Sunday stuff
So now it's Sunday, and I got up about 2 hours ago, at 2:30 in the afternoon. 12 hours solid of sleep because I was up for 36 hours with only a few naps in the car the whole time. The Yankees are playing, off to a shitty start. Jeter got a lead off single and the next three hitters dropped the ball. It's 0-3 at the end of the 1st, so they'd better turn on the magic. I wasn't really paying attention to the manner in which the A's scored their runs, but I suspect Randy Johnson was pitching like crap. No defensive errors stood out in my mind other than the one he made.
Updates per notable (or every, as it turns out) inning.
2nd Inning: Tino got a home run. Yay Tino! Nobody else did anything for the Yankees; A-rod grounded out, Posada struck out, and Giambi flied out.
For the A's, two hits so far but Cano flipped to Jeter to get the lead runner out. Good. Keep those runners out of scoring position. Ugh, stolen base. Okay, a slow grounder to Tino got one out, now there are two outs and a runner on third. A short tap to Tino ended the inning, no runs.
3rd Inning: Cano and Jeter both grounded out to short. Womack got a hit to mid left field, and is on first. Sheffield's 0-2 in the count but Womack stole 2nd base, so a decent hit here could let Womack score. I'm guessing Sheffield will strike out. ...Nope, he hit a straight up fly to the catcher. Whoo.
The A's first hitter grounded out to A-rod. Thomas got nailed by a pitch, which looked a lot worse than it was. Kinda dramatic scene, he flopped to the ground like a dropped fish. Ok, the third batter grounded to A-rod who tossed it to Jeter for a double play. At risk of sounding like a Tino Martinez groupie... he made a good play there.
4th Inning: Matsui got a nice leadoff single. A-rod hit an out to center on the first pitch. WOW. Tino got his 2nd home run of the game for two runs, tied the game at 3-3. Jesus. He's playing incredibly hot lately. Posada flied out. Giambi walks. Moron fans run out on the field and should be shot with potato guns... still waiting after several minutes. Cano got a nice hit to center, and Giambi made it to third. Jeter's up with two runners on 1st and 3rd, and I'll say that Cano has really picked it up lately. I'm beginning to look forward to him hitting. Jeter got a single! 4-3, runners on 2nd and 1st. Ok, Womack grounded to short and they tossed it to 2nd for the end of the inning out. Great inning.
Don't know how the first batter got on base, but he did. Johnson walked the second batter. Two on, no outs. Grounded to Cano who tossed to Jeter who missed the double play to Tino. Quick throw so I won't hold it against Jeter too much, but it's uncharacteristic. Someone flied out, still two runners on (1st and 3rd) and two outs. A quicker runner would have tagged third and scored on that play, so it's good he's pokey. Damn! Single to left that lets the runner on third score, and Womack didn't make a perfect play but at least it didn't get past him. Even if he made the catch on the first bounce it would not have stopped the run. The next batter flies out foul to Posada. Inning over, tied 4-4.
5th Inning: Sheffield hit a leadoff double. Thank God. That's his first hit in at least the last seven at bats. Matsui hit one out to center. A-rod struck out, and now they're walking Tino. Pussies. I hope Posada knocks one 600 feet out of the fuckin park. Bah. Posada grounded to first. He swung on two shitty pitches right off the bat; that's just not smart hitting. A-rod and Posada have both been disappointing lately.
Cano caught the fly from the leadoff hitter. Broken bat grounder to Tino, easy out. Next up a short grounder right into Johnson's glove, or so it looked. I'm sure he was trying to catch it. Easy out to first. Good inning; the way Johnson started out pitching the leadoff hitter I was expecting at least a hit.
6th Inning: Giambi flied out. Cano got a single, which just reinforces my belief that he's shaping up to be a real player. Weird hit by Jeter, looked to me like it should have been a double play but instead it's 2 men on and only 1 out. Another shoulda-been-DP hit from Womack, but his Speedy Gonzalez impression stopped the double play. Runners on 1st and 3rd, 2 outs. If Sheffield delivers, it'll be a 5-4 game. Womack stole 2nd... sweet. Sheffield broke a bat on that pitch, grounded to third... out. No runs. Oh well.
Two outs, not sure how that happened because I was juggling conversations. A hit over Jeter, one man on 1st. Alright, Cano made a good play, inning over.
7th Inning: Matsui popped one up to left, one out. A-rod was walked. Tino is 0-2 just now, I think he won't get a hit here. I'd love to see another home run, but I doubt it's in the cards. Yeah, he flied out left foul. A-rod tagged and took second, though. Posada is due to do something, so we'll see what happens here. Well, Posada walked, and Giambi is up. Excellent! RBI double by Giambi, 5-4. Runners on 2nd and 3rd. Cano hits an RBI single, another run! Giambi is on 3rd and Cano on 1st, 2 outs. 6-4, Jeter coming up. Bah. Jeter struck out looking.
New pitcher for the Yankees, Tanyon Sturtze. Funny name. Huh. I was playing Deanimator so I missed how the first batter got out. Second batter grounded to short, easy out at first. 2 outs, no hits so far. Third hitter grounds to short again; whew, nice play by Jeter. Inning over.
8th Inning: Womack leads off. Ha! Grounded and SHOULD have been out, but he was zippy and made it to first. Womack stole second. Runner in scoring position, full count on Sheffield but no outs yet. Sheffield walks. Two runners on, no outs. Matsui is looking a bit shaky, and I'll be surprised if he gets a hit this AB, but I'm hopeful. Nope, he lined to right and is out. 2 runners, 1 out. Womack stole 3rd. A-rod struck out. Tino is getting walked intentionally again. Bah. Posada flied out with the bases loaded, game over. Sigh. That should have been at least a one running inning, I mean come on. Dinner time so I'll be missing the A's at bat, probably.
No runs, that's all that matters. I was eating pasta and fresh parmesan. Oh, I saw an A get hit in the hand from afar. Interesting. The only thing was it looked to me in the replay like Posada threw the ball... odd.
9th Inning: Giambi got out somehow. Cano got a nice hit to right field and a double out of it. Jeter struck out swining. Womack grounded to first, three outs.
Mariano Rivera is coming in to pitch. The leadoff batter flied out. Second batter grounded to Cano, out at first. Third batter shattered a bat and hit it directly to Rivera, game over.
That's 8 wins in a row. Go Yankees.
