Friday, April 14, 2017

Andriese grinds through six innings, Cedeno blows it and one hefty hangover...


I hadn't moved from my chair in a couple of days and Strawberry was beginning to worry. "You never leave the house!" she cried.
"I know,"
"You need to take a walk or something," she moaned.
"Meh,"
I opened the notebook and began note taking. Matt Andriese was going up against phenom Severino.

On the outset of this game, I wasn't too high on the fact Andriese was going against this thick Yankees lineup and his numbers against them aren't too beautiful. What do you know, Hicks goes deep in the 1st and my heart already begins sinking. Andriese has given up a lot of long balls. It was refreshing to see him keep cool and grind through that inning to limit the damage. Somewhere in there, Mallex slapped a ball into left field and felt froggy overrunning second base and getting stuck in a pickle on the left side of the diamond until straining his calf and coming to a complete halt. He shouldn't have tried to outrun Jacoby Ellsbury's arm. Growing pains. Take Mallex out and insert Peter Bourjos. I don't love him, I don't him. He is kind of like Grady Sizemore but still has his knees. Severino was dealing with a 1 run deficit. His high octane fastball was moving in and out of the zone making the entire lineup look bad until Bourjos got a high up fastball and blasted that fucker to left field. My heart was revamped. Tie ballgame. Andriese pounded the zone his first two strikes then picked around. Throwing the ball down. Trust your stuff bubba. He loaded the bases in the 5th and struck out two and I think had someone fly out. Glorious. Leavem loaded. Andriese and Snell love to get to a pitcher's count of 0-2 then work the count back full 3-2. Frustrating to watch. That's how your pitch count creeps up and walks are given, which has been happening. Andriese is a grinder and got through on the line of 6.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER,3 BB,5 SO,1 HR. A good solid start to keep your team in the game from your fifth guy. Cash has been leaving them in longer too, which is refreshing to see. Injecting confidence. Going into the 7th with a 2-1 lead. The Rays had a shot. Sucre picked Judge off at first. Beautifully done chap. Then the bullpen happened...Erasmo did his job. Got the hitters to swing, make contact and knock them down. In here comes out "lefty specialist" who throws a cutter and curveball, Xavier Cedeno. His pitches this year have no control and either get hit really hard or are wild. They should have gone with Tommy Hunter but that's neither here nor there. I think he inherited a runner, left a curveball to float into the zone, Hicks turned on it and dropped that fucker into left field and essentially that was the ballgame. In the eight, Betances was struggling a bit and had two baserunners on, then mowed down, Longo and Brad Miller with runners in scoring position. What's crazy is The Yanks were 0-8 with RISP and the Rays 1-4 tonight but Severino finished his line with 7.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 11 K. Once woman beater Aroldis Chapman comes into the game, you can can it and that's what happened. Souza battled him but still lost the battle and Bourjos grounded out. 103 MPH fastballs are hard to hit. The Rays leave New York swept and evening their record at 5-5 for the year. Next to Boston and Arch takes on Chris Sale. So much for a prosperous first week.

I put down the pen and made some tea and put a little honey in it. Clears the throat after screaming. Strawberry got naked and we made passionate love.





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