3/26: Yankees vs. Phillies

[justinvarnes]

Game Time 1:15PM

YANKEES
Damon CF
Jeter SS
Abreu RF
Rodriguez 3B
Giambi DH
Matsui LF
Posada C
Cano 2B
Mientkiewicz 1B
Igawa LHP

PHILLIES
Rollins SS
Werth RF
Utley 2B
Howard 1B
Burrell LF
Helms 3B
Rowand CF
Victorino DH
Barajas C
Segovia RHP

Pregame chatter: Andy Pettitte threw 25 pitches in the bullpen and felt no discomfort in his back. Joe Torre will fill us in later but the plan seems to be for Pettitte to throw another bullpen on Wednesday and pitch in a game Friday or Saturday. ... Krazy Kyle Farnsworth, Mike Myers and Brian Bruney are scheduled to follow Igawa to the mound. ... Jorge Posada is back from a brief illness. .... The Yankees signed one-time Mets prospects Aarom Baldiris. He is one of the minor-leaguers in uniform today.

EDIT (link): http://yankees.lohudblogs.com/

[simmy886]

I heart Igawa

[justinvarnes]

The fact that Bruney is on the schedule to pitch seems to be a good sign for his future in the 'pen.

Igawa has thrown 12 IP and has a 3.00 ERA and 15K's so far. 10 BB's and 10 Hits.

[justinvarnes]

1-2 pitch is hit to leftt center. Damon tracks it down for the 1st out.

[justinvarnes]

2-2 to Werth.

Changeup in the dirt. 3-2.

Changeup barely fouled off. 3-2 again.

FB down is grounded foul.

NICE changeup at 79 gets Werth looking!

2 down.

[TheGameEpisode2]

Jeez, strike three on Werth was sick.


Everybody else loving Igawa's hair sticking out of his hat? And with the sunglasses, he looks as cool a cucumber.

[justinvarnes]

Chase Utley up.

First pitch strike on a FB (91)

Change misses: 1-1.

no 2-2. (last pitch called strike on a change)

Utley K's swinging on a nice change (again!)

3 up 3 down.

[metalboy15]

MLB Gameday Link:

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/y2006...lb_1&brand=mlb

[JeffWeaverFan]

Nice inning by Kei right there.

[justinvarnes]

Zack Segovia pitching.

Damon up.

Pops up the 1-2 pitch to 3B in foul territory.

1 down.

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Jeter grounds to short. Rollins doesn't handle the hop cleanly. Jeter on 1st on an E6.

[justinvarnes]

Abreu works a full count.

Jeter goes, but the pitch is ball 4.

Abreu walks - 2 on 1 out.

A-rod up. A-Rod hits a 3 RUN HOMER!!!!

[TheGameEpisode2]

A-Rod to baseball: "Who's your daddy?"


Now THAT'S a monster shot.

[justinvarnes]

again he hits the 1st pitch.

[justinvarnes]

Giambi grounds out to RF. 2 down.

[NyQuil]

Jeter wasn't smiling broadly when he high fived A-Rod.

Jeter hates A-Rod.

[justinvarnes]

Matsui grounds out to 2B. 3 down.

end of 1: 3-0 Yanks.

[justinvarnes]

Top 2: Ryan Howard up.

Reggie giving him hitting advice...that can't be good for the Yanks.

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Howard grounds out to Cano. 1 down.

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Burrell fists an 88MPH FB foul. 0-1.

FB misses: 1-1.

90MPH FB jams Burrell again. Fouled off.

89MPH FB chopeed to A-Rod. 2 Down.

Burrell was late on the FB's in.

[justinvarnes]

Wes Helms up.

1-0.

Changeup low. 2-0.

Slider (82MPH) misses in. 3-0.

FB (90) for a strike. 3-1.

wow. Changeup JUST misses in. ball 4.

[justinvarnes]

Igawa throwing almost nothing but FB and Changeups.

FB inside to Rowand. 1-0.

FB fouled straight back 1-1.

FB low and in (91). 2-1.

Igawa seems to be overthrowing a touch all of a sudden.

Rowand hits a broken bat one hopeer to Jeter.

3 outs.

still 3-0 Yanks.

[justinvarnes]

grrr. my tv just went out.

[justinvarnes]

i'm guessing a 1 2 3 inning? (back on)

[Tifoso]

Dammit. I keep missing these. Today was work related.

How'd we score?

[J-Town]

A-Rod 3 run hr.

[Tifoso]

Why does it say (Webcast) next to the GD Audio link, anyone know?

[Tifoso]

A-Rod 3 run hr.

Thanks!

[J-Town]

And now a Phillies RBI single. He's pitching well except he's not finishing innings as well as he could.

Except this time. Utley backwards K.

[J-Town]

He's having two out trouble...

If you're wondering, not much has happened. Helms just hit a double after Kei fell behind 2-0.

[justinvarnes]

Seems like he is still throwing almost exclusively FB and Changeups.

Change yields a grounder to Jeter.

3 Down. 3-1 Yanks.

[justinvarnes]

Segovia settling in. another 1-2-3 inning.

[justinvarnes]

I missed it, did he K Barajas?


(grounder to Mientkiewicz - 2 down)

[justinvarnes]

Through 5: 3-1 Yankees.

Igawa looking good so far.

[Tifoso]

I'm going to do myself in, if I have to listen to the 98 year old Phillies announcer say "Utley, you are theee man" one more time.

[justinvarnes]

Good luck with that, Lou.

[justinvarnes]

Matsuzaka has a no hitter through 5IP vs. CIN, but he's over 100 pitches. Interesting.

[J-Town]

Well, Doug comes through. 5-1.

[SINCE77 2]

Matsuzaka has a no hitter through 5IP vs. CIN, but he's over 100 pitches. Interesting.

With 5 walks to boot.

[justinvarnes]

Don't look now, but Mientkiewicz is starting to hit. Hopefully he'll give this team .260-.280 this year.

[justinvarnes]

Jeter Chokes. Ugh. If I had a nickel...

[Tifoso]

Is that Minkies' 1st hit?

[J-Town]

No he's had a few. He's probably at .100 or so.

[MattManNWO]

Yeahhhhh. Matt Smith. Remember my Matt Smith avatar? haha

[dont_ya_know24]

hey, can someone update me on kei. his line is good, but how are his mechanics, speed and everything?

[MattManNWO]

Chicken shi.t is catching

[J-Town]

hey, can someone update me on kei. his line is good, but how are his mechanics, speed and everything?

Only problem today is he would mess around with 2 outs. Otherwise he seemed very sharp, except occasionally leaving his changeup in the danger zone to righties.

[dont_ya_know24]

thanks j-town. is someone else pitching now?

[4bronxbombers]

Dammit. I keep missing these. Today was work related.

Slacker.

[dont_ya_know24]

i kind of want giambi to play first base this season.
he's such a better hitter there for some reason