Game Twelve: Indians 22, Yankees 4
by Ryan on Apr 18, 2009 8:12 PM EDT
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PrintIn the Yankees' long and storied history, the Indians have cornered the market on Yankee trouncings. In 1934, the Indians scored 24 runs against the Bronx Bombers, setting a New York record that still stands. In 2004, the Indians went into Old Yankee Stadium and won 22-0, setting a record for opponent runs at home. And today, the Indians, for good measure, matched the 22 runs scored five years ago, this time at New Yankee Stadium.
The highlight of the day for New York came in the first, when Mark Teixeira hit a two-run homer off Fausto Carmona in the bottom of the first after Chien-Ming Wang set the Indians down in order in the top of the inning. Everything went downhill from there. As in Grand Canyon downhill.
Travis Hafner greeted Wang in the second with a single. And rather than take five paragraphs to describe the rest of that never-ending inning, here's the log of what happened next:
T. Hafner singled to third - J. Peralta singled to left, T. Hafner to second - S. Choo homered to deep left center, T. Hafner and J. Peralta scored - R. Garko fouled out to catcher - B. Francisco doubled to left - A. Cabrera singled to center, B. Francisco scored - G. Sizemore doubled to deep right, A. Cabrera to third - M. DeRosa doubled to deep right, G. Sizemore and A. Cabrera scored - M. DeRosa to third on wild pitch - V. Martinez singled to right, M. DeRosa scored - A. Claggett relieved C. Wang - T. Hafner doubled to center, V. Martinez to third - J. Peralta doubled to deep center, T. Hafner and V. Martinez scored - S. Choo walked - R. Garko singled to center, J. Peralta to third, S. Choo to second - B. Francisco struck out swinging - A. Cabrera homered to deep right, J. Peralta, S. Choo and R. Garko scored - G. Sizemore homered to deep right center - M. DeRosa struck out swinging
By the time the second was over, the game was a laugher. As in the Indians laughing around the bases about how their lazy fly balls went over the right field wall. As in everybody laughing that a $1.5 billion stadium might have to be redesigned because of a fatal flaw in the park dimensions. Several of the Indian home runs would not have been out of most other major-league parks. Left-handed hitters around baseball will be looking at the highlights from this opening series licking their chops thinking about their trip to the Bronx.
The good news wasn't just limited to the offense. Fausto Carmona went six innings, and more importantly, was getting most of his outs on the ground. Contra Wang, who left his pitches up, letting Indian hitters take advantage of the jet stream to right field, Carmona worked down in the zone, spotting his four-seamer on the corners and throwing his sinker on a vertical plane. Perhaps his outing got much easier after the Indians' 14-run second, but the improvement was tangible, and hopefully this outing will be a confidence builder for the rest of this season.
It was a balanced beat-down. Seven different Indians hit home runs, and no one hit more than one. Two Indians had four hits (DeRosa, Cabrera), and three had three hits (Sizemore, Hafner, Peralta). Every starter had at least one hit, and only Indian (Shoppach) made a plate appearance in today's game without getting a hit.
Today's victory only counts for one game in the standings, unfortunately, though the satisfaction from this particular win counts as much as a months' worth of victories. Ignominious Yankee history has again been made, and it's been an honor watching it.
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I was there as well and i’m not sure it could have gone any better
saw about 12-15 tribe fans and greeted each one with an enthusiastic high five
i bet this does wonders for the confidence of multiple players
What, you two didn’t enjoy the slush fest here in the Rockies?
"Lotta heart in Cleveland." - Ian Hunter
by Denver Tribe Fan on Apr 19, 2009 2:29 AM EDT up reply actions
Also was in attendance today and noted the increased Tribe presence (maybe due to the crowd thinning out considerably as the game went on).
