Kind of surprising there were so many
runs scored, it was almost as if they used juiced balls. The park itself is not small, in fact, the
foul territory is so large that I believe it is more than the Yankees and Red
Sox home parks combined (not confirmed).
Having such an expansive foul territory should keep the scoring down
(think Oakland). Some have guessed that
the lack of wind impacts the break on pitches?
I am not sure, but the offense was on full display as the Red Sox jumped
on Tarpley for 3 HR’s and 4 runs in the first inning. It is hard to say that Tarpley was sharp, but
I actually thought he made some good pitches and the Red Sox hit balls that
were on the black and even off the plate hard.
He might have been tipping his pitches and one could argue the wrong
pitch was called, but you have to give credit when it is due.
Regardless, the combined 50 runs were
a two-game record for runs scored between the two teams (previous high was 46).
The Yankees scored 9 runs in the 7th
inning and caught a break on an error through the legs of Chavis at 1B. I bring this up because the ball trickled
away from him but if Chavis threw to the covering pitcher, Sanchez would have
been out. Sanchez probably didn’t run
right away (maybe he was tired as it was his 2nd AB of the inning J), but those are the little things that can be annoying
because it might have mattered. Britton
did have to get out of another bases-loaded jam as Boston came back and put the
tying run at the plate again in the 8th. Of course, Britton did allow a walk and a
single before.
It was a rough night for Chavis as he
went 0-5 with 3 k’s after hitting two 3-run HR’s the night before.
Other Notes:
The Yankees have averaged just over
8 runs a game in our last 14 games and we have gone 13-1 (I guess getting our
key guys back has not disrupted the team)
Didi extended our team HR record to
31 games.
Chapman was added to the ASG so we
have 3 guys going, unfortunately.
The Red Sox are 11 games back
now. The Yankees are 6-1 against the Sox
and if you think about it, if it was reversed and the RedSox were 6-1 against
us, the Red Sox would be only one game behind us!
The fact is the Sox aren't 1 game behind...they're 11 ! 11 games! How thrilling is that? Our boys are cleaning up, taking names and numbers and laser focused! So so exciting! Despite all this team has been through so far in this early season they're managing to dig deep and come up with what they need in order to get the job done! And how about the fact we're leaving Tampa behind us as well, huh? Ain't that a hoot for a change?
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