11/05/24
August 02, 2007
Crazy 8s: The White Sox and Yankees each score eight runs in the second inning, the second time in the history of baseball that both teams scored at least eight runs in an inning. Clemens gave up eight runs and nine hits in 1 2/3 innings. Garland gave up eight runs and nine hits in 1 1/3 innings. Jermaine Dye had a good day (2 homers, 2 doubles).
posted by kirkaracha to baseball at 05:42 PM - 9 comments
The Yankees change pitchers. Erstad walks. The Yankees change pitchers. Uribe flies out. WTF? Why would Torre bring in Myers in that situation, and essentially burn up his LOOGY (Lefty One Out GuY) that early in the game?
posted by grum@work at 08:51 PM on August 02, 2007
Why would Torre bring in Myers in that situation, and essentially burn up his LOOGY (Lefty One Out GuY) that early in the game? my thought was that Karstens wasn't warmed up yet. he's typically a starter and not used to getting ready that quickly. so either Myers gets out of the inning or buys a little more time. when myers was pitching Karstens was still throwing in the pen like he was warming up, as opposed to just waiting around and playing catch to keep their arm loose like some guys do when they're ready to come in. when the score is 8-0 in the second inning i suppose you need to sacrifice your LOOGY in order to make sure your innings eater who's making his first appearance since coming off the DL is ready to pitch.
posted by goddam at 09:12 PM on August 02, 2007
One of the crazy things about that is the White Sox didn't have a single homer in their 8-run inning. As to this freak occurrence in general, Jayson Stark has gotta be licking his chops right about now. I can just see him saying to himself "You know you're going to knock this one out of the park, Starker. Rumblings and Grumblings, here I come! (Hmmm... Should I refer to A.J. Pierzynski as resident quipmeister or designated witticist?)" He probably hasn't been this excited since the time the Giles brothers hit back-to-back home runs or those two Dodgers got thrown out at the plate on the same play in the NLDS against the Mets. Why would Torre bring in Myers in that situation, and essentially burn up his LOOGY (Lefty One Out GuY) that early in the game? In case you missed a certain other thread that became somewhat contentious, the appropriate term is "alternate-handed individual with expertise in retiring one batsperson per outing" or AHIWEROBO.
posted by holden at 09:34 PM on August 02, 2007
It's probably a well known, but I just discovered stat of the day from baseball reference.
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posted by yerfatma at 05:32 AM on August 03, 2007
Did anyone see that Clemens was boo'd by his own fans b/c of that outing?
posted by brainofdtrain at 03:16 PM on August 03, 2007
Did anyone see that Clemens was boo'd by his own fans b/c of that outing? um, wouldn't most fans boo a performance like that from their starting pitcher? if the game was played in chicago i'm sure white sox fans would have been booing garland. doesn't mean clemens won't get cheered his next time out (as long as he, ya know, pitches a little better). this isn't Mariano getting booed because of a couple blown saves. Clemens had probably the worst outing of his career yesterday. of course he's going to get booed "by his own fans".
posted by goddam at 03:34 PM on August 03, 2007
White Sox batting, game tied 0-0. Konerko singles. Pierzynski singles. Dye doubles, Konerko scores. 1-0 White Sox. Erstad singles, Pierzynski scores. 2-0 White Sox. Uribe singles, Dye scores. 3-0 White Sox. (Should you pull the pitcher after five consecutive hits and three scores? Not today!) Richar flies out. 1 out. Owens grounds into fielder's choice. Error, everybody safe. Cintron grounds into fielder's choice (play at the plate). 2 out. Thome singles. Uribe and Owens score. 5-0 White Sox. Konerko doubles. Cintron scores. 6-0 White Sox. Pierzynski singles (again). Thome and Konerko score, 8-0 White Sox. Dye doubles (again). The Yankees change pitchers. Erstad walks. The Yankees change pitchers. Uribe flies out. Yankees batting, White Sox winning 8-0 Matsui singles. Posada doubles. Cano singles, Matsui scores. 8-1 White Sox. Betemit homers, Posada and Cano score. 8-4 White Sox. Phillips singles. Damon strikes out. 1 out. Cabrera singles. Abreu singles. Phillips scores. 8-5 White Sox. Rodriguez singles. Cabrera scores. 8-6 White Sox. The White Sox change pitchers. Matsui strikes out. Double steal! 2 outs. Posada hits ground rule double. Abreu and Rodriguez score. Tied, 8-8. Cano grounds into fielder's choice.