SB Nation New York - Yankees, Reds Split Doubleheaderhttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/48977/ny-fave.png2011-06-23T07:30:55-04:00http://newyork.sbnation.com/rss/stream/19972842011-06-23T07:30:55-04:002011-06-23T07:30:55-04:00Reds 10, Yankees 2: Brian Gordon Suffers First Defeat
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<p><span>Chris Heisey</span> and the Cincinnati Reds rudely interrupted <span>Brian Gordon</span>'s dream ride to the major leagues Wednesday night, routing the Yankees, 10-2, in the second game of a doubleheader at Cincinnati's Great American Ball Park. The Yankees won the first game, 4-2.</p>
<p>En route to a three-home run night, Heisey led off the game with a home run against Gordon, the 32-year-old career minor league outfielder turned pitcher making his second big-league start for the Yankees. Gordon (0-1) gave up three home runs, two to Heisey, and surrendered four runs in five innings of work.. Heisey ended up with five RBI on the night.</p>
<p>The Reds broke open a 4-1 game with three runs in the seventh and three in the eighth off New York reliever <span>Hector Noesi</span>.</p>
<p><span>Johnny Cueto</span> (5-2) got the victory for Cincinnati. He pitched seven innings of two-hit baseball, allowing just one run.</p>
<p>The Yankees are off Thursday, then return to Yankee Stadium on Friday to open a three-game series against the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.purplerow.com/">Colorado Rockies</a>. </p>
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https://newyork.sbnation.com/new-york-yankees/2011/6/23/2238926/reds-10-yankees-2-brian-gordon-suffers-first-defeatEd Valentine2011-06-22T17:27:22-04:002011-06-22T17:27:22-04:00Yankees 4, Reds 2: Posada's Blast A Game-Winner For New York
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<p>After suffering an indignity he couldn’t take, being dropped to ninth in the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.pinstripealley.com/">New York Yankees</a> batting order, and refusing to play because of the perceived insult, proud Yankee veteran <span>Jorge Posada</span> has been doing the only thing he can to make up for it — hitting the tar out of the baseball.</p>
<p>Posada hit a two-run home run in the sixth inning Wednesday afternoon, snapping a 2-2 tie and providing the margin of victory as the Yankees defeated the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.redreporter.com/">Cincinnati Reds</a>, 4-2, in the first game of a twi-night doubleheader. The second game will begin at 7:10 p.m. ET.</p>
<p>Posada’s home run off Cincinnati starter <span>Mike Leake</span> (6-4) was his seventh of the season and first in nearly two months. His last home run came on April 23. Posada, whose batting average was under .200 for a long while this season, was hitting .395 in June entering Wednesday’s first game.</p>
<p>The shot made a winner of <span>Freddy Garcia</span> (6-6), who limited the Reds to two unearned runs, three hits and a walk in seven innings. He also struck out four to help New York pick up its fourth consecutive victory.</p>
<p>Garcia’s runs allowed were unearned because of <span>Ramiro Pena</span>, who started at third base and committed three errors. <br>
New York scored the decisive runs after <span>Robinson Cano</span> singled with one away in the sixth. Leake then hung a first-pitch breaking ball to Posada, who sent it over the right field fence.</p>
<p>Cincinnati had several chances to cut into its deficit, including in the bottom of the sixth, when <span>Jay Bruce</span> doubled off the wall in right. But he ran too far off second base when <span>Scott Rolen</span> followed with a liner to left. <span>Brett Gardner</span> made the catch and threw to second for the inning-ending double play.</p>
<p>Then, in the seventh, Pena committed his third error by allowing a <span>Drew Stubbs</span> grounder to leak through his legs. But he helped get the Yankees out of the inning by starting a double play during the next at-bat, and making a nice play on <span>Ryan Hanigan</span>’s sharply hit grounder to end the inning.</p>
<p><span>David Robertson</span> then pitched a scoreless eighth for the Yankees, and <span>Mariano Rivera</span> worked a 1-2-3 ninth for his 19th save.</p>
<p>Posada’s homer was a quick scoring blow in a game that had been defined by close plays.</p>
<p>New York used one to keep Cincinnati off the scoreboard in the second inning, when Stubbs drove a ball to the gap in right-center. But <span>Nick Swisher</span> tracked it down and made the catch before crashing into the wall.</p>
<p>A few close plays then got the Yankees on the board during the third inning, when Gardner reached on a one-out infield single and moved to third on <span>Curtis Granderson</span>’s base hit.</p>
<p>Swisher then hit the ball to first baseman <span>Joey Votto</span>, who fielded the ball and stepped on the bag. The play happened quickly enough that Votto decided to try to get the speedy Gardner at home, but his throw was high, and Gardner slid in safely.</p>
<p>Cano followed with a grounder through the left side for a 2-0 lead.</p>
<p>But the Reds tied the game in the fifth. Their rally got started after Stubbs reached on a throwing error by Pena to lead off the inning and advanced to third on <span>Edgar Renteria</span>’s single.</p>
<p>Hanigan then sent a grounder to third and Pena attempted to get Stubbs at home, but his throw bounced well short of catcher <span>Francisco Cervelli</span>, who couldn’t hang on.</p>
<p>The play got the Reds on the board and left runners on first and second, and a sacrifice bunt by Leake put them in scoring position. <span>Fred Lewis</span> lofted a sacrifice fly to center to plate Renteria and make it a 2-2 contest.<br>
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— Sports Network contributed to this report</em></p>
https://newyork.sbnation.com/new-york-yankees/2011/6/22/2237974/yankees-4-reds-2-jorge-posada-freddy-garcia-ramiro-pena-yankee-scheduleEd Valentine2011-06-22T09:45:26-04:002011-06-22T09:45:26-04:00Derek Jeter: Should He Hit Leadoff When He Returns?
