Josh Hamilton, who is batting .300 during the ALCS and slugging a ridiculous 1.000, gave Lee all the runs he would need with a two-run first inning bomb. It was Hamilton's second of the playoffs as well as the series. Lee sat down the first 11 Yankee hitters in order, fanning seven over that span, before giving up a two-out walk to Mark Teixeira in the bottom of the fourth inning. Lee also retired 14 Yankees before surrendering his first hit to Jorge Posada in the bottom of the fifth. For a while, it looked possible that the third ever postseason no-hitter could have happened last night. And even though the perfect game ended in the fourth and the no-no concluded in the fifth, there's no denying that Lee was flat out nasty. He finished with 13 strikeouts over eight innnings. To say that the Yankee hitters looked lost would be an understatement. They might have had a better chance to hit the ball using the Adam Dunn approach: swing hard with your eyes closed and hope for contact. Or they could have gone with the Luke Skywalker approach as they may have had better luck leaving the blast shield down and trusting their feelings. It worked for the leader of one Evil Empire, why couldn't it work for this Evil Empire too?
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Playoff Baseball Update: ALCS Game 3
The Rangers scored twice as many runs in the ninth inning of last night's ALCS Game 3 as the Yankees had baserunners for the entire game. New York managed just two hits off of the dominant Cliff Lee while Lee only walked one batter.
Josh Hamilton, who is batting .300 during the ALCS and slugging a ridiculous 1.000, gave Lee all the runs he would need with a two-run first inning bomb. It was Hamilton's second of the playoffs as well as the series. Lee sat down the first 11 Yankee hitters in order, fanning seven over that span, before giving up a two-out walk to Mark Teixeira in the bottom of the fourth inning. Lee also retired 14 Yankees before surrendering his first hit to Jorge Posada in the bottom of the fifth. For a while, it looked possible that the third ever postseason no-hitter could have happened last night. And even though the perfect game ended in the fourth and the no-no concluded in the fifth, there's no denying that Lee was flat out nasty. He finished with 13 strikeouts over eight innnings. To say that the Yankee hitters looked lost would be an understatement. They might have had a better chance to hit the ball using the Adam Dunn approach: swing hard with your eyes closed and hope for contact. Or they could have gone with the Luke Skywalker approach as they may have had better luck leaving the blast shield down and trusting their feelings. It worked for the leader of one Evil Empire, why couldn't it work for this Evil Empire too?
Josh Hamilton, who is batting .300 during the ALCS and slugging a ridiculous 1.000, gave Lee all the runs he would need with a two-run first inning bomb. It was Hamilton's second of the playoffs as well as the series. Lee sat down the first 11 Yankee hitters in order, fanning seven over that span, before giving up a two-out walk to Mark Teixeira in the bottom of the fourth inning. Lee also retired 14 Yankees before surrendering his first hit to Jorge Posada in the bottom of the fifth. For a while, it looked possible that the third ever postseason no-hitter could have happened last night. And even though the perfect game ended in the fourth and the no-no concluded in the fifth, there's no denying that Lee was flat out nasty. He finished with 13 strikeouts over eight innnings. To say that the Yankee hitters looked lost would be an understatement. They might have had a better chance to hit the ball using the Adam Dunn approach: swing hard with your eyes closed and hope for contact. Or they could have gone with the Luke Skywalker approach as they may have had better luck leaving the blast shield down and trusting their feelings. It worked for the leader of one Evil Empire, why couldn't it work for this Evil Empire too?
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