Get your minds out of the gutter. I am simply referring to this being Wang's first start since being called up back on May 23rd. Wang's pitch count today will be 80. Girardi is hoping that Wang can get them 6 innings. I on the other hand, am just hoping he can hold the Rangers to single digits. Phil Hughes is now in the bullpen, but he will not be available until tomorrow (at the earliest) according to Pete Abe. This is your gamer for today's Yankees-Rangers battle. Comment away!
YANKEES (31-22)
Damon LF
Swisher RF
Teixeira 1B
Rodriguez 3B
Cano 2B
Matsui DH
Cabrera CF
Cervelli C
Pena SS
Pitching: RHP Chien-Ming Wang (0-3, 16.07).
RANGERS (31-21)
Kinsler 2B
Young 3B
Blalock DH
Cruz RF
Murphy LF
Byrd CF
Davis 1B
Teagarden C
Andrus SS
Pitching: RHP Brandon McCarthy (5-2, 4.35).
Lineups courtesy of Pete Abe.
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Wang looking good so far, striking out 2 in the first inning, lowering his ERA to 15.
Posted by: Lar | Thursday, June 04, 2009 at 01:23 PM
JD with a leadoff HR with Jeter out, and Wang is quickly staked to a 1-0 lead.
Swisher promptly doubles off McCarthy. Hopefully this will be a short outing for McCarthy.
Tesh reaches on error - Swisher still at second.
Posted by: Lar | Thursday, June 04, 2009 at 01:24 PM
ARod lines into a double play. Can ARod get anything going with men on? Or will this be another one of those "wasted opportunities" days?
Cano up with Swish on third, but two outs.
Posted by: Lar | Thursday, June 04, 2009 at 01:25 PM
And Cano lines out to end the inning.
So other than the JD lead off HR, the Yanks didn't get anything going, despite getting two men on. Bah.
Posted by: Lar | Thursday, June 04, 2009 at 01:26 PM
Wang looking good still (for now), pitching a "perfect game" through 2, with 3 K's to boot. 22 pitches through 2, 14 for strikes.
Posted by: Lar | Thursday, June 04, 2009 at 01:32 PM
McCarthy is making the bottom of the Yanks lineup look silly. 1-2-3 inning, and 1-0 Yanks after 2.
Posted by: Lar | Thursday, June 04, 2009 at 01:38 PM
Chris Davis with a ground rule double, and Teagarden sac'd him over to third. So Davis on third, one out, here's Andrus, and then the top of the lineup.
Posted by: Lar | Thursday, June 04, 2009 at 01:42 PM
Andrus grounding out to third base, giving Davis nowhere to go. Kinsler now up trying to tie the game.
Posted by: Lar | Thursday, June 04, 2009 at 01:43 PM
Headed down to DC this weekend to see the Nats take on the Mets. I will take pictures and hopefully report back with my findings. I have never been to DC as an adult, so I am excited for both the baseball and the history. That being said, the Yankees need to win today!
Posted by: John - YF | Thursday, June 04, 2009 at 01:47 PM
Kinsler walked, and Davis scored on a wild pitch. Tied game.
Posted by: Lar | Thursday, June 04, 2009 at 01:47 PM
Young with an infield single, and now the Yanks are in a bit of a pickle..
Posted by: Lar | Thursday, June 04, 2009 at 01:49 PM
Blalock singles and now the Rangers have a 2-1 lead.
Posted by: Lar | Thursday, June 04, 2009 at 01:51 PM
Cruz strikes out to end the inning. Not a great inning, but not super-bad for Wang if he can work around it, and if the Yanks can bail him out just a little bit..
Posted by: Lar | Thursday, June 04, 2009 at 01:55 PM
I am sorry to say the Wang era has ended. Hopefully Phil wasn't getting too comfortable in the bullpen.
Posted by: John - YF | Thursday, June 04, 2009 at 02:10 PM
Bah, the Yanks keep on wasting lead off doubles. You got to score that.
Yanks getting dominated by a pitcher who they really should not. McCarthy should be destroyed. Bah.
Posted by: Lar | Thursday, June 04, 2009 at 02:23 PM
Ya, it was going to be tough.. welcoming Wang back against Texas at the New Yanks Stadium. But still..
Posted by: Lar | Thursday, June 04, 2009 at 02:25 PM
Lar was correct; the Yankees ended the McCarthy ERA.
Posted by: attackgerbil | Thursday, June 04, 2009 at 02:51 PM
How bad was Wang??? Just got the gamecast going. Looks like we suck huge amounts of ass again...
Posted by: krueg | Thursday, June 04, 2009 at 02:59 PM
From the box score, looks like he is still a pathetic loser...
Posted by: krueg | Thursday, June 04, 2009 at 03:00 PM
=) Just came back from lunch. Maybe I should take a second lunch..
Posted by: Lar | Thursday, June 04, 2009 at 03:01 PM
Wang did not have his "pinpoint" control to get his contact-based pitching going. That said, he mostly kept the ball in the park, but was hit hard anyhow.
I hope it's okay, though of course I said that as he ballooned his ERA to 34, so err.. go figure.
Posted by: Lar | Thursday, June 04, 2009 at 03:03 PM
hr kindler...game over. we suck again.
Posted by: krueg | Thursday, June 04, 2009 at 03:03 PM
Ace serves up a HR to Kinsler and the game is now tied once again.
Posted by: Lar | Thursday, June 04, 2009 at 03:07 PM
Pena worked out a walk. Good job.
Top of the lineup up. Maybe he'll even steal a base!
Posted by: Lar | Thursday, June 04, 2009 at 03:10 PM
Steal a base and then get stranded, probably, haha..
