Friday, June 07, 2024

Games 65-67 Thread: June 7-9 @ Yankees

Fri 6.7 4p: Yamamoto vs. Poteet
Sat 6.8 4.30p: Stone vs. Cortes
Sun 6.9 4p: Glasnow vs. Gil

Baseball royalty will be on stage this weekend, with arguably two of the top three teams in the majors this year, battling it out in the Bronx. The Yankees enter the series with an eight-game win streak, but might be without the services of slugger Juan Soto, who exited Thursday's game with forearm discomfort.

The Dodgers have plenty of discomfort of their own, what with hordes of players on the injured list, not to mention smarting from two shutdown losses in Pittsburgh to start out this road trip. Sure, Thursday's 11-7 victory was nice, but what should have been a coast to an easy victory (the Dodgers were up 3-0 after three batters, thanks to a Freddie Freeman HR) instead got precarious, thanks to another shaky start by Walker Buehler, an uncharacteristic three runs allowed by Evan Phillips, and yet another Chris Taylor hitless day (to be fair, Taylor thankfully didn't start the game).

So I'm not feeling very good about entering the lions' den here this weekend. The way we're playing, I think we only take one of the three games.

113 comments:

Steve Sax said...

8.30a and my stomach is already in knots

spank said...

damn. i hope i can watch todays game on the computer. i was unable to last time. stoopid apple tv fucking with my mlbtv subscription.

spank said...

you aiight,saxy?

karen said...

game 1

ss betts
dh ohtani
1b freeman
c smith
lf t hernandez
rf heyward
cf pages
2b lux
3b k hernandez

rhp yamamoto

karen said...

soto left last nights game but mri came back negative. he's not in tonights lineup but boone says he'll probably be available.

damn. i was hoping to miss him this series.

karen said...

dodgers are the underdogs in this series. peleton 294 will be there this weekend.

spank said...

let's do this!

let's go Dodgers!!

spank said...

wtf? i thought this game is apple tv? the Dodgers and Yankees are broadcasting their games but i dont get them on mlbtv. i live in san diego territory so only padres games get blacked out. im stuck fucking with the computer stream

karen said...

that sucks spanky

karen said...

teo makes a great catch off the wall in left to start b1

spank said...

damn. nice grab T

karen said...

yoshi out of the first giving up a double to judge

Steve Sax said...

kike mics up and makes an error. way to go, kike

spank said...

stupid kiki with the wire on

Steve Sax said...

yamamoto's fastball apparently has more life tonight: some of his fastest pitches he's thrown all year.

Steve Sax said...

yamamaoto got robbed on that pitch, it was perfect

Steve Sax said...

and grisham makes the dodgers pay, single to right. yankees at the corners with two out

Steve Sax said...

the apple tv announcers know that kike is rattled now, so they're not asking him as many questions. kike had better lock in. if this runner scores, he's gonna have to eat that mike.

Steve Sax said...

yamamoto gets the k to end the inning. get that mic off of kike, stat

Steve Sax said...

0-0 through 2

QuadSevens said...

After the error, you could really see how Kiké’s mood changed. Keep the mics on outfielders.

karen said...

remember when jt was mic-ed up during the postseason. somebody should have been fired for that.

Steve Sax said...

torres with a one-out error, allowing kike to reach first. mookie up.

Steve Sax said...

now kike gets fucking picked off first. kike, you know where you can stick that mike.

QuadSevens said...

Rough night for Kiké already. Yeesh!

Steve Sax said...

ohtani flies to center, ending the top of the third.

karen said...

@sax...how are the stomach knots doing? i think you passed them onto me.

spank said...

kiki earning that banana suit

Steve Sax said...

@karen: kike is gonna make me use caps just to yell at his sorry ass

Steve Sax said...

scoreless through four full

karen said...

pages flirting with the wall his first 2 ab's.

karen said...

i hope gonzalez still pitches like he did last season.

karen said...

still 0-0 after 5.

spank said...

Yoshi!!!

spank said...

kiki is in the good graces now with that double

karen said...

4-6-3 to end the inning, going to 8.

spank said...

hell yeah

karen said...

i keep thinking slappy is going to get a hold of one because he's caught these guys.

karen said...

shit shit shit

spank said...

