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Wednesday, October 05, 2011
A.J. Burnett and the Yankees staved off elimination with a 10-1 victory over the Tigers in Game 4 on Tuesday at Comerica Park.
Originally slated to be in New York’s bullpen during this series, Burnett rose to the occasion, delivering 5 2/3 innings of one-run ball to prolong the Yankees’ season for at least another two days.
Two terrific catches by center fielder Curtis Granderson aided the effort, as the former Tigers star patrolled his old stomping grounds with aplomb.
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1. Gotham Dave Posted: October 05, 2011 at 03:58 AM (#3951990)Anyways, Yankees win?
Check.
A-Rod with at least 2 hits?
Check.
Burnett with at least 6 innings and less than 3 runs?
Damn, missed it by that much ...
Nova versus Fister on Thursday, should be a great finale.
The Tigers should have had a sniper on the rooftop to take out the shoulder of any Tiger batter who tried to move his bat forward and pass up the series of unintentional walks that were forthcoming at that point...
Fister's lack of skills are ripe for another beatdown.
And curiously, Delmon Young seemed like one of the more patient Tigers hitters. What an inexplicable approach to hitting by the rest of the lineup.
No, Brett Gardner does that.
No kidding. On the second dive (which was a fine effort and catch) it really looked like Gardner would have been able to make the play without even leaving his feet.
Make that one terrific catch, and one nice recovery to make what should have been a fairly routine play look like a terrific catch, as #17 suggests.
I was listening to the Tigers' announcers while muting the sound on the TV, and they were saying that Granderson did that a lot while in Detroit - he does seem to take that first step in quite a bit.
-- MWE
None the less, I would like to say that Girardi managed a fine game yesterday. Having the bullpen fired up and ready to pull AJ (with short relievers! I assume Hughes would have started the second) was really encouraging. And he pulled AJ at the right time, and didn't wait to long, like last year. Or two nights ago.
It pains me to say it, but good job Girardi.
Does that move AJ ahead of Garcia for a Game 3 start if the Yanks make it to the ALCS? Something for Rothschild & Girardi to think about.
Not hating on Granderson at all, I'm a huge fan. The comment was directed more at the media; I was honestly wondering why there was no mention of the initial misstep. I thought it was quite noticeable, and they showed the replay a zillion times.
I suppose I could have taken a gentler approach:
Granderson's misread the ball off the bat, but his stupdendous athleticism and phenomenal speed allowed him to make the play anyway.
Better?
i]Fister's lack of skills are ripe for another beatdown.
Wait, is this the Doug Fister with a 1.79 ERA in the AL this year? Is this the Doug Fister who basically got beaten in his last start by bad defense and two seeing eye ground balls through the infield? Or is this John Lackey in disguise?
Fister is a scrub who racked up good stats beating up on shitty AL Central competition. His ERA is like a gold medal in the Special Olympics. He's gonna get rolled.
Have the Mariners been relegated?
Maybe not in the press, but I heard it mentioned on the broadcast.
Yeah, thats probably the plan, if they get there.
If someone offers you Furbush, you snatch him up.
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