For the Yankees, it's been living and dying by the longball as Robinson Cano and Brett Gardner (of all people) went deep for solo shots. Otherwise, Gavin Floyd has shut the Yankees down here in the Bronx. Ivan Nova was just as good for the Yankees but the bullpen couldn't help him get the "W".
Another inning to catch up and avoid a disappointing loss here in the Bronx.
-Andrew
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And for those of you out there who have yet to try the Lobel's steak sandwich, I would seriously recommend that you try it.
ReplyDeleteIt is amazing how many baseball games you can watch and then see something you have never seen before.
ReplyDeleteIn this category was the 2 catches Brent Lillibridge of the Chicago White Sox made last night. He came in to pinch run and scored the go ahead run when Konerko hit an eighth inning tater. The he stayed in for defense---- in 153 career games in his 4 years in the majors he has played 32 innings of right field. With Jeter and Granderson on first and second--- he first caught one against the wall to rob A-Rod of a game winning double, then he made a diving catch against Cano to end the game. The announcers reminded us multiple times that the ChiSox have blown 6 saves this year---- which apparently provided the necessary jinx to allow “the Lilliputian” to rob the Yanks of a W. Below is the video of the catches.
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2011_04_26_chamlb_nyamlb_1&mode=video#/play?content_id=14189465
So we can doubly blame Soriano for the loss because not only did he give up the Konerko blast but he also hit Carlos Quentin which meant that Lillibridge got into the game as a pinch runner. Ugh
ReplyDeleteBtw, interesting stat: "This was the first time the Yankees had ever lost a game in which Brett Gardner hit a home run"