He kills the Yankees and Toronto is such a tough opponent, but last night in their series opener of the new season, the Yanks edged out a 3-2 win. Bautista had a two-run double, naturally, but Betances struck him out in a big situation.
Tanaka…What to say about his performance. He limited the Jays to 2 runs, which was no small thing, but he reminded me of early Phil Hughes who took forever to get outs and let his mounting pitch count send him out of games. Which is where our crack bullpen comes in. Betances was “on.” You could see it. He reared back and fired and set the stage for Miller, who took care of business.
After misjudging a couple of balls in center, Ellsbury (maybe he needs glasses?), along with McCann were the offensive heroes – McCann’s homer all the more impressive because he was hobbling around after being hit on the toe by a foul tip. Thankfully, the toe’s not broken, but he’s not a great runner in the best of circumstances and he really lumbered around the bases last night.
It’ll be Pineda’s turn tonight. No idea what to expect, but I’d love a repeat of last night.
I didn’t have the opportunity to watch last night’s game, Jane, but I’m always happy for a win. Obviously, The Orioles are off to an amazing start but The Yankees are hanging in there and we’re always in the running for the post season so I’m not worried. It’s much to early to be concerned at all. If they can stay reasonably healthy, I’m pretty sure our boys will do what they have to do. GO YANKEES!!!
The Orioles are off to a great start, Diane. I hope someone will slow them down soon!
It’s always a pleasure to beat Toronto with that scary line-up of theirs. McCann has been on fire- I think he is having his best offensive run as a Yankee, at least the best I can remember. Ellsbury has come through several times as well. I wish I could say the same for Gardner. The important thing, though, is for the pitchers to keep our opponents in check and for enough of our batters to come through when they need to. So far, so good on that!
Yes, so far so good, Audrey! Even Chase Headley isn’t throwing the ball like Chuck Knoblach. Lol. What more can we ask for?