the 5th after Rizzo and Volpe lead off the inning with walks was also a killer. That was a chance for a big inning with the top of the order coming up. |
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Post by donniebaseball23 on Sept 24, 2024 21:53:25 GMT -5
Holy smokes, I missed this during the game.  |
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Post by 1955nyyfan on Sept 24, 2024 21:59:39 GMT -5
I don't see any chance that Verdugo is back next year so if the Yankees give him the rest of the season off it wouldn't bother me. JD has to start and get the majority of pt in LF. He may not be tearing it up but he can at least run into one and with more pt he may find the groove that Verdugo has been looking for the last several months. Offensively, Wells looks like a player who has hit the wall. He's had a lot of pt since Trevino was hurt and he may be a little worn down. I hope he gets some days off before the playoffs. He still adds value behind the plate but he needs to be moved down in the lineup.
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Post by qwik3457bb on Sept 24, 2024 23:08:51 GMT -5
Ok, some scores to wrap things up...
Tigers beat the Rays 2-1.
Phillis lost, 10-4.
Royals beat the Nats, 1-0.
The Sox rallied from 3-0 down to beat the Jays 6-5.
The Braves beat the Mets, 5-1.
The Marlins beat the Twins, 4-1
The Astros rallied from 3-1 down to beat the Mariners, 4-3.
The Giants are pounding the Diamondbacks 11-0 in the 9th.
The Padres lead the Dodgers, 4-1 in the 7th.
The Astros clinched the AL West division with their win over the Mariners.
The Phillies, Brewers and Guardians already clinched the NL East, the NL Central and the AL Central.
The Yanks' magic number for clinching the AL East stays at 1. Their lead in the division is back down to 5 games.
The Dodgers' magic number for the NL West was 4 before tonight's game against the Padres. It they rally to win, it's down to 2. If not, it stays at 4, and their lead is down to 2 1/2 games.
For the AL Wild Card:
The O's clinched at least a Wild Card with their win and the Twins' loss. Their magic number for clinching the 1st Wild Card is 2, and for clinching the East title is 10.
The Tigers and Royals' wins mean they're still tied for the 2nd and 3rd Wild Cards, with the Royals holding the tie-breaker because they beat the Tigers, 7-6, in the season's series. Their magic number for clinching the 2nd and 3rd wild cards is 4.
The Twins are now two games behind both, the Mariners 2 1/2 games, the Red Sox are 3 1/2 behind and the Rays are 5 behind. The tragic numbers for the four trailing teams are: for the Rays, 1; for the Red Sox, 2; for the Mariners 3; and for the Twins, 4.
In the NL Wild Cards:
The Padres will clinch at least a Wild Card if they hold on to beat the Dodgers tonight. They'll have 91 wins, the Braves have 71 losses, and the Padres hold the tiebreaker, beating the Braves 4-3 in the season's series. Assuming the D'backs down rally from down 11-0, they'll be 1/2 game behind the Mets for the 2nd Wild Card and just 1/2 game ahead of the Braves for the 3rd Wild Card. The Braves are now just one game behind the Mets for the 2nd Wild Card, and will be 1/2 game behind Arizona once that game goes final. The Magic Numbers for the D'backs and the Mets to clinch a Wild Card will stay at 5. For the Braves, their Magic Number is 7, and requires either the Mets or D'backs to lose at least one more game each. For the Braves, their Tragic Number is 5, for the Mets and D'backs, the Tragic Number is 7.
And that's what the playoff picture looks like, just after midnight on the 25th.
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Post by qwik3457bb on Sept 24, 2024 23:10:54 GMT -5
OK, that'll do it for me tonight.
See you guys tomorrow for game 2.
Good night/morning to all.
Bye.
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