Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
October 05, 2007
Stranding a Runner

The Yankees do a good job on defense in the bottom of the third. Michaels leads off with a double, and a ground ball to second moves him to third. But Sizemore grounds to Mientkiewicz, who holds the runner at third and gets the out at first. Then Pettitte strikes out Cabrera to hold onto the 1-0 lead.

Update: The Indians return the favor. Garko makes a great play on an Abreu hit and run to keep Jeter at second. Cabrera strikes out A-Rod, then gets the ground ball to end the inning. It's pitching and defense tonight after wildness and home runs yesterday.

Update: A grounder to short and a strikeout leaves Hafner at second. The Indians put five men on in four innings, but haven't advanced them beyond third.

Update: Hafner singles to start the fourth, the third time in the game the Indians get the leadoff man on. Martinez hits a groundball that Pettitte deflects, preventing a double play. Because of the deflection, Cano doesn't have time to get a DP, but gets the runner at first. TBS is praising the play, but it seems to me Cano had plenty of time to either run Hafner down or turn and throw to second for the force. We'll see if that mistake comes back to haunt them.


Posted by David Pinto at 06:04 PM | League Division Series | TrackBack (0)
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Gotta say Chip Carey is horrible as a supposed "neutral" announcer. I wouldn't mind it if he was the Indians' normal guy, but this is ridiculous.

Posted by: rbj at October 5, 2007 06:19 PM
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