Angels@Yankees Game Thread 8/2/08

[BuckFoston]

The Angels are playing some amazing baseball right now with a record of 12-2 since the All-Star Break unlike the Yankees who have lost their last 5 of 6 games. The Yankees need to pick up a win today so they don't keep digging their self deeper in that 5.5 game back hole that they're in.

Top 1 recap:
Mussina gets Chone Figgins to ground out back up the middle.
Erik Aybar strikes out looking.
Moose walks Teixeira.
Vlad strikes out looking.

Mussina looking good so far. Has very good control on his pitches. Both strike outs hes had have been on the outside corner. Hopefully he can keep it up.

Bottom 1 recap:
Damon strikes out looking.
Jeter strikes out swinging.
Abreu strikes out looking.

Weaver sits us down 1,2,3. Can't start much better than that.

[BuckFoston]

Top 2 recap:
Anderson leads off the inning with a single.
Howie Kendrick hits one down the line that bounces out of play for a ground rule double.
Juan Rivera grounds out to third.
Matthews Jr. walks and loads up the bases.
Mathis grounds a ball to third, A-rod fields it, throws to second, Betemit throws to first but Giambi can't handle the throw. It was kind of low but Giambi should have dug it. That error costs us two runs.
Moose finished the inning on striking out Figgins on a change up.

Angels up: 2-0.

Bottom 2 recap:
A-rod strikes out looking. 4 up and 4 struck out.
Someone finally puts some wood on it but it goes nowhere. Giambi pops up to left.
Nady singles to center.
Betemit makes up for his throwing error and gets us on the board jacking a two run shot to right!
Melky pops out to deep center to end the inning.

Game tied: 2-2.

[BuckFoston]

Top 3 recap:
Aybar tries to bunt his way but gets thrown out.
Teixeira grounds out to short.
Vlad pops up to Melky in center.

Mussina's line after 3:
3 IP-2H-1ER-3K

[HollywoodLeo]

Go Angels

[HollywoodLeo]

Damon's coming to the plate to Five Finger Death Punch

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[love_that_reefer]

Yanks up 4-2 in the 3rd. Abreu and Betemit homered and Nady still leads the team in batting average

[BuckFoston]

Bottom 3 recap:
Molina starts off the inning with a single down the left field line.
Damon singles to right, advances Molina to third.
Jeter grounds into a 6-4-3 DP that brings in Molina.
Abreu waits til he gets his pitch and drives a HR to right. Abreu with 15 HRs on the year.
A-rod singles into center.
Giambi grounds out to second ending the inning.

Yankees up: 4-2.

Weaver's line after 3:
3.0 IP-6H-2ER-4K's

[BuckFoston]

Top 4 recap:
Anderson grounds out to second, Betemit makes a nice play on it.
Kendrick grounds out to Mussina.
Rivera pops out to shallow right to end the inning.

[HollywoodLeo]

I hate baseball playoffs promos.

[BuckFoston]

Bottom 4 recap:
Nady grounds out to Aybar at short and he makes a good back hand play on it.
Weaver gets Betemit to strike out swinging. 5K's on the day for Weaver.
Melky hits one to deep center, a little short of the track but Matthews Jr. is there to make a play on it.

Game still tied: 4-2.

[BuckFoston]

Top 5 recap:
Matthews JR. pops up to Melky in center.
Mussina gets Mathis to strike out swinging. 4K's for Mussina today.
Figgins goes down swinging.

[HollywoodLeo]

Weaver's having a bad day.

[BuckFoston]

Yeah he is. He started off strong but has gone down hill.

Bottom 5 recap:
Molina starts off the inning big, starting it off with a HR to left.
Damon sends a sharp ground ball to second but Kendrick fields it.
Jeter pops out to center.
Abreu sends a deep fly ball to center but doesn't get out.

Yankees up: 5-2

[BuckFoston]

Top 6 recap:
Aybar pops out to center.
Teixeria grounds out to second.
After a long AB Mussina gets Vlad to ground out to second. 14 straight retired for Moose.

Mussina's line after 6:
6IP-2H-1ER-5K

Bottom 6 recap:
Yankees keep rolling, A-rod sends a shot to left putting the Yankees up 6-2. A-rod's 542 HR. His 24th on the season.
Weaver throws his first walk to Giambi and that its for the right hander. Justin Speier to come in for Weaver.
Weaver's final line-5.0IP-8H-5ER-5K
Wow, Aybar makes an amazing back hand play to turn the DP. Great play.
Betemit sends a bloop into right to keep the inning alive.
Cabrera keeps struggling and goes down on a check swing.

Yankees up: 6-2.

[BuckFoston]

Top 7 recap:
Anderson grounds out to Betemit at second. 15 straight.
Kendrick grounds out to Jeter. 16 straight.
Juan Rivera lines out to left. 17 straight for Mussina. Wow