Also! My last 5 games attended in new/old Yankee Stadium:
October 8, 2007 – Indians 6 – Yankees 4
May 6, 2008 – Indians 5 – Yankees 3
May 7, 2008 – Indians 3 – Yankees 0
April 16, 2009 – Indians 10 – Yankees 2
April 18, 2009 – Indians 22 – Yankees 4
Just so you know, I will again be in attendance tomorrow, so you all have nothing to worry about.
by Pronktastic on Apr 18, 2009 9:39 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
I was in RF upper deck yesterday and today. Tomorrow, I am going with a friend who has season tickets. I believe upper deck, but not sure yet where his seats are
I’d rather move to Chagrin Falls.
Resident LGT results-oriented boob.
by mauichuck on Apr 18, 2009 10:57 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
I’m expecting a vintage 1990s-style, bullpen-shreding shootout.
Half right.
by fleerdon on Apr 18, 2009 8:34 PM EDT reply actions
ERA is the least reliable indicator of RP prowess, but I’ll take it.
Eric Wedge. The Adam LaRoche of managers.
Oh yeah. It’s even a few notches below eye color.
by jakesinger777 on Apr 19, 2009 12:05 AM EDT up reply actions
O/T but Castrovince on mlb.com writes that Adam Miller suffered a setback in Goodyear. Discomfort in his right middle finger (formatting guide doesn’t show how to provide a link)
I’m the only Adam I know about. CUAdam is dead to me.
by APV on Apr 18, 2009 10:46 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
This may have been mentioned elsewhere, but for the season, we have now scored 80 runs and allowed 80 runs. It wasn’t anywhere near that 3 games ago.
-Erik
today is what is referred to as an outlier.
and what an outlier it was.
You know Selig? Ombudsman.
by rolub on Apr 18, 2009 9:56 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Seriously, Texas might score 35. Kinsler might have 9 hits.
Speaking of Texas, Millwood just pitched great again, but Greinke is out-dueling him.
Ben Francisco: An Outfielder only on baseball cards and roster sheets.
by westbrook on Apr 18, 2009 10:22 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the last time a Major League club put up a 14-run inning was June 27, 2003, when the Red Sox did it against the Marlins in Fenway Park. Current Tribe member Carl Pavano pitched for the Marlins in that inning.
If Carl Pavano has one more good game left in his career, let it be tomorrow.
by fleerdon on Apr 18, 2009 9:10 PM EDT reply actions 4 recs
It’s time for the Yankees to acknowledge their true arch-nemesis.
by still ill on Apr 18, 2009 9:34 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
By then, the party was on in the Indians’ dugout.
“There’s some funny stuff that’s said,” DeRosa said. “Obviously Garko made the first out and didn’t want to make another out in the same inning.”
Lazy Lightning, Jay et al. weren’t the only ones cracking jokes about Garko’s second AB. Kudos to you, Ryan G., for having a sense of humor about your not-very-good-ness.
by Fire Slider on Apr 18, 2009 9:41 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I was there today as well. I was lucky enough to sit in the “Legends” section in the front row just past third base. The seats were great. The perks were ridiculous. We had lunch in the restaurant before the game… gnocci, filet mignon, whole soft shell crab, cured meats, ribs, etc. All free. There’s an underground bar and concession stand in the back of the legends section, exclusively for “members.” There you can get pulled pork sandwiches, nachos, lobster rolls, ice cream sandwiches, italian ice. All you can eat. All free. You can get a waiter to bring you all this stuff if you want. The only thing you had to pay for was alcoholic drinks. And the high-back padded seats were nice, too.
Here’s the thing, though. The section we were in was maybe 20% full. The section next to us was completely empty. Keep in mind… this was the first series in the new stadium and the first nice Saturday of the spring (75 degrees and sunny.. just perfect). And apparently hundreds of people decided to let their $500 tickets go to waste.
I don’t get it.
We had lunch in the restaurant before the game… gnocci, filet mignon, whole soft shell crab, cured meats, ribs, etc. All free.
This sounds amazing, but does not sound like baseball.