Posted by: Lar | Thursday, June 04, 2009 at 03:11 PM
Damon fouls out, and Pena gets caught stealing. Still tied at 6.
Posted by: Lar | Thursday, June 04, 2009 at 03:14 PM
how can we suck so badly????
Posted by: krueg | Thursday, June 04, 2009 at 03:14 PM
Chien-Ming Wang went from one of the top Al pitchers last season to probably one of the worst pitchers this season.
Phil Hughes was doing well enough that Wang could have been added to the bullpen until Girardi knew for sure he could return to the starting rotation and be productive.
Either way it doesn't bother me because the Sox are up 6-3 against Detroit and first place is looking nice.
Posted by: Josh G | Thursday, June 04, 2009 at 03:21 PM
Coke is in.
Posted by: Lar | Thursday, June 04, 2009 at 03:21 PM
And he did his job. Now the Yanks have to score some for the home team!
Posted by: Lar | Thursday, June 04, 2009 at 03:25 PM
Swisher with a leadoff single, and promptly Gardner is out to run for him.
The middle of the lineup is up, and with a chance to take the lead..
Posted by: Lar | Thursday, June 04, 2009 at 03:32 PM
the rally killers are back. pathetic.
Posted by: krueg | Thursday, June 04, 2009 at 03:32 PM
Unfortunately, Tesh grounds into a double play. It happens, I guess. Wasted Gardner/Swisher though.
ARod is up with two outs.
Posted by: Lar | Thursday, June 04, 2009 at 03:32 PM
arod blows. they all suck ass. it was fun thinking we were actually good again. let the losing streak begin.
Posted by: krueg | Thursday, June 04, 2009 at 03:35 PM
ARod not doing much. 2 inning game now.
Posted by: Lar | Thursday, June 04, 2009 at 03:36 PM
Unsurprisingly, Gardner moves to center, Melky to right.
Posted by: Lar | Thursday, June 04, 2009 at 03:38 PM
Coke with two relatively quick outs..
Posted by: Lar | Thursday, June 04, 2009 at 03:40 PM
robertson in...he sucks.
Posted by: krueg | Thursday, June 04, 2009 at 03:43 PM
Andrus flies out and the Yanks have yet another opportunity to scdore a few runs or something.
Posted by: Lar | Thursday, June 04, 2009 at 03:45 PM
opportunity to further choke maybe...
Posted by: krueg | Thursday, June 04, 2009 at 03:47 PM
ok...cano walks. godzilla? hello? do something maybe?
Posted by: krueg | Thursday, June 04, 2009 at 03:48 PM
1 out..big surprise. not.
Posted by: krueg | Thursday, June 04, 2009 at 03:49 PM
Cano with a lead off walk, but Godzilla did not deliver.
Posted by: Lar | Thursday, June 04, 2009 at 03:50 PM
MELKY!!!! BOMB!!!! 8-6!!!
Posted by: krueg | Thursday, June 04, 2009 at 03:50 PM
MELKY!
Posted by: Lar | Thursday, June 04, 2009 at 03:51 PM
Never thought I would say I wish arod was more like melky... ;)
Posted by: krueg | Thursday, June 04, 2009 at 03:51 PM
ENTER SANDMAN!!!!
Posted by: krueg | Thursday, June 04, 2009 at 03:53 PM
kinda blaring it at work...need to turn it down some!!!
Posted by: krueg | Thursday, June 04, 2009 at 03:54 PM
Mo.
Posted by: Lar | Thursday, June 04, 2009 at 03:57 PM
K...sit down kinsler. 1 out.
Posted by: krueg | Thursday, June 04, 2009 at 03:57 PM
Struck out Kinsler.
Posted by: Lar | Thursday, June 04, 2009 at 03:57 PM
double??? WTF?????????????????????????????? COME ON MELKY!!!!
Posted by: krueg | Thursday, June 04, 2009 at 04:01 PM
Michael Young doubles. Now the tying run is at the plate.
Posted by: Lar | Thursday, June 04, 2009 at 04:02 PM
Blalock singles, but Young holds up at third.
Still up 2, Mo with 2 outs to go.
Posted by: Lar | Thursday, June 04, 2009 at 04:04 PM
you have got to be f-cking kidding me...1st and 3rd, 1 out.
Posted by: krueg | Thursday, June 04, 2009 at 04:04 PM
K...2 outs. one more mo.
Posted by: krueg | Thursday, June 04, 2009 at 04:05 PM
Cruz strikes out with the tying run at 2nd. David Murphy is now up as their last out.
Posted by: Lar | Thursday, June 04, 2009 at 04:06 PM
YANKEES WIN...THHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEE YANKEES WIN!!! Sweet. I DVR'd it too...watch the good parts when I get home.
Posted by: krueg | Thursday, June 04, 2009 at 04:07 PM
nail-biter of a win.
Posted by: attackgerbil | Thursday, June 04, 2009 at 04:07 PM
And Murphy popped out. The Yanks win!
Posted by: Lar | Thursday, June 04, 2009 at 04:07 PM
Anyone else dunbfounded by AJ's suspension???? What the hell????
Posted by: krueg | Thursday, June 04, 2009 at 04:48 PM
Francesa talking about how Wang will be starting the first game against the Sox and Mets???? Two losses right there.
Posted by: krueg | Thursday, June 04, 2009 at 05:08 PM
The Mets, kreug? No team should lose against them. They have, like, 2 major league hitters in their lineup. Any AL team should dominate them.
Posted by: AndrewYF | Thursday, June 04, 2009 at 09:35 PM