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<p><span>Derek Jeter</span> has reportedly resumed workouts in Tampa, Fla. as he moves closer to returning from the calf strain that landed him on the disabled list. Jeter is eligible to come off the disabled list June 29, and should return right around that time if he does not suffer any setbacks.</p>
<p>The Yankee Captain will, of course, immediately resume his everyday duties at shortstop. The question manager Joe Girardi is already being asked is whether or not Jeter will also resume batting leadoff. Girardi <a target="_blank" href="http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2011/06/21/rainout-notes-gardner-quietly-thriving-since-late-april/">has indicated that he will</a>.</p>
<p>The question has to be asked not only because Jeter is hitting a pedestrian .260 with a .324 on-base percentage as he approaches the 3,000-hit plateau, but because of the way left fielder <span>Brett Gardner</span> is playing when he is in the lineup.</p>
<p>After a horrid start, Gardner is hitting .292 with a .371 OBP. He is hitting .415 in June and .467 the last seven days. With Jeter out Gardner, a lefty hitter, has been leading off against right-handed pitching and has been thriving. Gardner also has 14 stolen bases.</p>
<p>So, Girardi's protestations aside, is it time for the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.pinstripealley.com/">Yankees</a> to move Jeter down in the lineup -- at least whenever Gardner is in it?</p>
<p>A cursory glance at the numbers shows that Gardner is having a better year, ad we know he has more speed. So, the inclination might be to quickly say yes -- move Jeter to the seven or eight-hole and let Gardner lead off.</p>
<p>I believe the Yankees will, eventually, move Jeter out of that leadoff spot. I don't believe, however, that they will consider it before he reaches 3,000 hits, becoming the first player to amass that total as a Yankee. Thing is, a deeper look at the numbers shows that despite Gardner's hot hitting the Yankees can make a valid statistical argument for leaving Jeter at the top of the lineup and Gardner at the bottom.</p>
<p>The Yankees have outscored their opponents, 103-61, <a target="_blank" href="http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2011_06_22_nyamlb_cinmlb_1">in the first two innings</a> of games this season. Jeter has had a lot to do with that.</p>
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<li>Leading off games, which he has done 53 times in 2011, Jeter is hitting .391 with a .472 on-base percentage. Gardner has led off games 13 times this season and has hit just .167 with a .231 OBP and only two runs scored.</li>
<li>Leading off innings, including both the first inning and any other time Jeter or Gardner has led off, the numbers are virtually identical Overall, Jeter has a .344 batting average and .410 OBP with 19 runs scored leading off innings. Gardner has an identical .344 average with a .420 OBP with 13 runs scored in 46 plate appearances leading off innings.</li>
<li>Overall, Jeter is hitting .270 while batting first in the lineup with a .336 OBP. Gardner is hitting .255 with a .317 OBP.</li>
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<p>For more than a decade, Jeter has been looked at as the guy who sets the tone for the Yankees. Despite the overall decline in his numbers the case can obviously be made that he is still doing just that, and that there really isn't much to be gained offensively flip-flopping Gardner and Jeter.</p>
<p>Your thoughts, Yankees fans?</p>
https://newyork.sbnation.com/new-york-yankees/2011/6/22/2236956/derek-jeter-should-he-hit-leadoff-when-he-returnsEd Valentine2011-06-22T08:57:14-04:002011-06-22T08:57:14-04:00New York Yankees (42-29) At Cincinnati Reds (38-36) , 12:35 p.m.
