Aren’t Offensive Explosions Delightful?

Yanks Score 10 Runs in 2nd Straight Game

Colin Curtis made me giddy with his dramatic 3-run home run to give the Yankees 10 runs in the Angels finale. And last night, the offense exploded once again. It was quite a hitting frenzy for both teams, but my Yankees came out on top. The Bombers took the first of four against KC by the score of 10-4.

Pitching Analysis: CC Sabathia really wasn’t very good last night. And this time, he made that customary flustered face of his because he got into a ton of jams.

 

That’s the face. Aw, CC….

Despite the struggles, CC got the win. And rightfully so. It wasn’t pretty, it wasn’t the usual C “Cy” performance we have become accustomed to, but it was good enough to keep the Yankees in the game with a chance to win it. In 6.1 innings, CC allowed 4 runs on a jaw-dropping 11 hits. He gave it his all, throwing 120 pitches. David Robertson inherited CC’s mess in the 7th, and got out of it unscathed.

One thing I love about offensive explosions is that the Yankees have the luxury of using their stinky pitchers. But last night, they did this before the game reached blowout status. In the 8th inning, when it was 6-4 Yankees, they put in Joba. He loaded the bases, but managed to get Jose Guillen to ground out to end the inning. Crisis averted.

In the 9th, the Yankees had a 6-run lead, so they turned it over to Chan Ho Park to close it out. He did so fairly easily. I wonder why he is still on the team. Every time I see him, my mind plays a montage of him blowing leads and talking about diarrhea. It’s not pretty. 

 

                    

                                                             Nightmares….

Offensive Analysis: I had a feeling this game was going to be a slugfest. The starter for the Royals was Bruce Chen, who, to put it nicely, hasn’t seen much success against the Yankee hitters. This trend continued last night. Let’s take a look at the Yankees’s numbers against Chen and the rest of the Royal hurlers from last night:

 

NY Yankees	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Jeter, SS	5	2	2	1	0	1	3	.274
Swisher, RF	5	1	2	2	0	1	1	.303
Teixeira, 1B	5	2	3	1	0	1	2	.261
Rodriguez, A, 3B	5	1	3	4	0	1	1	.275
2-Pena, R, PR-3B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.193
Cano, 2B	4	1	1	0	1	0	2	.332
Posada, C	3	1	1	1	1	0	1	.268
Thames, DH	3	0	1	1	0	1	3	.289
1-Curtis, PR-DH	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.259
Granderson, CF	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	.239
Gardner, LF	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	.296
Totals	36	10	14	10	3	6	14	.273

Ooh. That’s not pretty. Offensive explosions are so exciting. But last night, there were certain swings that really made me cheer. One of these came in the 3rd inning off the bat of Derek Jeter:

               

                                                            Connection…

 

                 

 It’s deep….

 

                

 A valient effort by DeJesus, but no catch!

 

              

                                          Jeet rounds third, and breaks for home….

 

              

     He slides….

 

                       

                   HE’S SAFE! INSIDE THE PARK HOME RUN BY DEREK JETER!!!!!!!

It was pretty cool seeing Jeter fly around the bases like that. But I was upset that DeJesus got hurt. I was looking forward to seeing him play this series because he is my favorite Royal, but he’s going to miss the remainder of this series. I wish him a speedy recovery. Anway, Jeet’s home run tied the game at 3.

The other swing that genuinely excited me came in the 7th inning off the bat of the Drama King, Alex Rodriguez. He’s such a beast. It was an opposite-field blast…

   

  

 

Oh boy! Oh boy oh boy oh boy! You know what’s next…HISTORY! #600! I can’t wait….I hope he gets it this weekend in the Bronx!

The heroes for this Game 1 win are Jeet and A-Rod, as well as everyone else in the lineup who beasted last night. I would love to see more offensive explosions this weekend, but if I can’t, then I’ll just settle for 1 bomb from A-Rod.

Good luck, Alex. And Go Yankees!!!!