Eric Wedge. The Adam LaRoche of managers.
by emd2k3 on Apr 18, 2009 10:33 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Agreed. The actual baseball didn’t start until the top of the second inning. Now that was some baseball.
by baerga1 on Apr 18, 2009 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Not exactly free there baerga – that’s where somada five hunnert bucks went.
Resident LGT results-oriented boob.
TBH, this incredible win doesn’t quite take away the taste of yesterday. Clowning Justin yet still losing the game was such a bittersweet affair. It would have been so awesome to have a chance to sweep these bastards in their newly-minted arena of disappointment.
Yesterday’s loss stung. A lot. But outscoring the Yankees 37-12 in the first three games in their new stadium must sting too, especially considering all the home runs hit.
by LeftyCatcher on Apr 18, 2009 11:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Why is everything I see and read about this game about the Yankees? Wang’s mechanics are screwed up, their bullpen is exhausted, yada, yada yada…….. How about the Indians offense is damn good – how about that?
New York and New Yorkers are just one massive blob of self-centered jerks.
Resident LGT results-oriented boob.
That’s what makes a game like this so satisfying. The Yankees have been the center of attention, being shown on national TV, and in both games they were embarrassed.
All that remains is for Carl Pavano to throw seven shutout innings. If Carl isn’t up for this game, he isn’t human.
by Ryan on Apr 18, 2009 11:30 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Wow. I was very drunk until just recently. I saw the score across the tv wire: 22-4. I thought I was seeing double and that we’d lost 2-4. I can’t believe it actually was 22.
by jhon on Apr 18, 2009 10:59 PM EDT reply actions 3 recs
Some kind soul has rec’d this, but I want to emphasize that I decided to go home early because I believed it more likely that I was seeing double than the Indians scoring 22 runs against the Yankees.
Wang is terrible now. 6 IP in three starts. That’s not sustainable. I wonder what happens if he puts up one more of those, or if he’ll get another start at all.
Anyway, when I thought about the pennant implications of what I mistakingly believed was another loss, I felt troubled and yet I concluded that we’ll soon turn it around. Now I must say that I really believe in this team. Asdrubal is really playing well, and that’s one of the keys for me. Few players in the game can work a pitcher like he does, and even though his HR was a chip-shot, he’s bound to hit a lot of doubles and triples this season. He could make the All-Star team if he keeps this up. I know this is the year of Jhonny, but it could very well be Droobs’ time as well.
He could make the All-Star team if he keeps this up.
Interesting. All those ballot-stuffing clueless yankee fans will vote in droves for Cano, though.
Ben Francisco: An Outfielder only on baseball cards and roster sheets.
I think what I’ve learned from the first two weeks is that this team will go as far as its starting pitching will take it. Not a great revelation but these first 12 games just re-inforces that old saw.
Resident LGT results-oriented boob.
All the way to the World Series, odradek, and then all the way to a World Championship.
Resident LGT results-oriented boob.
by mauichuck on Apr 19, 2009 2:35 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
The ’pen (which looks very, very cruddy right now in front of Wood) will be huge, too.
by JulioBernazard on Apr 20, 2009 5:18 PM EDT up reply actions
“I think I was talking to Grady, I’m like, ’It would suck to be on defense right now, just sitting out there.”
Ben Fransisco, ladies and gents.
Also, the Indians are second in MLB in runs scored with 80 (Toronto is first with 85). Although they’ve also given up 80 runs which is third-worst in baseball (behind the Orioles and those vaunted Yanks).
…and of the top 50 slugging pct in the AL, seven are Indians. Wish our pitching was as good!
by LeftyCatcher on Apr 18, 2009 11:26 PM EDT up reply actions
A different font in the fourteen than in the other ones. You’d think for a billion and a half they’d have a better assortment of numbers for the scoreboard. They should have a sign-painter on retainer, sitting down there and cranking out new numbers.
