Posts Tagged ‘ marcus thames ’

So this is life without Randy Winn…Phil Hughes (6-1, 2.70) was so fantastic Friday night vs the lowly Cleveland Indians. Hughes struck out 5 in a row to start the game and went 7 innings and allowed only 5 hits and 2 runs, with 8 K and only 1 walk. Believe it or not...
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The Boston Red Sox rallied passed the New York Yankees at a wild and wet game at Yankee Stadium. In what seemed to be a DUPLICATE game from the first game in this series, instead ended up as a disappointing loss for the Yankees, as the Red Sox stole away an easy victory. Here’s...
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Last night’s Boston Red Sox vs New York Yankees game was the most dramatic game of the 2010 baseball season, thanks to a 9th inning walk-off homerun by Marcus Thames. A-Rod had tied it with a 2-run HR off Jonathan Papelbon, after Brett Gardner got a hit, to make the score 9-9. Papelbon plunked Fransisco Cervelli,...
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Jason Kubel hit a grand slam off Mariano Rivera for a 6-3 Twins win at Yankee Stadium. So ends the Yankees 12-0 winning streak vs Minnesota and Mariano Rivera 50+ consecutive saves at home. Mo came in with the bases loaded after Joba Chamberlain lost it and didn’t field 1B on a grounder to...
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Andy Pettitte (5-0, 1.79) showed no ill-effects of his elbow pain, although it looked like he forgot how to pitch with 2 outs in the 6th. After a couple of meetings on the mound with catcher Francisco Cervelli, Andy finished the inning and got one out in the 7th. Andy was fantastic as he...
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Man, is Minnesota Twins manager Ron Gardenhire overrated or what? And I already posted about that before last year…does he all of a sudden become dumb in New York? Is is because he used to be a poor-hitting Mets infielder back in the day? Michael Kay called it- did he insert relief pitcher Matt...
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The Boston Red Sox salvaged the last game of the series at Fenway Park as Jon Lester totally baffled the Yankees, and A.J. Burnett choked in Boston again. The big Yankees relief pitcher Romulo Sanchez went 3.2 innings of shutout relief for A.J. Joe Girardi got ejected for arguing balls and strikes, and Marcus...
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This was a long game due to the rain delay and the  New York Yankees pounding the Boston Red Sox into submission 14-3 all evening, so here are some bullet points: Mark Teixeira hit 3 homeruns at Fenway Park with 5 RBI and a single. Fransisco Cervelli had 5 RBI and 3 hits. He’s...
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The New York Yankees scored 12 runs without A-Rod (day-off) or Curtis Granderson (one month DL) in the lineup. Thanks to future ace Phil Hughes (3-0, 1.44 ERA) it didn’t matter. Hughes was once again in the zone- 7 innings, 4 hits, 1 walk, 6 K, and no runs. Kinda cool when your “5th...
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Robinson Cano is the hottest baseball player in MLB right now. At the end of last night’s game, he led the AL in Hits, Batting Average, and Slugging %. Cano had a spectacular play at second base as well, and the talk about him winning the 2010 Gold Glove is getting louder. He leads...
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