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8th August Game Thread - Sox vs. Yankees


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The Sox are on a 2 game winning streak as they travel to New York. El Duque takes on Mike Mussina in what should be a great game. Mussina only has a 3.03 ERA at home, so the Sox need to make the most of every oppurtunity against him, while the likes of Jason Giambi have just been on fire lately. Let's go SOX!!! :gosox2: :gosox3: :gosoxretro:

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QUOTE(Brian @ Aug 7, 2005 -> 09:07 PM)
Too bad there is no Frank, he owns Mussina and rakes at Yankee Stadium.

 

vs Mussina:

 

AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS

73 29 9 0 8 19 11 15 .397 .476 .849 1.326

 

 

@ Yankee Stadium:

 

G 	AB 	R 	H 	2B 	3B 	HR 	RBI 	BB 	K 	SB 	CS 	AVG 	OBP 	SLG 	OPS 	

57 208 39 60 8 1 8 40 47 36 2 2 .288 .423 .452 .875

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QUOTE(GreatScott82 @ Aug 8, 2005 -> 08:21 AM)
Time to take 2 of 3 in the Bronx! I predict a W today, a L tommorow w/ Contreras and a series win on Wednesday as Freddy is both awesome on the road and in day games. 

:gosox1:  :gosox2:  :gosox3:  :gosox4:

Meh, forget the fact that it's a road day game, I just expect Freddy to dominate cause he'll be interested. El duque has really been great since he's come back off the dl minus 2 innings, really.

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The Yankees suck when it comes to facing teams like the White Sox who can run the bases. We need Scotty to break out of that slump, NOW! Jason Giambi can’t field a bunt, I’m not so sure about Rodriguez, but Giambi is the weakness of that Yankee defense. If Scotty gets on than Iguchi has a chance of doing what he’s been doing all season long.

 

Only concern I have about this series is Contreras. He is very fragile and coming back to the Bronx is not going to help.

 

Oh... and please don’t put TIMO in RF. :pray

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QUOTE(Yoda @ Aug 8, 2005 -> 11:25 AM)
The Yankees suck when it comes to facing teams like the White Sox who can run the bases. We need Scotty to break out of that slump, NOW! Jason Giambi can’t field a bunt, I’m not so sure about Rodriguez, but Giambi is the weakness of that Yankee defense. If Scotty gets on than Iguchi has a chance of doing what he’s been doing all season long.

I'm pretty sure ARod can more than hold his own at the hot corner. We aren't going to be beating them by bunting.

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QUOTE(chisoxfan79 @ Aug 8, 2005 -> 08:31 AM)
Who is pitching for the Spankees this series besides Mussina tonight?  I know there is no Unit this series.  Also I predict the Contreras will pitch one of his best games of the year something like the Cleveland game after the ASB. :gosox1:

 

Tomorrow: Count v. Chacon

Wednesday: Freddy v. Aaron Small

 

:bringit

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El Duque vs. Yankees

OPPOSING HITTER	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS

John Flaherty 20 2 0 0 0 1 0 7 .100 .100 .100 .200

Alex Rodriguez 19 5 0 0 2 4 2 7 .263 .318 .579 .897

Rey Sanchez 16 5 1 0 0 0 1 2 .313 .353 .375 .728

Jason Giambi 12 0 0 0 0 1 6 4 .000 .316 .000 .316

Ruben Sierra 9 5 2 0 1 3 0 1 .556 .556 1.111 1.667

Tino Martinez 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .667 .500 1.167

 

ERA W L G GS CG IP H R ER HR BB SO AVG

Away 3.61 5 1 7 7 0 42.1 41 20 17 2 18 28 .247

Night 5.03 7 4 13 13 0 77.0 88 45 43 8 27 47 .292

Open 5.16 6 4 13 13 0 75.0 86 46 43 8 33 47 .292

Grass 5.29 5 4 12 12 0 68.0 80 43 40 7 30 43 .297

Mussina vs. White Sox

OPPOSING HITTER	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS

Frank Thomas 73 29 9 0 8 19 11 15 .397 .476 .849 1.326

Jermaine Dye 36 15 3 0 2 8 0 7 .417 .417 .667 1.083

Carl Everett 31 9 1 0 2 6 1 12 .290 .313 .516 .829

Paul Konerko 18 4 0 0 0 1 4 1 .222 .391 .222 .614

Joe Crede 18 4 1 0 1 1 1 0 .222 .263 .444 .708

AJ Pierzynski 15 8 3 0 0 4 0 1 .533 .533 .733 1.267

Timo Perez 11 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 .091 .091 .364 .455

Aaron Rowand 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000

Juan Uribe 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .429 .429 .429 .857

Chris Widger 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667

Geoff Blum 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667

 

ERA W L G GS CG IP H R ER HR BB SO AVG

Home 3.03 5 4 10 10 2 68.1 66 24 23 11 14 40 .257

Night 4.59 7 6 17 17 1 106.0 118 55 54 17 25 86 .285

Open 3.72 8 6 19 19 2 121.0 127 54 50 16 34 95 .273

Grass 3.86 8 6 20 20 2 126.0 134 58 54 16 34 101 .275

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QUOTE(GBlum27 @ Aug 8, 2005 -> 09:47 AM)
I'm pretty sure ARod can more than hold his own at the hot corner.  We aren't going to be beating them by bunting.

Actually I think bunting is exactly 1 of the ways you beat the Yankees.

 

The Yankees are a great team at 1 thing; hitting the ball real hard. But they're not that good at really anything else (except closing games, but that's a different story). They're adequate at most positions on defense...not great anywhere, although Jeter's pretty good. Arod is servicable...Cano has been a step above Soriano, and their outfield defense is basically a hole. Their pitching staff is certainly not in good shape, and their bullpen has 2 guys with an ERA under 4.00.

 

You beat the Yankees with 3 things; good pitching, good defense on your own side so that the Yankee hitters aren't given extra outs to play with, and good enough hitting. The Yankees want to beat you like we wanted to beat people last year; lots of home runs against pitchers/defenses doing a bad job.

 

But if you put pressure on them...by bunting, running bases hard, putting the ball in play...you're going to make them be the team struggling to keep up. And if your pitching staff holds its ground and doesn't let them explode for 8 runs, then you're in a good position to beat them, because their pitchers aren't going to dominate you in most games.

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QUOTE(Ozzie Montana @ Aug 8, 2005 -> 01:17 PM)
I think this is El Duque's kind of game.  There'll be alot of noise over there which doesnt bother him, actually I think it makes him better, and I think he knows his former mates pretty good. :gosox1:  :gosox2:  :gosox3:  :gosox4:  :gosoxretro:

I think tonight's our chance to see how much we can count on the "Big game" El Duque. It may not be big in the standings, but for him, it's his old team, it's a great hitting team...it's a big game for him. This is really his chance to prove how good he can be in big games - he already had a good one against the BoSox.

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