ALDS Game 3
Live blogging from game 3.
Top 3rd: Funny. Just a few hours ago I was worried about heavy rain coming in the third or fourth inning. Now I'm praying for it.
Aaron Small warming up.
In the press conference before the game, Johnson was complaining that he gets no intensity from the Yankee fans.
Well, Randy, they're booing.
Top 4th: Johnson's pitches are just hanging out there; the light hitting Angels are hammering him. Figgins has hit two fairly deep (though into gloves).
I did not really anticipate the Angels leading 5-0.
Torre to the mound. This is beginning to feel like a replay of 2002.
Incredible. The "You ain't so big, you just tall, that's just about all" Unit is done. The Yankees must now rely on Aaron Small tonight and Shawn Chacon tomorrow.
With runners at first and third, Small strikes out Kennedy, then a fantastic Cano/Jeter/Martinez DP!
Bottom 4th: Matsui! 5-1.
Bottom 4th: I don't think Flaherty will be hitting in this situation, with Johnson out. Big moment for Posada...
...grounds out to first, but an RBI. 5-2. Bernie to third.
Jeter ain't been "Captain Clutch" much this year, but YES. 5-3.
Byrd's been pitching with a huge lead all night. Times change, and he wants no part of Rodriguez. New pitcher.
Donnelly freaks me out. A little too tightly wound.
The shift, and Giambi hits it where they ain't (though he was swinging for the fences). Jeter scores. 5-4.
Christ, Figgins is 1 for 20 or something, but his value is with his glove...in pretty much every position.
Top 5th: It's hard not to expect the incredible Aaron Small balloon to pop, but he may be the secret sauce. Six outs in a row.
Bottom 5th: Cano, into the gap! Great third base coaching by Luis Sojo as he waves Matsui -- Matsui again -- around third to score from first, forcing somebody to throw the ball away. Cano to third.
Scott Shields is in the game way earlier than the Angels would like.
Bernie! Cano tags from third on Bernies's fly ball to left. Yankees lead 6 to 5.
Top 6th: How come Juan Rivera didn't hit like this as a Yankee? I do love the blonde highlights, though. He doubles, Erstadt singles. Damn. All tied up.
White Sox aside...I got home tonight and turned the TV on just in time to see El Duque strike out Johnny Damon with the bases loaded. Veins. Ice water.
Eeeek. It's windy out there. Bad (worse) weather bearing down.
Figgins gets his first hit. 7-6 Angels. Fuck. There. I've said it.
The Bearcat will replace Small. Never know if Sturtz is firing on all cylinders.
Bottom 6th: Shields is good tonight. I'd be happy to see Escobar at this point. But Shields walks Sheffield. Runners at 1st and 2nd. Matsui comes to the plate having scored two runs already. He walks. Great at bat. Bases loaded, 2 outs. Mayor Cano flies out on the first pitch.
Top 7th: Flash Gordon. Posada nearly standing up setting up for the two strike swing at a pitch over his head. Fascinating. Shit, he hit that ball hard. Well played by Matsui as it hits the base of the wall.
Gordon hits Molina right on the elbow. Oy. Molina's arm is damaged. Oh, no big deal as these Molinas are capable of cloning themselves.
Before tonight, Garrett Anderson was a missing person. What happened? 8-6.
Cano has to try to get out of the way of the guy sliding into second; he can't wait to have the guy rip his ankle off. That's an out 99 times out of 100 in the bigs. Bad call. But Rodriguez should have made a crisper throw. What a weird game.
Weirder still. Leiter.
The 64-year old Finley lays down a suicide squeeze. 9-6.
Randy Johnson is, by the way, I think 2-10 in division series play for his career, IF the Yankees lose this game.
Top 8th: Leiter pitching to a right handed Figgins. Why?
And what did Figgins have for lunch today?
The proctologist enters the game. Good night. And good luck.
Top 3rd: Funny. Just a few hours ago I was worried about heavy rain coming in the third or fourth inning. Now I'm praying for it.
Aaron Small warming up.
In the press conference before the game, Johnson was complaining that he gets no intensity from the Yankee fans.
