Monday, June 30, 2014

Roberts' 9th Inning Homer Wasted in Extras as Yankees Drop Third Straight to Rays, 4-3

Going into this season's trade deadline, it's common knowledge that the Yankees have a lot of holes to fill. 

With Michael Pineda set to miss most of summer and the entire infield struggling to hit above .250, it's obvious that a solid starter and a reliable bat would be much appreciated, although after tonight the Yanks just might have one more kind of player to acquire.

A long reliever.

Yes, that notion sounds a little dumb, but after Jose Ramirez blew another game this evening it just might become legitimate, as the Bombers fell to the Rays again, 4-3.

To start off his top of the twelfth outing, Ramirez actually retired the always-dangerous Evan Longoria and James Loney, a success that quickly went for nothing, as the youngster would go on to walk Brandon Guyer and surrender an RBI Single to Logan Forsythe that broke the tie.

That sudden and painful collapse wasted a pair of scoreless innings the Yankees had gotten from the struggling Shawn Kelley, as well as a huge, game-continuing solo home run from Brian Roberts in the bottom of the ninth. 

Prior to those seemingly momentum-shifting occurrences, David Phelps also gave the Bombers 5.2 frames of two-run ball (solo homers from Matt Joyce and Kevin Kiermaier), almost matching the line of the Rays' Chris Archer, who, besides an Brett Gardner triple and Derek Jeter groundout in New York's half of the third, was great in his 21-out performance.

Still, as I said earlier, everything the Yanks did in this one ended up being worthless, as they dropped to an ugly 2-7 in their last nine contests, 2.5 games out of the division lead, and 3 games out of the second and final wild card spot, again proving that things are not actually getting better for them.


  1. I'm not going to be a hypocrite. I was excited when they called Ramirez up. I think he's a talented young pitcher. But he is struggling, and perhaps he should be sent back down for somebody like Claiborne.

  2. Claiborne is on the DL with a shoulder injury. He might do well to go down for the 10 days or so and get his head together. I would like to see Venditte called up

    1. Wasn't aware of Claiborne's injury. Venditte does deserve a shot. Solid numbers throughout his career. Speaking of injuries, what's the latest on Jagielo?

  3. And he throws with both arms.. I mean come on. The team is built on versatility and pieces being interchangeable how much interchangeable does it get?

  4. Oh and Jags, last I heard he was close to baseball activities but that's been a few weeks. Honestly I have dropped the ball a little on the prospects this year, blame my 7 month old lol.


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