Game Fifty Nine: We'll Take It, Any Variety

Liveblogging the Apocalypse

New York (34-24)@ Boston(34-24)

We pick up the action one hour in, in the bottom of the second.

Sigh.

Chieng Ming Wang, who has gone from staff ace to Steve Blass in less than a year, has given up 3 runs and about 26 walks in two innings, giving Boston a 3-1 lead that could be much, much larger.

Top Three

Johnny Dangerously lines out to right.

Mrs. Teixeira hits a skyscraping fly that Bay can't reach for a double.

AFraud flies out softly to right.

Robby the Robot flies to center.

Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy.

Bottom Three

The GI Joe movie, which is getting mocked all around the 'Net, seems better than everyone says. At least the preview I saw did. The Johnny Depp gangster movie, Public Enemies, looks fantastic.

And Mike Lowell, American Hero, hammers a low parabola into the Monster seats for a homer. 4-1, Boston.

Big Papi gives a ball a ride, but it comes down in front of the Stop N Shop sign for an out.

Mark Kotsay, Professional Hitter, lines a single back through the box.

Nick Green, Infielder Without Portfolio, fouls a ball into the stands, just out of the reach of a diving Nick Swisher, giving Swisher a chance to buy some more street cred in Yankee Nation. ESPN, Johnny on the Spot, replays Jeter's famous dive from 2004.

Nick Green strikes out, and Girardi comes out to end Wang's night. He looks furious. Hughes is first man out for the Yanquis.

Phil Hughes, the Once and Future Star, balks Kotsay to second.

Kottaras waves at a Hughes curve to end the inning.

Top Four

Posada strikes out swinging.
Matsui and Swisher walk, and then the Melkman slashes a single, scoring Matsui. 4-2 Boston.

Jeter flies out to center, and then Damon pops up, and Tim lives to fight another day.

Bottom Four

Our Man DP lines out to right

JD TRIPLES off of the Wall in left center, just missing a homer and just barely beating the throw to third base.

Our Man Youk drives one into the Red Sox bullpen-6-2 Boston.

The Greatest Canadian Hero strikes out looking.

Lowell grounds out softly to end the inning.

Top Five

Texeira doubles.

AFraud grounds out, Tex to third.

Cano grounds out, scoring Tex.

6-3 Boston.

Posada grounds out softly.

Bottom Five

Idle thought: If you're not hitting, and you're the DH, does that make you the D?

My wife wants Ortiz to get a hit not only for the game, but to shut up JackO from Bill Simmons' podcast.

Papi walks.

Phillie Raul Ibanez is making news for bitching about a blog post implying that PEDs are explaining his hot start this year. It's funny-blogs have no credibility, right? Then suddenly they do, and the media is whining about how there is no accountability on blogs. Firstly, before blogs, there was precious little accountability in the media. And secondly, if blogs have no credibility, why are you reporting on them?
The Ibanez charge is bogus. Everyone knows that, except maybe the media.

Kotsay strikes out.

Green also whiffs.

And Kottaras rolls out to second to end the frame.

Top Six

Matsui gets one off the end of the bat for a base hit.

Swisher is frozen on an inside curve for strike three.

The Melkman flies out to right.

Jeter grounds into a fielder's choice.

Bottom Six

JD walks

DP lines out to AFraud.

Youk grounds into a fielder's choice.

JayBay strikes out to end the inning.

Top Seben

New Guy RR pitching now

Johnny Dangerously clouts one into the Sox bullpen to trim the lead to 6-4.

And Tex follows it up with a clout into the bleachers for a suddenly tense 6-5 lead.

Next is AFraud, who lives up to his .238 average with a soft grounder to short.

Robby The Robot strikes out on called strike three.

Posada lines a hit to center.

On comes the Okey Doke to face Godzilla. He whiffs on a gorgeous inside/outside combo for a swinging strikeout.

Bottom Seben

Of COURSE this game was going to be close.

Nick Swisher ROBS Mike Lowell on a diving catch in right center for the first out.

Girardi goes to his bullpen for Phil “Rum and” Coke.

Ortiz grounds out crisply to second.

Kotsay flies out to right.
Top Hate

The Okey Doke walks Nick Swisher, who is really a pain in the butt tonight.

Brett Gardner, who is much less of a pain in the butt, is in to run for Swisher.

The Melkman bunts him over.

Jeter waves at a ball in the dirt-strike three on the splitter!

Johnny Dangerously whiffs on the outside fastball for the THIRD OUT!

Wow. What a piece of pitching by the Okey Doke.

Bottom Hate

Aceves pitching for New York

Green flies out

Kottaras puts one high off the Wall for a double.

DP flies out to center

JD works a walk, and Youk flies out, and we're headed to the ninth....

Pop another Tums, and let's go.....

Top NEIN

Papelbon against Tex, ARod, and Cano.

Tension builds.......

Tex grounds out easily to first.

One down.

ARod walks.

Grumble.

They put in a kid named Ramiro Pena to run for the Fraud.

Pena steals second.

Cano whiffs on the high hard one. Phew!

Posada now, who scares me nearly as much as Jeter.

Posada flies to the WARNING TRACK in left, Bay catching it right in front of the scoreboard to end it. Double Phew!

We stole this one-hits and walks and craziness, but a win and a one game lead in the division.

We'll take it.