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<p>Following Tuesday night's rainout, the New York Yankees and Cincinnati Reds will play a day-night doubleheader Wednesday at Cincinnati's Great American Ball Park. The first game will begin at 12:35 p.m. ET with Freddy Garcia (5-6) pitching for the Yankees vs. Mike Leake (6-3) of Cincinnati. <span>Brian Gordon</span> (0-0) will pitch the 7:10 p.m. ET nightcap for New York against <span>Johnny Cueto</span> (4-2) of the Reds.</p>
<p>The Yankees enter play on Wednesday having won nine of their last 11 games.</p>
<p>In the opener, the soft-tossing Garcia will try to continue his success in the sunlight. During five starts this season in day games Garcia has a 1.97 ERA. Gordon, who made the first start of his big-league career against Texas last week at age 32 will pitch the nightcap and try to show that he deserves to stick with the Yankees for a while.</p>
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https://newyork.sbnation.com/new-york-yankees/2011/6/22/2236906/new-york-yankees-42-29-at-cincinnati-reds-38-36-12-35-p-mEd Valentine2011-06-21T14:32:52-04:002011-06-21T14:32:52-04:00New York Yankees (42-29) At Cincinnati Reds (38-36), 7:10 p.m. ET
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<p>(Sports Network) - Injuries to several key players hasn't seemed to slow down the <span class="sbn-auto-link"><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.pinstripealley.com/">New York Yankees</a></span>, who'll be shooting for a seventh victory in eight outings when they resume a three-game interleague set with the slumping <span class="sbn-auto-link"><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.redreporter.com/">Cincinnati Reds</a></span> tonight at Great American Ball Park.</p>
<p>The Yankees have had to place four valued contributors on the disabled list over the past five weeks, a group that includes shortstop and team captain <span class="sbn-auto-link"><span>Derek Jeter</span></span>, starting pitcher <span class="sbn-auto-link"><span>Bartolo Colon</span></span> and the club's top two setup relievers in the bullpen, <span class="sbn-auto-link"><span>Rafael Soriano</span></span> and <span>Joba Chamberlain</span>. The roster shuffling hasn't prevented New York from attaining success on the field, however, as the Bronx Bombers have won nine of their last 11 games following a 5-3 verdict over the Reds in last night's opener of this series.</p>
<p><span>Johnny Cueto</span> is tentatively slated to take the mound for this evening's test, and should give New York's potent offense a challenge if he's healthy and able to maintain his recent form. Cueto was originally scheduled to pitch Monday, but was pushed back a day with a stiff neck.</p>
<p>In eight starts since returning from a season-opening stretch on the disabled list in early May, Cueto has amassed a stellar 1.68 earned run average and permitted two runs or fewer in all but two of those appearances.</p>
<p>The native Dominican has been especially good as of late. Cueto racked up a season-best eight strikeouts and yielded just four hits over seven shutout innings to defeat San Francisco on June 9, then followed up by limiting the <span class="sbn-auto-link"><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.truebluela.com/">Dodgers</a></span> to one unearned run and five hits through seven frames in a 3-2 Reds' victory last Tuesday. He's thrown seven innings or more in four consecutive starts and permitted a total of only four runs during that span.</p>
<p>Cueto has opposed the Yankees one time previously, which took place in New York during his rookie campaign of 2008. The 25-year-old held the Bronx Bombers to just one run while fanning seven over five strong innings in that contest, but still wound up receiving a tough-luck loss in a 4-1 Reds' setback.</p>
<p>He'll be attempting to reverse Cincinnati's interleague fortunes, as the defending NL Central champs are just 1-6 against the AL so far this year and have dropped three of their last four overall.</p>
<p>The Reds will take their swings tonight against <span class="sbn-auto-link"><span>Brian Gordon</span></span>, who'll be making a second start since being inserted into New York's patchwork rotation.</p>
<p>Gordon signed with the Yankees last week after exercising an opt-out clause with Philadelphia, where he had been pitching extremely well for the <span class="sbn-auto-link"><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.thegoodphight.com/">Phillies</a></span>' Triple-A affiliate in Lehigh Valley. The 32-year-old has had a long and difficult road to the big leagues, having spent virtually all of his 15 professional seasons in the minors with five different organizations and converting to pitching in 2007 after a failed try as an outfielder.</p>