Yoshi earned a stripe today

karen said...

blake train coming in.

karen said...

i just might cry. going to 9.

spank said...

heartattack


fuck

karen said...

huddy sits 'em down.


(cries)

spank said...

Hudson gets it done in the 9th. 10th inning. great game

karen said...

never run with the ball in front of you andy

karen said...

it's time shohei

spank said...

what are you doing Pages?

spank said...

do it Shohei!

karen said...

spanky reverting to the caps

karen said...

spanky...have a beer or something for me

karen said...

great throw by j hey

karen said...

spanky...have a beer or something for me

karen said...

grove gets her done. going to 11

spank said...

@karen...i'll have both. we need it. 😂

karen said...

teo brings in 2

spank said...

pinchi Teo!!!!

karen said...

teo brings in 2!!!

spank said...

weak ass Lux

spank said...

I'm drinking your beer karen

karen said...

ramirez gets the win!!! my stomach thinks its october

karen said...

2-1 in 11 freaking innings.

spank..drink 2 or 3 for me!!

spank said...

fuck yes!!

karen said...

yoshi was dealing tonight. the kid earned that paycheck.

Steve Sax said...

holy cow i can't believe it!

so that's the one game we win this weekend, i suppose?

Steve Sax said...

read all the articles and watched all the highlights (as well as kike’s mic’d up error)

let’s go!

Steve Sax said...

game two

betts ss
ohtani dh
freeman 1b
smith c
t hernandez rf
pages cf
rojas 2b
k hernandez 3b
taylor lf what the hell are we thinking

stone rhp

spank said...

analytics prove dave roberts is an idiot starting taylor

karen said...

derek jeter is a fucking mofo. first he says the only really good fans are in the northeast. then the mother fucker says that the only team built for the world series is new york.

i feel like i'm watching a yankee broadcast.

spank said...

already nervous time in the 1st

spank said...

no score after 1 inning

spank said...

teo!!

karen said...

teo drives one out. 1-0.

karen said...

the other hernandez goes big. 3-2

spank said...

kiki homerun!

karen said...

4-2 in the middle of 7th.

spank said...

vesia gets through the 7th in order.good job

karen said...

what is up with all of these dodger rejects in the yankee bullpen?

karen said...

teo slam!!!

spank said...

teo!!!!!

karen said...

@spanky...this game has been much easier on my old tummy than last nights game.

spank said...

@ karen......same here. this game is not a nail biter like yesterdays. it was tight but not stranglehold

spank said...

3 more outs

Steve Sax said...

freeman with a two-out two-rbi shot

let’s go dodgers

karen said...

i love watching position players pitch.

karen said...

win baby!! 11-3 dodgers

spank said...

that's a wrap for today

Steve Sax said...

let’s gooooooooo!

win

karen said...

see you kids tomorrow

Steve Sax said...

@spank way back at 3:21p: gotta say, roberts made the right call there with relieving stone with vesia in the bottom of the sixth with the bases loaded

Steve Sax said...

game three

betts ss
ohtani dh
freeman 1b
smith c
t hernandez lf
heyward rf
pages cf
lux 2b
k hernandez 3b

glasnow rhp

Steve Sax said...

yankees starter luis gil is 8-1 with a 1.82 era and 85 ks. that's over a run better in era over glasnow (2.93 era), albeit 104 ks.

spank said...

@saxy...yep, roberts came through that time

karen said...

i'm wondering if the whole story about soto being available friday night was a bluff. i don't think he is in the lineup today either.

spank said...

let's do this!!

karen said...

thats a catch for heyward

karen said...

@spanky...are you prepared to hit the sauce for me if necessary?

karen said...

teo again!!

spank said...

bottom of 3rd. no score

spank said...

@karen...i got your back with the medication

spank said...

ah fuck

karen said...

mookie ties this baby up!!

spank said...

oh shit. games tied.

karen said...

teo does it again! 3-2 good guys

spank said...

teo!!!

karen said...

shit. grishom is batting something like .082 a its a 3 run homer.

karen said...

***and hits

spank said...

fuck

spank said...

you're on your own karen for now. my game stream is messing up. atleast i missed that homerun

karen said...

shohei leads off the 8 with a double

karen said...

shohei scores. 5-4 top of 8

karen said...

yankees win 6-4

spank said...

won 2 out of 3. fuck it