His final line: 6 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 4 K. After throwing 59 pitches in the first five innings, German needed 28 pitches to get through that sixth inning. Tyler Austin worked a hard-fought ten-pitch leadoff walk, Cameron Maybin misread a ball off the wall in left field, German hung a two-strike breaking ball to Kevin Pillar … just not a lot went right in that sixth inning. The wheels kinda came off in that sixth inning. Only three of those first 17 batters managed to hit the ball out of the infield. Voit had more time than he realized when he rushed and airmailed a throw to German covering first base. He retired 15 of the first 17 batters he faced and the two baserunners were a single by the opposing pitcher (Rodriguez) and a Voit error. German cruised through the first five innings against an admittedly terrible Giants lineup. If you’re going to give up four runs in one inning, the best time to do it is when your team has given you an 8-0 run cushion. It came in the sixth inning Sunday and it came at a good time. That’s just not happening in Yankee Stadium and in the AL East in general. Lordy.Īs great as he’s been, Domingo German was not going to sustain a sub-2.00 ERA all season. Two of the three strikeouts were German, the opposing pitcher. The Yankees worked Rodriguez over: 3 IP, 7 H, 6 R, 4 ER, 4 BB, 3 K, 1 HR on 81 pitches. Either he called it or whoever he pointed called it. Also, the way Gleyber smiled and pointed at the dugout as he rounded first base leads me to believe he called his shot there. This is one of the few times the behind-the-plate camera angle is #ActuallyGood: Rodriguez walked Sanchez to start the inning and Torres parked one in the left-center field seats. Two runs in the first after the botched double play, two runs in the second after Kratz’s ill-advised snap throw, and two runs in the third on a Gleyber homer. The throw sailed into center, the runners moved up, and Voit brought them home with a single against the shift. For whatever reason, Giants catcher Erik Kratz tried to pick Urshela off second base with a snap throw, but no one was ready for it. The second inning opened with two quick baserunners (Gio Urshela single, Tyler Wade walk) and two quick outs (Domingo German strikeout, LeMahieu fly out). It’s nice being on the other end of those sloppy mistakes, isn’t it? The Giants did turn the 4-6-3 double play on Gleyber Torres’ broken bat grounder, but another run scored to give the Yankees a 2-0 lead. Instead, the usually sure-handed Brandon Crawford bobbled the grounder and zero outs were recorded. Gary Sanchez gave Rodriguez and the Giants the double play ball they needed. Rodriguez kept trying to get Voit and Gardner to chase something soft and they wouldn’t do it. He walked Luke Voit on six pitches and Brett Gardner on five pitches, and only six of those eleven pitches were fastballs. DJ LeMahieu opened the game with a single to left, then righty Dereck Rodriguez nibbled the bases loaded. It did not take long for the Giants to show their badness on Sunday. San Francisco has some onerous contracts, for sure. Every bit as bad on the field and way more expensive. The Giants have more name value on their roster than those four teams combined, but gosh, they are every bit as bad based on what we saw this weekend. The Orioles, the Tigers, the White Sox, the Royals … the Yankees have played them all already. The Yankees have played a lot of bad teams in the early going this season. Two In The First, Two In The Second, Two In The Third Our high flyin’ large adult baseball sons. The Yankees have won eleven of their last 13 games. With RAB set to close its internet doors Monday, the Yankees went out and clobbered the Giants in Sunday’s series finale to finish the three-game series sweep. All things considered, I’m not sure I could’ve asked the Yankees for a better ending to the RAB era.
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