Not worth a fanshot, but I love this quote from Pavano reflecting on his time in NY:
“As difficult as those four years were for me, I celebrated a World Series [with the Marlins] in that visiting clubhouse in 2003, and that was obviously exciting,” he said. “So to say I didn’t have any good times in New York would be a lie, because I had a pretty good time in 2003.”
Nice.
by jakesinger777 on Apr 19, 2009 12:11 AM EDT reply actions 11 recs
That’s a rec, but what’s the source? He’s undercut the Yankees on several occasions (at least). He won’t come out and say it, but it seems to me like he hates the Yankees more than any of us.
My fault. It’s from the indians.com preview of tomorrow’s game.
by jakesinger777 on Apr 19, 2009 12:23 AM EDT up reply actions
Whoa, leave the game 2-0 down and get home later to find a 22-4 victory, stunning, just about to watch and enjoy that 2nd innings.
One day I'll get over to watch the Tribe play
by new zealand tribe fan on Apr 19, 2009 12:31 AM EDT reply actions
The only bad thing about today was that I didn’t set my DVR to record an extra hour and half on Fox. It only recorded the first 6 innings. Of course, I would like to just put the 2d inning on continuous loop forever.
"Lotta heart in Cleveland." - Ian Hunter
by Denver Tribe Fan on Apr 19, 2009 2:36 AM EDT reply actions
What’s this?? I had the Rockies on Fox. I listened to Hammy.
by dgcambridge on Apr 19, 2009 11:53 AM EDT up reply actions
I’ll have to look. I just programmed it by the title. It might have been carried on one of the other Fox affiliates that I get on DirecTV. But I did have it here in Denver (if only for 3 hours).
"Lotta heart in Cleveland." - Ian Hunter
by Denver Tribe Fan on Apr 19, 2009 12:12 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m looking at that “Biggest Breakout for 2009” poll on the right side and I’d love to see a time-lapse change of that over the course of the pre-season and into the first two weeks of the regular season.
I’m pretty sure when I voted for Jhonny before the season started that Hafner was nowhere to be found among the top picks, and now he’s 1/5 of the total. Small sample sizes be damned!
What I love is this quote:
“I feel fine today,” Wang said. “Today the ball was down. I make a mistake with a slider.”
— Chien Ming-Wang
Went to the game
I threw on my Sizemore jersey and went to the game with a friend of mine who is a Yankee fan. Needless to say he wasn’t happy about the outcome but he also wasn’t the least bit surprised. Why? Because the last time we went to an Indians/Yankees game together the score ended up being 22-0, good guys. I need to drag him to more games. :-)
by cursedcleveland on Apr 19, 2009 10:42 AM EDT reply actions
I also attended both 22-run games, as well, with the same friend. He now has a permanent invite from me for any future CLE @ NYY games I see live.
by JulioBernazard on Apr 20, 2009 11:37 AM EDT up reply actions
Is there any way to copy this scoreboard picture so I can make it my permanent wallpaper?
"Lotta heart in Cleveland." - Ian Hunter
by Denver Tribe Fan on Apr 19, 2009 12:14 PM EDT reply actions
Thanks!
"Lotta heart in Cleveland." - Ian Hunter
by Denver Tribe Fan on Apr 21, 2009 2:34 AM EDT up reply actions
If you’ve got Gameday Audio, the top of the 2nd starts at 57:00 on the WTAM broadcast. Just enough time to listen to the inning before today’s game starts and it’s all in the past.
After Frisco’s double:
“And the fans ….are booing …Wong! And that’s just not right for what he’s done here.”
“It’s Wong.”
laugh track
by dgcambridge on Apr 19, 2009 12:32 PM EDT up reply actions
And before Cabrera’s GS, he hit a blast foul that was one of the all-time Hammy false hopes. And then so great to hear it actually happen.
by dgcambridge on Apr 19, 2009 12:52 PM EDT up reply actions
“Wang banged around firmly and repeatedly for 25 minutes.”
/ my 6th-grade humor
by JulioBernazard on Apr 20, 2009 11:38 AM EDT up reply actions
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