In between the Pinstripes #7

In between the Pinstripes_7: Building up confidence
What a nice way to end a 6-game road trip for the Yankees. On the heels of losing Gary Sanchez, the bombers get a come from behind win thanks to 7 unanswered runs off the Baltimore bullpen. The Oriole pen didn’t give up a run all season until today. C.C. Sabathia had a very nice outing, going 6 innings, giving up 6 hits, 3 runs (2 earned), and 3 strike outs. Sabathia pitched like he deserved the win going 6 on 97 pitches, but if there is any unsung hero of the day today, it is C.C. The way Sabathia pitched, it allowed the Yankees to stay in the game and not get down in a hole.

I liked the way Sabathia pitched without his best stuff and I like the way the Yankees played from the 5th inning on. It took a while for the bats to wake up, but when they did, boy did they. Aaron Judge hit a laser off the left field wall that only allowed him to hit a single because of how hard he hit it. With his next at-bat, Judge hit a homer about 4 rows deep in left field to tie up the ball game. Starlin Castro who has had a good start to 2017, drove in the go-ahead run in the 9th with a single. That single has to give Castro some confidence given that he finally delivered in a big spot.

With all of that, none of those guys are my Focus Player of the Day, that belongs to Ronald “Speedy Gonzalez” Torreyes. Torreyes gave the Yanks a lift, knocking in the Yankees first two runs with a bases clearing triple in the 6th. Torreyes is currently leading the bombers in RBI’s and had 3 hits in today’s ball game, going 3-5 with those 2 RBI’s.

This game was a great confidence booster for the entire ball club. From Sabathia giving a great outing, to Torreyes coming up clutch, and Judge and Castro getting big hits for themselves. This game highlighted a decent series in Baltimore that just didn’t roll their way. The way the Yankees ran the bases throughout the series, pitched out of the bullpen (for the most part), and decent hitting. Today’s game hopefully can start a great home stand starting tomorrow against the Tampa Bay Rays. With the club beat up early and not playing well up to this point, today the Yankees can exhale a bit and focus on a big home stand to turn their season around. Nobody wants to start 2-4, but that’s better than 1-5, and it’s better for the whole team to play well in a “get away game” before they head into their Home Opener.

In the Home Opener tomorrow, Michael Pineda looks to bounce back against the team that jumped all over him in his first start. The Rays coming off a 2-1 series win against the Yankees in the first series of the year, Tampa Bay has jumped out to a 5-2 start in 2017, and the Yankees hope to get off on the right foot at home tomorrow. The Yankees face the pitcher that beat Pineda in Tampa—Alex Cobb who went 5.2 innings in the winning effort. Pineda and the bombers will look for some early revenge against the Rays. I am looking forward to the Home Opener and am hopefully optimistic that Pineda will bounce back in his second start. Yankee fans have to feel better about the team after the win today, and should look forward to a good day tomorrow in the Bronx. The Bombers get to sleep in their own beds tonight coming off a win, and that is always good. It’s always a good day when the Yankees win, and today is no different, take the win and look ahead to a 9-game home stand. As Frank Sinatra once said “start spreading the news.”
Sources:(mlb.com, espn.com)

Don’t forget to like, comment, subscribe, and share on your way out!    

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

2024 MLB Preview

  Opening Day is about 24 hours away and the Shohei Ohtani gambling story has stole all the headlines and fleeting moments of baseball conversation over the past few days, many have now forgotten about the exciting marathon ahead of us! Even with the ever-evolving Ohtani story clouding the beginning of the Los Angeles Dodgers season, that doesn’t change the fact that L.A. is still the team to beat in baseball. The Dodgers have put their chips at the center of the table, no pun intended, for 2024 to show they can raise another World Series trophy after sending upwards of a billion dollars in free agency. In division however, the surprise Arizona Diamondbacks are capitalizing on their newfound championship window with a fantastic offseason that will have them in the mix to get back to a second straight fall classic. The San Diego Padres are done shopping for superstars, sort of, following a massively disappointing season that saw them move on from one of the games generational talent...
Read more

Dan Hurley Saved College Basketball

When you think of Men’s College Basketball, the names of Wooden, Dean, Krzyzewski, Williams, Thompson, and Calipari shoot to mind right away. All the memories of the great teams from UCLA, Duke, North Carolina, Kentucky, the Big East, UNLV, and even the Fab Five start to rush back. Nostalgia of a time when the sport meant something different. For all those longing for the days when great teams didn’t dissipate into the transfer portal after one disappointing year—Dan Hurley and the Connecticut Huskies are here to save the day! UConn has done something that only seven other programs have done in the history of college basketball, repeat as champions. Forget all the talk about “best team of all-time,” even though if you look at point differential (like it truly matters), this UConn team is the best team to ever play in the NCAA Tournament. This team means much more to the game of college basketball than that. Coach Hurley has given college basketball what it has been missing since the in...
Read more

Last Year the Season was one game long, it's different this year

  It took 363 days, but Jets fans finally got the debut from Aaron Rodgers they waited for. This time around that debut ended in a blowout loss on the road to the San Francisco 49’ers. Last year the Jets won the battle but lost the war following their overtime walk-off win against the Buffalo Bills. This year, the Jets hope they lost the battle but because they have Rodgers they will win the war.   Of all the ways the game could have gone last night, having the Jets defense get thoroughly dominated on the ground by a third year running back, Jordan Mason, who wasn’t a household name until last night, wasn’t on the bingo card. The trademark for Robert Saleh has been his defense. That’s what got him hired from San Francisco. The defense is what Jet fans have pointed to as a reason for optimism heading into this year with Rodgers. The defense was finally supposed to get the complimentary football they have been dying for since Robert Saleh walked in the doors at Florham Park...
Read more