August 22, 2024
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After an ugly, boring, tedious, horrible, miserable, and (add your own (appropriate) word) loss in extra innings on Tuesday, the Yankees have bounced back and won back-to-back games over the Cleveland Guardians.
Today Gerrit Cole did the bulk of the lifting from the mound.
Aaron Judge homered (again).
Giancarlo Stanton homered.
(Hummm... DJ LeMahieu and Jose Trevino get benched and the Yankees win two in a row.)
Full recap at 6:00 a.m. tomorrow from... ME!
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Yankee minor leaguers Trent Sellers, Mason Vinyard, and Thomas Balboni combined for a NO-HITTER today in Hudson Valley's 6-0 victory. It was the 2nd NO-HITTER in the last 5 weeks for this Yankee minor league club. HERE'S THE CALL OF THE FINAL OUT:
quick miss
Houston 6
Baltimore 0
the painful part of the loss to the Guardians on Tuesday was having Gil become hurt and surrendering runs to a team that, at present, can not score against good pitching.
at the conclusion of the three games, it seemed rather obvious that the Guardians have a couple of fine relievers, good defense, an inferior rotation and an offense with fewer good hitters than the Yankees
The Yankees have just as good a chance as anyone to win the World Series this year, because each and every one of the "good" teams this year, the ones who are either in first place in their division, or contending for first place in their division ALSO have major flaws that are preventing them from running away with their division, or running away with the Major League lead in wins or winning percentage. Every "good" team this year has endured bullpen troubles, being swept by bad to mediocre teams (or losing series to those really bad teams), losing streaks, slumps from key players, and injuries to many key players. Thusly, the Yankees today in late August find themselves …
And both Rice & Wells had SFs! Cabrera another hit, and solid D.