Welcome back to the Delivering #27 Diary!
7:49 p.m. - I'll be blogging all night long about Game 4 of the ALCS - or what I'm calling it, the biggest game of the year for the Yankees. Sure, they are up 2-1 in the series, but they simply cannot allow the Angels to tie up the series at 2 games apiece. They need to take a commanding 3-1 lead in the series to give them some breathing room against an Angels team that won a truly heartbreaking game -- for the Yankees and their fans anyway -- last night.
7:50 p.m. - I listened to WFAN radio hosts and Yankee fans complain all day long about how Girardi lost Game 3 for the Yankees, but it was much more than Girardi's decision to relieve David Robertson in the 11th inning: it was about the team not hitting with runners in scoring position (0 for 8 in Game 3 and 0 for 20 something in the series thus far); it was also about Joba and Aceves not having their best stuff out of the bullpen and it was about Swisher, Cabrera, Cano and others not hitting - oh right, I said that already.
7:52 p.m. - I like C.C. on the mound tonight for the Yankees. He's been golden throughout the 2009 playoffs thus far and I'm hoping he can come up big again for the team.
8:00 p.m. - Great start for the Captain with a single. ....but he gets picked off on first pitch. Damn.
8:05 p.m. - Tex has a good at-bat vs. Kazmir -- including a near HR to left -- but strikes out looking to end the inning.
8:08 p.m. - CC needs to come up big tonight. He's 2-0 with a 1.23 and 15 Ks in 14 2/3 innings this postseason. I love those numbers.
8:12 p.m. - How does Tex only have 2 Gold Gloves? He should have won it every year with his stellar defense.
8:18 p.m. - Pat Sajak is at the game again. Has the Wheel of Fortune stopped?
8:21 p.m. - A-Rod surprises everyone and swipes a base after walking. I'm really surprised -- as are the Angels -- as the Yankees aren't really known for that. Kazmir is clearly concentrating on A-Rod on 2nd base before each pitch.
8:25 p.m. - Yanks are being patient at plate and aggressive on the bases tonight. I like it.
8:29 p.m. - Can someone from the bottom of the order please come up clutch when runners are in scoring position??
8:46 p.m. - Smart thinking by Melky with a push bunt. That's how you get out of slump!
8:47 p.m. - A-Rod's future father in law Kurt Russell is in the house!
9:02 - C.C. strikes out Abreu looking and he is also LOOKING really sharp tonight on 3 days rest.
9:08 p.m. - To steal from Joe Buck, A-Rod knocks a single up the middle and is really "locked in" during this playoffs..
9:13 p.m. - Really nice baserunning by A-Rod as he scores on a little squib by Cano. When the last time you saw him do that? Wow. 1-0 Yankees.
9:17 p.m. - Let's break this open Yankees and make Kazmir wish the Mets never traded him!
9:21 p.m. - Melky breaks the Yankees 0 for 26 or something streak with runners in scoring position. Nice. 3-0 Yankees. Maybe it was the giant chaw in Melky's lip that helped.
9:25 p.m. - Not that I needed the Coors Lite Freeze Cam to show me, but Swisher was out by a mile!
9:26 p.m. - A bad umpiring call on Swisher's tag up from 3rd helps Kazmir get out of a nightmare inning. Hey, he was supposed to be out on 2nd base anyway, so that makes up for it, right?
9:35 p.m. - C.C.has given up 1 hit thru 4 innings. He's been worth every penny that the Yankees paid him this year.
9:38 p.m. - Interesting stat from Fox: Angels have led in 2 of the 37 innings played so far in ALCS.
9:43 p.m. - A-Rod is LOCKED IN and hits his 5th HR in seven 2009 playoff games...5-0 Yankees
9:47 p.m. - RT nyp_joelsherman A-Rod now has an RBI in eight straight Yankee postseason games, tying him with Lou Gehrig for the most in team history.
9:50 p.m. - Do my eyes deceive me? Jorge just stole a base!
9:52 p.m. - Instead of decoying Posada, why didn't Hunter actually try to catch the ball?
9:53 p.m. - Some horrible baserunning by Yankees there. And horrible umpiring AGAIN by the Crew Chief!
10:01 p.m. - C.C. gives up first run of game. 5-1 Yankees
10:10 p.m. - If Yanks get out of this giving up only 1 run they are lucky.
10:12 p.m. - Great job by CC in getting out of trouble!
10:24 p.m. - Damn, A-Rod, striking out looking when men are in scoring position. Same ol' A-Rod in postseason...Haha. Kidding. Isn't it funny how different this year is?
10:30 p.m. - How was that not a swing by Hunter?! What?! The umpiring is horrible tonight.
10:36 p.m. - Great double play there by C.C. as he is close to getting out of another jam!
10:37 p.m. - C.C. gets out of it. Two big jams in last two innings and he gets out of both giving up only 1 run. A lesser pitcher would have let the floodgates open.
10:53 p.m. - For the record, the Yanks lost last night because I wasn't wearing my Joba Rules shirt...it was in the wash for the 1st time since Gm 1 ALDS. I'm wearing it tonight. No coincidence at all.
11:02 p.m. - You would think that Girardi was putting Gardner in there to get thrown out. It has happened past 3 times.
11:09 p.m. - It's a JOHNNY ROCKET!! 7-1 Yankees!
11:23 p.m. - Alex doubles, tags up on fly ball and scores on error. Great baseball. 8-1 Yankees.
11:25 p.m. - C.C. is done for the night. Another wonderful start for him.
Just great, great numbers for him:
2009 Playoffs = 22 2/3 IP, 3 ERs, 20 Ks, 4 BB
Game 1 ALDS - 6.2 IP, 1 ER, 8Ks, 1 BB
Game 1 ALCS - 8 IP, 1 ER, 4 H, 7 Ks, 1 BB
Game 4 ALCS (Tonight) - 8 IP, 1 ER, 5 H, 5 Ks, 2 BB
11:28 p.m. - Melky knocks a double to right to score Cano and Gardner and the Yankees are breaking out the whipping stick. 10-1 Yankees
11:29 p.m. - It's about time Gaudin got some work. He hasn't been one of the thousand Yankee relievers who have pitched in the ALCS.
Wrap-up - Just a great, great pitching performance from C.C. and another stellar game by A-Rod who has homered in the last 3 straight playoff games. 1 more win to wrap up the ALCS and 5 more wins total to #27.
Let's go Yankees.
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