Yanks can’t complete sweep; fall to Sox in extras 7-4

By On September 26, 2011 · 6 Comments · In Game Recaps

Obvious home run is obvious. (Photo by Christopher Pasatieri/Getty Images)

So finally winning a series at home against the Red Sox for the first time in 2011 was quite enjoyable, although the spoiled part of me really wanted the sweep, having been swept by the Sox at home twice this season in historic fashion. Unfortunately with , and getting the nightcap off, and various pinch-runners being installed late in the game, the Yankee lineup was pretty close to something Scranton Wilkes-Barre would’ve run out by the time the bottom of the ninth inning rolled around, and the Bombers couldn’t get anything going against an exceptionally stingy Boston bullpen, ultimately in 14 innings.

In fact, the Yankee offense was almost completely MIA after departed after six strong innings of three-run ball, mustering one(!) hit over eight innings against five different Boston relievers. retired all seven men he faced, but the MVP of the game may have been left , who kept the Yankees off-balance with an impressive array of offerings while also hitting 97mp on the gun, picking up the win with two shutout innings.

Of course, for all the ineptitude of the Yankees’ -Q squad, Boston’s A lineup didn’t fare much better, and wasn’t able to get on the board in extras until Tony Pena — in for an ejected — decided to bring in for no apparent reason. I mean at that point, why not let or get their feet a bit wetter? I’d rather see one of them blow the game than a clearly-has-absolutely-nothing-left Proctor. Proctor gave up the most obvious three-run home run ever to in the 14th, and the Yankee bats went silently in the bottom half.

In the grand scheme of things this game really did mean nothing to the Yankees, although it would’ve been nice to drop Boston into a tie with Tampa Bay for the Wild Card with three games left. I actually missed all of ‘s outing, although it looked like he was OK but not great, going 6 1/3 and giving up four, departing with the Yankees being down 4-3 despite being staked to a 3-0 lead. For those who did see the first half of this epically long game, I’d be curious as to your impressions of Nova’s start.

And so the Yankees finished their 2011 season series with the Red Sox going a rather unfortunate 6-12 (including an eye-gouging 2-7 at home); easily their worst showing against Boston in the Unbalanced Schedule Era. They also dropped to 4-11 in extra-inning games, which is just weird.

The Bombers hit up St. Pete Monday night for their final three-game set of the regular season with the Red Sox-chasing Rays, in a series even less meaningful to the Yankees than this past one, but that means everything to Tampa Bay.

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6 Responses to Yanks can’t complete sweep; fall to Sox in extras 7-4

  1. S says:
    September 26, 2011 at 9:35 am

    Nova’s command deteriorated around the 6th inning….Also a booted ball by cano on a routine grounder that would have been a dbl play screwed nova

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  2. says:
    September 26, 2011 at 10:48 am

    Not blaming Romine but Nova used his slider much too much last night and didn’t use his curve much. By the third time around, Sox were sitting down and in sliders or spitting on them if they weren’t close to strikes — they weren’t being fooled at all. Should have back-doored his slider if he was going to eschew the curve and/or change.

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  3. theboogiedown says:
    September 26, 2011 at 1:57 pm

    Any guesses as to why Girardi didn’t throw Martin in to hit for Romine with bases loaded in extra innings? Seemed all to obvious to me so I’m assuming there’s a great answer out there.

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