*** Official New Yank Yorkies @ Kansas City Royals Game Thread (5/17) ***

[alnorth]

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NYY (22-17)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	2
KC (24-14)	0	1	0	3	0	2	0	0	X	6	7	0

Loss, (0-1) Chris Capuano 3IP 4R 4ER 2BB 4K 1HR
Esmil Rogers 2⅔IP 2R 0ER 2BB 1K
Justin Wilson ⅓IP 0R 0ER 0BB 1K
Chasen Shreve 2IP 0R 0ER 0BB 2K

VS.



Win, (3-3) Edinson Volquez 7IP 0R 0ER 0BB 5K
Wade Davis 1IP 0R 0ER 2BB 2K
Jason Frasor 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K

Home Runs

NYY

none

KC

Salvador Perez, (5) - Bottom 2nd solo shot to left

AL Central

Final: TB 11, MIN 3
Final: CLE 1, TEX 5
Final: CWS 7, OAK 3
Final: DET 1, STL 2

NYY

1. Jacoby Ellsbury, CF
2. Brett Gardner, LF
3. Alex Rodriguez, DH
4. Mark Teixeira, 1B
4. Garrett Jones, 1B
5. Brian McCann, C
6. Carlos Beltran, RF
7. Chase Headley, 3B
8. Stephen Drew, 2B
9. Didi Gregorius, SS

KC

1. Alcides Escobar, SS
2. Mike Moustakas, 3B
3. Lorenzo Cain, CF
4. Eric Hosmer, 1B
5. Kendrys Morales, DH
6. Salvador Perez, C
7. Omar Infante, 2B
8. Paulo Orlando, RF
9. Jarrod Dyson, LF

[penbrook]

Yea **** you Orlando

[petegz28]

thats' what worries me about pitchers who start out so hot..they get into the stretch for the first time in 4 innings and it throws them off rythm

[C3HIEF3S]

Got him in the hole, finish him off.

[duncan_idaho]

Originally Posted by petegz28

thats' what worries me about pitchers who start out so hot..they get into the stretch for the first time in 4 innings and it throws them off rythm

Volquez is perhaps more susceptible to this than most ... his mechanics are so complex, I think he has trouble repeating when he switches from the windwup to the stretch.

[Coach]

Come on Volquez. Get out of this.

[C3HIEF3S]

Fine job Ed.

[Coach]

There ya go. Disaster averted!

[petegz28]

had aroid down to 2 strikes, gives up a double off the wall then a 4 pitch walk\hbp....

then comes back with the K on a missed pitch...

[C3HIEF3S]

Originally Posted by petegz28

had aroid down to 2 strikes, gives up a double off the wall then a 4 pitch walk\hbp....

then comes back with the K on a missed pitch...

Baseball is a cruel game sometimes.

[ChiliConCarnage]

Volquez seems to be really struggling with guys on base.

[alnorth]

Obviously if you have been using the windup your whole career, its too late to change now, but some pitchers only pitch from the stretch and I think thats a better way to go. I wonder if there's any movement at all in high school and college to teach young pitchers to only pitch from the stretch and forget about ever using the windup, to keep things simple. I think the studies I've seen say that the windup doesn't actually do anything for you, its just tradition.

[petegz28]

whew, i thought that was a strike anyway...

[petegz28]

good ab, cain..might have benefited on a call but ill take it

[petegz28]

I think WAR is such an overrated stat

[petegz28]

no dp, brother hos...no dp