Source: FanGraphs
Blah. That was a frustrating game. Nothing worse than wasting a quality pitching performance. The Yankees lost Sunday afternoon’s series finale 2-0 to the Angels and were unable to complete the sweep. Again. They’ve done that a lot this season. Let’s recap this crummy loss with bullet points:
- Green the Great: Another impressive performance by Chad Green. He held the Angels to one run in six innings — the run scored on a bloop, a walk, and a ground ball single — and retired 16 of the final 19 batters he faced. Green struck out five and did get some help from Jacoby Ellsbury, who robbed Albert Pujols of a two-run home run in the fifth inning. Here’s the video. Really nice outing by Green. Hopefully he strings a few more together.
- NOffense: The Yankees can’t say they didn’t have any chances. They had two runners on base in the third, fourth, and eighth innings, yet went 1-for-7 with runners in scoring position. (Of course the one hit didn’t score a run.) The Yankees had their best chance to score in the third, when Brett Gardner grounded into an inning-ending double play with runners in corners. Didi Gregorius (strikeout) and Starlin Castro (ground out) didn’t come through with two on in the eighth. Offensive showings don’t get much less enjoyable.
- Leftovers: Castro and Aaron Hicks each had two hits. The rest of the Yankees had two hits (Gregorius, Mark Teixeira) … Anthony Swarzak threw a scoreless seventh inning, and for the life of me I can not understand why he was pitching in a one-run game. It worked, but that only means Joe Girardi will use him in a close game again … Adam Warren allowed an insurance run on three ground ball singles.
Here are the box score, video highlights, and updated standings. Don’t miss our Bullpen Workload and Announcer Standings pages too. The Yankees are now going up to Seattle for a three-game series with the Fightin’ Canos. Ex-Mariner Michael Pineda will be opposed by Cody Martin, whoever that is.
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