Mark Teixeira hit a third inning grand slam and CC Sabathia pitched eight shutout innings as the Yankees beat the Mets 4-0 to win the weekend series two games to one.
Here are some notes:
The Yankees are now in sole possession of first place in the AL East, and they alone have the best record in all of baseball.
Sabathia is now 8-3 with a 3.68 ERA this year. His last two wins came against Roy Halladay and Johan Santana.
Teixeira is 13-for-43 (.302), with 3 2B, 4 HR, 10 RBI, 8 BB, 6 ...
For the third time this season, Johan Santana served up a home run with the bases full, as C.C. Sabathia and the Yankees took the rubber game of a three-game set in the Bronx. Santana had only surrendered two grand slams in his career entering the 2010 campaign, but Mark Teixeira did what Josh Willingham and Shane Victorino did earlier this year in helping the Yankees to a 4-0 victory. The Mets were laregly ineffective against the Yankees ace, and while one big swing from Teix was the ...
With Interleague Play continuing for another week, five American League teams will spend the entire week in National League parks:
Boston Red Sox
Cleveland Indians
Detroit Tigers
Minnesota Twins
New York Yankees
Let’s take a look at how each of these teams are affected, and if their normal DH is still worth considering for the upcoming week:
Boston Red Sox
David Ortiz is heating up (12-29 with 3 HR, 10 RBI, and nine runs since June 11). So how can they place him on the bench for an entire week?
The answer is, they can’t. And Kevin Youkilis' flexibility will likely open up first base for ...
People have been bemoaning the Yankees offense for the past couple of days and even weeks. It’s true that their offense has been inconsistent of late, but with two of their biggest pieces Jorge Posada and Alex Rodriguez missing time, this his to be expected. Overall though, their numbers look pretty good.
Tm BatAge R/G R 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS ▾ OPS+
BOS
31.4
5.54
388
173
7
93
371
24
7
275
463
.279
.354
.469
.823
115
NYY
30.3
5.47
372
118
17
77
354
42
13
283
441
.276
.360
.440
.801
118
CIN
29.3
4.88
337
125
17
83
327
50
22
226
508
.276
.342
.449
.790
109
DET
29.7
4.57
306
143
11
60
287
27
8
235
447
.274
.343
.425
.768
104
MIL
28.6
4.82
328
131
15
83
311
40
10
248
502
.260
.336
.431
.767
107
MIN
28.6
4.78
325
132
15
59
305
30
7
271
388
.272
.348
.417
.766
106
29.2
4.48
9181
3750
373
1907
8759
1284
481
6948
14210
.259
.330
.406
.735
97
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com : View Original Table Generated 6/20/2010.
These are the MLB offensive rankings entering today. ...
Alfonso Soriano plays left field for the moribund Chicago Cubs. He is batting .267, with 10 home runs, 34 RBIs, and has stolen foures bases. In 2009, he hit .241. At the age of 34, it is safe to say that Mr. Soriano will not have the career Derek Jeter predicted for him. In 2001, Soriano hit the home run off Curt Schilling that was supposed to bring the New York Yankees' fans their fourth consecutive World Championship. ...
I just wanted to give everyone an update from our earlier notes. Derek Jeter came into the locker room today and told reporters that his heel, that kept him out of yesterday’s game, feels “great.” Manager Joe Girardi has him in today’s lineup.
Obviously this is good news that Jeter is back in the lineup today, but the Yankees are counting on production from him and a few days on the bench might not be the worst thing in the world.
Jeter’s offense has been inconsistent this ...
Yesterday was a showdown between two young starters with 9-1 records. The Yankees' Phil Hughes came out on topas the Yanks beat the Mets 5-3 . Now 10-1, Hughes looks like a strong candidate for the All-Star game.
Here are some notes:
Unfortunately for Hughes he may not be able to pitch in the All-Star game because of a new rule that says pitchers who pitch the Sunday before the game are ineligible. Hughes is currently lined up to pitch that Sunday .
No word yet on if he'll play today, but Derek ...
From Bob Klapisch :
The Yankees can say they were lucky to hang on for a 5-3 victory on Saturday. Lucky, perhaps, that Pelfrey wasn’t nearly as sharp as he’d been in the last month, giving up his own pair of home runs – including Curtis Granderson’s two-run blast, which put the Yankees ahead for good in the fourth inning. But the Yankees’ most important data came from Hughes, who’s now 10-1 with a rapidly-emerging bullet-proof aura. Can anyone beat this guy? Crazy, isn’t it, that’s the same question the ...
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WP: P. Hughes (10-1) LP: M. Pelfrey (9-2) SV: M. Rivera (16) It’s felt like a long time in Yankeeland since the last victory at Yankee Stadium. Well, maybe that’s because I’ve been at the past three games ...
It’s impossible to explain nothing. Because nothing, by it’s definition, is not a thing. It doesn’t exist.
So by that rationale, let’s all make our lives easier and stop breaking our TiVos trying to find the American foul on the disallowed goal against Slovenia Friday.
Because there wasn’t one. And referee Koman Coulibaly never had any intention of trying to pinpoint one before he blew his whistle.
Go back to the previous play where the Americans won the free kick. Slovenian player Valter Birsa was whistled for a foul on the Yanks’ Steve ...