Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
August 03, 2008
Lead Gloves

Rare poor defense by the Angels allows the Yankees to tie the game in the eighth. Ivan Rodriguez singles (he homered earlier). Melky Cabrera is sent to sacrifice, but Shields falls behind 3-0, and Melky takes two to run the count 3-2. At that point, Justin Christian pinch runs, and starts on the next pitch. Aybar moves to cover second, and Melky grounds one right to him. He's not ready for it, and the ball bounds off his chest for an error. Then, the two attempt a double steal. Figgins is in as Damon squared to bunt, and Mathis throws to a back-peddling Figgins, but the ball goes into leftfield. Christian scores, and the Yankees now have 2nd and 3rd with one out. Usually, it's the Angels speed and the Yankees poor defense that makes the difference between these two teams.

Update: Abreu walks to load the bases. A-Rod hits a grounder to third, but instead of a double play, Figgins bobbles the ball and doesn't get an out. The Yankees take a 10-9 lead.

Update: Cano knocks in two with a single and the Yankees take a 12-9 lead.


Posted by David Pinto at 04:02 PM | Defense | TrackBack (0)
Comments

Nady and IRod were 6-for-8 with 2 HR and 7 RBI.

Posted by: sabernar at August 3, 2008 04:40 PM

Yeah, X-man and I-Rod contributed nicely.

Here's an odd line: Reggie Willits scored three runs without an at-bat.

Posted by: RIYank at August 3, 2008 04:45 PM

The Angels defense is getting a little error-prone lately. The Yankees couldn't resist putting up the stats for the last twenty-five games or so on the YES broadcast.

Won't make any difference in the AL West, of course.

Posted by: Casey Abell at August 3, 2008 05:58 PM

The play by Aybar looked like a kid in a HS JV game. You have to catch the ball first. Figgins was just as bad. Arod gets his first go ahead rbi after the 7th inning on the DP ball to Figgins.

Posted by: Bandit at August 4, 2008 08:56 AM
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