Paul Blackburn (#58, 30, RHP, 2-0, 1.08) vs. Marcus Stroman (33, RHP, 1-1, 2.42)
ATHLETICS
CF Esteury Ruiz R
1B Ryan Noda L
DH Brent Rooker R
LF Seth Brown L
3B Tyler Nevin R
2B Zack Gelof R
RF L. Butler L
C S. Langeliers R
SS Nick Allen R
YANKEES
SS A. Volpe R
RF Juan Soto L
CF Aaron Judge R
DH G. Stanton R
1B A. Rizzo L
2B G. Torres R
LF Alex Verdugo L
3B O. Cabrera S
C Austin Wells L
Man, I’m telling you, the Yankees have not been getting any favors in the pitching matchups lately. Every team seems to have their top guys lined up against the Yankees somehow. Not feeling too great about WOE ending tonight against Blackburn, who has pitched very well against the Yankees in his career.
I’m not going to do the research but my impression is the starters we faced weren’t any tougher than average. Tonight for sure.
Since Toronto, they’ve gotten a string of good pitchers who are on good tears (Gausman excepted, but he has the best track record of all of them), with Tyler Anderson the only iffy guy.
Bassitt, Kikuchi, Gausman, Anderson, Efflin, Civale, Sears, and now Blackburn.
That’s a lot of pitchers in a row without a dud. The Guardians series was more normal (Carrasco, McKenzie and Allen), and they hit the Guardians pretty well.
You’re going to get good starters, of course, but there are a TON of dud starters out there, the Yankees just haven’t been getting them lately.
NOBODY could’ve POSSIBLY PREDICTED this: Yankees announce that DJ LeMahieu left tonight’s @SOMPatriots game with soreness in his right foot. He will return to New York for examination tomorrow.
inconceivable
The pigs are all flying.
Pork-festooned treetops, indeed.
Steven King’s Shea Langeliers
Heh
Lord Spencer 1/2 with a home run 391/1158
https://x.com/sompatriots/status/1782915492514046376?s=61&t=fhOaqwtc8q2TMSXUDRjPeg
I didn’t really watch him in ST, but it does look like he’s added a bit more uppercut in his swing, which would be nice.
Inevitable after going from aluminum bats, where most players don’t really need that uppercut to hit the ball far.
They’re not scoring again are they.
Is that a statement or a question?
uh oh
Is Marinaccio the man now? He was good a couple of years ago.
Can’t see them winning 4-3, so more runs are needed.
Was that the best Judge has hit the ball in a while? A long, hard out.
surprising
They’ve scored in 4 innings in the last 5 games but won 3 of them.
Told you they’d win 4-3. Okay, maybe not. Heh.
Jones 3/5 423/1175. DJ 0/1.
Shogun conclusion was pretty strong. I like that it went out with a little seppuku. As a treat.
They did a very nice job, but it’s so weird that there’s all this awesome story stuff left to tell (about his battles for his title) and it just, like, won’t be told.