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Baseball Musings
August 12, 2007
Four Outs Too Many?

I'm watching Mariano Rivera on the verge of blowing a four out save. He came into the game in the bottom of the eighth with two on and two out, hit a batter but didn't allow a run to score. Now the first three Indians in the bottom of the ninth pick up hits, putting the tying runs on second and third. The Yankees lead 5-3 as Rivera comes back to strike out rookie Asdrubal Cabrera. There's one out.

Update: He strikes out Sizemore swinging at a pitch on the low, outside corner. Two out.

Update: Blake flies out to right to end the game. It wasn't Mariano's greatest outing, but a save nonetheless. New York sweeps Cleveland. With Detroit's win today, that puts the Indians 1/2 game back in the AL Central and 1 1/2 games behind New York in the wild card race. Cleveland's offense continues to struggle as they've scored 45 runs in their last 15 games, 3.0 per game. The manage just six in the three game series against New York, not known for their pitching this season.


Posted by David Pinto at 04:10 PM | Pitchers | TrackBack (0)
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Never doubt Mo.

He always comes through. It may be dicey at times, but he's a sure thing.

Posted by: mo-fan at August 12, 2007 04:22 PM

Except for the 45 times he wasn't.

Posted by: dan at August 12, 2007 05:06 PM

Mo is awesome and it's NYY sacrilege to doubt him, but my heart was in my throat. Still, it all worked out in the end.

I might have bad dreams about Cashman trading away a good prospect for eight weeks of Eric Gagne. But, then I'll wake up.

Posted by: James at August 12, 2007 09:24 PM

New York's pitching has crept up to respectability. They're now sixth in the league in staff ERA. Yankee Stadium favors the hurlers somewhat, but it's not like the Bombers' pitching is terrible. It's really not suprising that they held Cleveland down.

With that offense, New York hardly needs exceptional pitching to win. If their staff stays in sicth place in team ERA for the rest of the year, the Yankees would have to try real hard to avoid the postseason.

Posted by: Casey Abell at August 13, 2007 11:35 AM

If Mo's going to blow a save, there's usually a HR involved somewhere. And the guy hitting it is usually named Mueller or Millar.

Posted by: Pete at August 13, 2007 11:38 AM
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