Source: NY Daily News
I can't take credit for the headline. My mother, an avid Yankee and baseball fan, texted me this message as I headed for Baltimore for an overnight business trip. She and I banter about baseball all of the time; there are text messages filled with Yankee uniformed bitmojis and emojis of laughter, sadness, celebration and frustration. Last night was no different; yet a different kind of Yankees were playing last night.
Source: NY Post Corey Sipkin
"The Rangers had shut the Yankees out on Monday, the first time in over a year. After a bad day offensively Monday, however, their bats broke out Tuesday. They hit five homers off opener Edison Volquez, relievers Ariel Jurado, Jonathan Hernandez and Rafael Montero, the former Mets prospect," boasted the NY Daily News.
Source: NY Post
And James Paxton has shown he can be a different kind of pitcher. He was dominant last night as he was in his last two starts. As the News called out in its headline, "James Paxton can be Yankees’ reliable ace." He may have to be with CC Sabathia out for a spell and perhaps not at his best with his latest knee set back and question marks surrounding Luis Severino and Jordan Montgomery.
"Tuesday night, he was dominant. Paxton threw seven shut-out, one-hit innings as the Yankees rebounded for a 10-1 win over the Rangers at the Stadium. The Yankees have won three of their last five as Paxton won his career-high tying seventh straight start," reported the News. In addition, Big Maple had 12 strikeouts and took a no-hitter into the 5th inning. Now that is the kind of pitching we need to make a dent in the offense that will face us come the post season.
Source: USA Today
Thankfully the Yankees always seem to rebound after tough losses. We had some tough ones as of late but also a lot of celebrations. Yes, this is a different kind of team- one with grit, focus and filled with savages.
--Suzie Pinstripe
BYB Managing Editor
Twitter: @suzieprof
Until that 1 inning they really had not done anything.I think maybe Texas went 1 inning to long and then it was to late momentum changed.
ReplyDeleteVoit is off and not firing on all cylinders , his at bats have no power in his swing.
Sanchez season is with a juiced baseball , I will take Posada type season all year .OBP .370 and lots of doubles to go with 20 plus homers.
Sanchez is turning in to an all or nothing hitter where the first part of the season when he was hitting going with pitches .Now he has become a homer run or k .