Luis Gil (#81, 27, RHP, 1-1, 4.26) vs. MacKenzie Gore (#1, 26, LHP, 5-12, 4.11)
NATIONALS
LF James Wood L
SS CJ Abrams L
2B Luis Garcia L
1B Josh Bell S
C Riley Adams R
DH Dylan Crews R
3B Brady House R
RF R. Hassell L
CF Jacob Young R
YANKEES
1B P. Goldschmidt R
DH Aaron Judge R
LF C. Bellinger L
RF G. Stanton R
CF T. Grisham L
3B Amed Rosario R
2B J. Chisholm L
SS A. Volpe R
C Austin Wells L
Let’s see if this “anti-lefty” lineup can do anything, because Gore shut them down pretty well the last time he faced the Yankees (six innings, two runs in a win). And we sure as fuck know that Luis Gil is not going to have a clean game.
Two sharp line drives to start the game is probably not ideal.
Andrew Heaney has to be a more interesting possible bullpen piece than Paul Blackburn, right?
Sure but Blackburn will be gone for Yarbrough.
But they can wait for September 1st for Yarbrough, no?
I was just thinking, “Boy, if he can just retire Bell now, 13 pitches isn’t bad.” So of course, One foul ball and two balls later…
Holy fuck, who is coaching the Nationals on baserunning?!
Not loving the 3-1 groundout to open up the bottom of the first.
ESPN has the Yankee farm system ranked #25, the mutts are #1. I was looking at Lombard to see if he’s improving. In June he hit 216/708, July 211/686, August 213/706. He’s not.
Very nice bounceback after a terrible at-bat against the catcher.
Yep, Gore is dominating them exactly as I figured he would.
Defense is asleep as usual? Costs us a run?
Better keep that manager around!
Yankee teams don’t believe in fundamentals. If they hit enough home runs it won’t matter.
What was Cody doing?
No idea. Just a total brainfart. “Luckily” for Cody, he PROBABLY would have scored on the flyball to Stanton, so no harm no foul, but yes, awful job by Belli.
It’s absurd that that one run probably means Gil will lose this game.
Gil with only 1 K thru 3. That’s not his game.
Volpe/Wells must make a pitcher’s eyes light up.
Boone and Cash act as if phenom struggling is analogous to when Mantle was struggling his rookie year and briefly went back to the minors.This is his third year. He’s a known commodity.
It’s CRAZY how bad it is to have these two automatic outs back-to-back.
Stopparlo that!
Boy, it sure is nice to have Stanton in the lineup.
Not a Grannie Smith but it’ll do.
What an at bat!
Spitting on pitch one, two and four, all just missed in easy to swing at spots.
Healthy cuts on the foul balls, and the he destroyed the off speed pitch.
Gore was awesome with that fastball.
GD indicates a mound visit before Grisham.
That’s the second mound visit this inning.
How is Gore still in there? Was one of them an injury visit?
This could be a great competition
phenom 207 674
Wells 206 677
What’s the line?
Bottomless chicken parm.
There’s a strikeout for you.
Lazy framing by Wells cost Gil strike one here against House.
Q: Have the Yankees ever given this many at bats to a player who hits so poorly? Maybe in the 60s to Gene Michael when all shortstops hit like Volpe.
Also the Yankees were terrible those years.
Bobby Meacham got two full seasons at age 23 and 24, and parts of three other seasons. OPS+ of 81 at 23 and 59 at 24.
The next 1801 PAs are when phenom will shine.
Long shot name to watch Jackson Lovich 16th round selection first 22 ABs to start his career 636/1692.
Belli redemption!
Yeah I think we can forgive him for the earlier brain fart
I guess Cruz for the sixth?
These umpires are trying to actively force Judge to swing at pitches out of the zone by calling balls strikes!
It annoys me that Westburg is missing this Sox series, but he’ll be back in time for the Yankees to play the Orioles a bunch.
That was not strike 3 on Judge.
They want him to have to swing at balls!
Hope Boone has a quick hook here. First game back can often be rough.
First game back jitters are giving ME the jitters! Throw strikes, dude!
So excited to have Cruz back.
Maybe they should have waited for a game with a bigger lead to work Cruz back in there.
What a terrible loss this will be.
Sure, Boone, just let him work through it on the mound. This game doesn’t count.
Can’t blame Boone. He saw that BC said “Cruz for the 6th” and he listened
Starting the sixth was fine! Keeping him in was the issue! Hopefully Hill bails him out.
Yarbrough 3ip 0r 1h 4k
Nice September callup.
Per GD Ball 2 to Wood was right in the middle of the strike zone.
That’s a CRAZY bad call.
Hill, your whole DEAL is throwing strikes!
Okay, attaboy, Hill.
Heaney as a situational lefty that can K people has got to be a valuable piece, no?
LHBs are hitting 308/983 this year- so no.
That’s as a starter. if you break him down to a reliever, he has great stuff.
Giancarlo fucking Stanton.
JUST WOW!
No offense to Judge but until he can play the OF why should Stanton be the odd man out every game.
The Big Lug with 5 RBI’s.
If Stanton weren’t signed for so many years he probably would’ve been released in 2023, and maybe signed by Boston.
Lucky for Ribalta, he has the double pitcher spots up.
What is this mythology that phenom is just looking for a little something and then he’ll break out. Eventually phenom will have a good game, or a good week, and then he’ll go hitless for another 20/50 ABs.
Why not Rice for the knockout blow?
Caballero over the Martian?
Doval up?
Abrams is having himself a night. And it didn’t even involve gambling!
Taking Stanton out when he’s due up next inning is …uhhh
What is wrong with Big G??
Just rest. There’s a day game tomorrow. Maybe Stanton could play tomorrow, too!
Nothing just Boone doing Boone things.
Who’s coming in to relieve Doval?
Stop with the overanalyzing phenom. He is what we see.
phenom #1 206/669
phenom #2C 205/675
And down the stretch they come.
Feels like a waste to use Bednar here. They HAVE a game on Thursday, ya know?
Seal the deal on this one.
Yeah, fair enough. And he HADN’T pitched since Friday, I guess.
Red Sox win, Blue Jays and Astros lose.
Who cares about the blue jays; they aren’t catching them.
4.5 games back on August 27th is certainly not a SMALL deficit, but it’s also not absurd, either.
The Yankees are setting a lot of records that no one thought could be broken
Katie S Anthony Volpe has a .031 OBP over his last 10 games (33 PA, 1 H, 0 BB)
That’s the 2nd lowest OBP by a Yankee non-pitcher in ANY 10-game span (min. 30 PA).
The lowest is .029 by Dave Fultz in 1905.
It’s OK, it’s not like Boone has any competent alternatives … you know, except for the competent alternative they traded for a month ago.