Joe might want to considering pulling Moseley if he wants to give the Yankees any chance tonight. With Hellickson in a groove, and a rested Benoit and Soriano, it's going to be tough for the Yankees to come back.
If the Rays take the next two games, I think they win the division considering their much easier schedule. If they split, I think it goes right down to the wire.
So coming out of the bullpen for the Yankees is Royce Ring. The Rays went with Jeremy Hellickson. I wonder which team is better prepared to deal with the rain delay lol.
I agree with Jacko here, that was off the end of the bat, and the only reason AJ had time to put his glove out like that was because it wasn't hit particularly hard.
Gutsy call their with the slider to Hawpe, and he forced Jaso into the big part of the park.
Also, nice to see Jeter with a couple hits, and a double.
I'm not looking forward to Mitre or Sanchez having to navigate through the heart of the Rays' lineup next inning.
EDIT: Just realized how awful this post reads with three separate thoughts and no segues lol.
I don't think it's fair to get on him for this.
Rivera has pitched in three of the last four games, and has pitched in the last two. Robertson has pitched in three of the last four games, and in the last two. Wood has pitched in the last two. Considering those workloads, and the Yankees' place in the standings, I can't blame Joe for this.
Only explanation I can think of as to why he would bring in Vazquez to face the heart of the order with a runner already on base is that Joba is the closer tonight.
1. Girardi has given his relievers tons of rest recently.
2. Rivera having pitched three times in the last four days, and two days in a row.
I bet he's unavailable, but we'll see.
Nice job by Hughes, retiring the last seven batters. The last nine outs are going to tough, because I'm assuming Robertson, Wood, and Rivera are all unavailable. So no action in the Yankees' bullpen, which isn't surprising.
Well, as I feared, the Yankees' offense has seem to go away after the first.
This game is beginning to remind me of this game:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA201005170.shtml