Gerrit Cole (#45, 35, RHP, 7-7, 3.19) vs. Grayson Rodriguez (#21, 26, RHP, 4-5, 6.03)
YANKEES
DH Ben Rice L
LF C. Bellinger L
1B Luis Garcia L
RF S. Jones L
2B J. Chisholm L
CF T. Grisham L
3B Ryan McMahon L
SS J. Caballero R
C Austin Wells L
ANGELS
SS Zach Neto R
CF Mike Trout R
LF Wade Meckler L
1B V. Grissom R
DH M. Ballesteros L
2B C. Moore R
RF Josh Lowe L
3B O. Peraza R
C T. Heineman S
What a terrible loss last night. Let’s hope they get past the nonsense.
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Grisham would’ve hit it twice as far.
Spencer Jones gets a BP fast ball. Grisham gets a HOF quality strike 3. Don’t go by the box score.
Nice, a 3-run first.
Then Cole gives up a leadoff double. But then three straight outs.
Nice way to respond to getting some run support, Cole!
It’s funny, Bellinger is SO good out there, and yet it seems like he is constantly reaching over his head to make catches to an extreme degree. It’s odd.
Okay, can’t complain about that bounce back.
Another poor outing by Skenes. His ERA is just under 4 now.
Last 15 games Spence 341/362/659. Grish 120/274/240; 0-20 Tough call.
It’s a tough call for Boone because he’s an idiot. And for cashman who’d have to admit he wasted $22m in a guy who’s on the bench.
I have no idea what these complaints are about. They are obviously both going to play until Judge is back. Once Judge is back, they will almost assuredly be playing Jones over Grisham, as shown by them batting Jones ahead of Grisham now. So what is the criticism about?
When there’s a LHP one of them sits for Heliot.
Yes, but right now, that’s likely going to be Grisham. They already were splitting their rest during the Red Sox series.
Cabby is not good at challenges
That one at least was extreeeeeeeeeeeemely close. But yes, don’t challenge, Cabby!
How fucking bad of a tag was that by Jazz?!
That was a good challenge. How did that miss?!
Grisham is getting near the Mendoza line.
Jesus fucking Christ, Spencer.
It sucks that these runs are all going to be earned for Cole.
Three quick runs and then……
So fucking annoying. They can hit homers, and that’s it. Otherwise, if there’s a runner in scoring position, they’re useless.
Great job by Headrick, at least!
What in the WORLD was that swing, Benny?!
They got a stolen base from WELLS and they’re going to fucking waste it. Ugh.
These choking motherfuckers.
They’re the sequence kings. No one on base, single. Someone on base, groundout. Someone on second, deep flyball. Someone on third, strikeout.
Fucking chokers.
Just catching up on this game.
Jazz’s homer looked like a 70% swing.
Jones may not have made that catch, but as long as he doesn’t break a rib I’m okay with the try. That wall is not an easy carom to read and there’s no guarantee that he stops the second run even if he stays on his feet and plays it off the wall.
More RISP Fail.
Yeah, you gotta use Blackburn for Trout. Good move by Boone.
Grisham with an RBI single.
Don’t look now, but Jones now has the fourth highest OPS on the team, behind Judge, Rice, and Garcia (.846 since joining). He’s gotta play every day, even if you move him around to spell the other guys.
Bellinger ties Jones with a single.
And Jones leaps ahead with a single of his own. His first non-true outcome of the day.
Hitting gurus agree fail at bunting twice then swing away to correct your mechanics.
Wow, tack on runs.
What team is this?! A sac fly instead of a strikeout or double play?!
Can Ali Sanchez hold a 3 run lead for 2 innings?
Jesus christ, why is Wade fucking Meckler kicking their ass so much!?
Blackburn is the motherfucking man.
Can Bednar hold the Angels to less than 3 runs tonight?
I love that it’s, all, “Why didn’t Meckler try to break the fielder’s leg?”
Getting ready to light my cigar.
Angels lefty pitches around McMahon and strikes Caballero out looking.
That RBI single by Jones was the first time he’s genuinely reminded me of Judge. Opposite field, like he didn’t get all of the ball but swung in a way that it would still go for a hit.
Schreiber on to eat an inning.
Three flyouts to right, so I guess Jones ate the inning for him.
Yay win! Yay Cole and Blackburn! Yay Jones!
Hell, even yay Grisham for the insurance RBI and yay Chisholm for the 70% oppo taco.
Doing it without Ben Rice.
But with Spencer Jones-for now
Katie S Spencer Jones Last 20 Games:
70 PA
.313/.357/.578
4 HR, 5 2B, 13 RBI, 5 SB
Schenck’s method looks good for him, like it was for Judge. Just stay coiled and ready to uncoil quickly, and you can wait a little longer on your swing decision then connect better with more force.
Maybe the poppy seeds in my bagel are full of hopium, but Jones’s last at bat really reminded me of Judge. Like, when he just misses crushing a homer he still gets an opposite field single.