Sunday, June 25, 2006

Yanks 2, Marlins 1

Ah, what a lovely game. I wish I had been there, but watching it was sweet enough. My moments:

Cano's two-out laser to Posada in the fifth to nail the runner at the plate (the throw came in so quickly Posada actually had time to turn and brace his feet).

Moose wiggling out of it in the sixth, going first-and-second, nobody out, and forcing the Marlins to settle for one. It would have been none, but his two-out, two-strike fastball to Miguel Cabrera was a foot lower than Posada's target: belly-high instead of letters-high. RBI bloop to center, and we're tied.

Damon's dinger. Nice to see Damon go upper-tank for our side.

Kardiac Kyle with his usual eighth-inning thrills and chills, but unhurt. Great pick-up and throw by defensive replacement Crosby to keep pinch-runner Borchard at third.

Torre outmanaging pupil Girardi in the same inning, with a little help from Farnsworth. One out, Borchard third, Ramirez first; Girardi has Ramirez steal second. Now DH Jacobs HAS to make contact past the drawn-in infield; if he strikes or taps out, the infield pulls back and Cabrera gets an intentional walk. Sure enough, Jacobs does strike out, the infield pulls back, Farnsworth walks Cabrera, then strikes out Willingham. Farnsworth's K of Jacobs was the second-most important out of Farnsworth's year, right behind his bases-loaded K of Papi a month ago. It effectively removed Cabrera from the game and allowed Farnsworth to go after Willingham.

Mo in the ninth, end of the order. Eleven pitches. Three outs. Wonderful baseball. Just wonderful, wonderful baseball.

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