<p>The journeyman right-hander, who pitched three times in relief for Texas in 2008, had a decent performance in his long-awaited first major-league start this past Wednesday, working 5 1/3 innings against the <span class="sbn-auto-link"><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.lonestarball.com/">Rangers</a></span> and yielding two runs on seven hits in a no-decision.</p>
<p>Prior to joining the Yankees, Gordon compiled a 5-0 record and an International League-best 1.14 ERA in 12 games (nine starts) for Lehigh Valley.</p>
https://newyork.sbnation.com/new-york-yankees/2011/6/21/2235559/new-york-yankees-42-29-at-cincinnati-reds-38-36-7-10-p-m-etEd Valentine2011-06-20T22:41:24-04:002011-06-20T22:41:24-04:00Yankees 5, Reds 3: Ivan Nova Continues To Impress
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<p>Maybe it's just me, but I keep looking at New York Yankees right-hander<b> <span>Ivan Nova</span></b> and seeing a pitcher who is taking up space in the starting rotation until either a) a big-name starter shows up via trade to take his place or b) a more highly-regarded young prospect arrives to bump him aside.</p>
<p>Well, it is probably time for me -- and anyone else thinking the way I have been -- to reassess Nova. The 24-year-old right-hander spun the best game of his abbreviated big-league career Monday night, finishing eight full innings for the first time as the Yankees defeated the Cincinnati Reds, 5-3.</p>
<p>Nova improved to 7-4 with a 4.13 ERA. He allowed just four hits and one run, struck out seven, did not walk a batter and did not allow a Cincinnati runner past first base after the first inning. Nova is 6-2 in his last eight decisions.</p>
<p>Nova left with a 5-1 lead. The game only got interesting in the ninth inning because reliever <span>Luis Ayala</span> gave up a leadoff single to <span>Brandon Phillips</span> and <span>Boone Logan</span> then hit <span>Joey Votto</span> with his first pitch. <span>Mariano Rivera</span> came on to record his 18th save, but the Reds did manage to push across two runs.</p>
<p><span>Alex Rodriguez</span> and <span>Robinson Cano</span> each had two hits and an RBI for New York. The Yankees scored four of their five runs in the first inning, barely allowing the crowd at Great American Ball Park to settle in before jumping to a big lead. </p>
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<p>The New York Yankees continue their interleague road trip Monday night when they open a three-game series against the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ball Park. I have to be honest -- I don't know a whole lot about the Reds. I know that many years ago the Reds foolishly traded Paul O'Neill to the Yankees for Roberto Kelly. I know that prior to that they selected <span>Chad Mottola</span> fifth in the 1992 draft, allowing the Yankees to grab some kid named <span>Derek Jeter</span> with the next pick.</p>
<p>Those details are fun historical Yankee facts for which we thank the Reds very much. But, with Jeter on the disabled list and O'Neill (probably) in the YES broadcast booth they have no bearing on the upcoming series. Let's see if we can't uncover five things about the current Reds that you might like to know heading into Monday night.</p>
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<li>The Reds are 38-35, third in the NL Central two games behind both Milwaukee and St. Louis.</li>
<li>Cincinnati is led by 2010 National League MVP <span>Joey Votto</span>, having another big year with a .327 batting average, nine home runs and 43 RBI. They also have <span>Jay Bruce</span>, who is having an even better year than Votto in terms of run production. He has a .285 batting average, 17 homers, 48 RBI and a .600 slugging percentage.</li>
<li>Mr. 105-miles-per-hour fastball <span>Aroldis Chapman</span> is on the disabled list with inflammation in his pitching shoulder. He had a 6.92 ERA when he went on the DL May 16. Gee, is this any surprise with Dusty Baker managing the Reds? Ask Kerry Wood or Mark prior about that. Chapman, by the way, <a target="_blank" href="http://cincinnati.reds.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110619&content_id=20719686&notebook_id=20719688&vkey=notebook_cin&c_id=cin">might return to the Reds roster</a> during the Yankee series.<br>
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<li>Former Yankee Miguel Cairo, who I figured must be about 1,000 years hold by now, is a reserve infielder for the Reds. Cairo is actually 37. The Reds, by the way, seem to have collected old infielders. They also have 35-year-old <span>Edgar Renteria</span> and 36-year-old <span>Scott Rolen</span>.</li>
<li>The Yankees last played in Cincinnati in 2003, losing two of three.</li>
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