"When I'm pitching, the crowd, and I don't mean this in a disrespectful way, but in games that I've pitched in Arizona, the crowd was really more animated on the days that I pitched than probably any other day that I would witness," Johnson said. "And I really fed off of that.
"At times this year, I felt that with the Yankee crowd. But I think as a visiting player, I felt more hostility, and I fed off of that. And so, if they want to boo me, then boo me, or cheer me, but do something, because I feed off that, and I have pretty much my whole career."
Well, Randy, they're booing.
Top 4th: Johnson's pitches are just hanging out there; the light hitting Angels are hammering him. Figgins has hit two fairly deep (though into gloves).
I did not really anticipate the Angels leading 5-0.
Torre to the mound. This is beginning to feel like a replay of 2002.
Incredible. The "You ain't so big, you just tall, that's just about all" Unit is done. The Yankees must now rely on Aaron Small tonight and Shawn Chacon tomorrow.
With runners at first and third, Small strikes out Kennedy, then a fantastic Cano/Jeter/Martinez DP!
Bottom 4th: Matsui! 5-1.
Bottom 4th: I don't think Flaherty will be hitting in this situation, with Johnson out. Big moment for Posada...
...grounds out to first, but an RBI. 5-2. Bernie to third.
Jeter ain't been "Captain Clutch" much this year, but YES. 5-3.
Byrd's been pitching with a huge lead all night. Times change, and he wants no part of Rodriguez. New pitcher.
Donnelly freaks me out. A little too tightly wound.
The shift, and Giambi hits it where they ain't (though he was swinging for the fences). Jeter scores. 5-4.
Christ, Figgins is 1 for 20 or something, but his value is with his glove...in pretty much every position.
Top 5th: It's hard not to expect the incredible Aaron Small balloon to pop, but he may be the secret sauce. Six outs in a row.
Bottom 5th: Cano, into the gap! Great third base coaching by Luis Sojo as he waves Matsui -- Matsui again -- around third to score from first, forcing somebody to throw the ball away. Cano to third.
Scott Shields is in the game way earlier than the Angels would like.
Bernie! Cano tags from third on Bernies's fly ball to left. Yankees lead 6 to 5.
Top 6th: How come Juan Rivera didn't hit like this as a Yankee? I do love the blonde highlights, though. He doubles, Erstadt singles. Damn. All tied up.
White Sox aside...I got home tonight and turned the TV on just in time to see El Duque strike out Johnny Damon with the bases loaded. Veins. Ice water.
Eeeek. It's windy out there. Bad (worse) weather bearing down.
Figgins gets his first hit. 7-6 Angels. Fuck. There. I've said it.
The Bearcat will replace Small. Never know if Sturtz is firing on all cylinders.
Bottom 6th: Shields is good tonight. I'd be happy to see Escobar at this point. But Shields walks Sheffield. Runners at 1st and 2nd. Matsui comes to the plate having scored two runs already. He walks. Great at bat. Bases loaded, 2 outs. Mayor Cano flies out on the first pitch.
Top 7th: Flash Gordon. Posada nearly standing up setting up for the two strike swing at a pitch over his head. Fascinating. Shit, he hit that ball hard. Well played by Matsui as it hits the base of the wall.
Gordon hits Molina right on the elbow. Oy. Molina's arm is damaged. Oh, no big deal as these Molinas are capable of cloning themselves.
Before tonight, Garrett Anderson was a missing person. What happened? 8-6.
Cano has to try to get out of the way of the guy sliding into second; he can't wait to have the guy rip his ankle off. That's an out 99 times out of 100 in the bigs. Bad call. But Rodriguez should have made a crisper throw. What a weird game.
Weirder still. Leiter.
The 64-year old Finley lays down a suicide squeeze. 9-6.
Randy Johnson is, by the way, I think 2-10 in division series play for his career, IF the Yankees lose this game.
Top 8th: Leiter pitching to a right handed Figgins. Why?
And what did Figgins have for lunch today?
The proctologist enters the game. Good night. And good luck.
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