5/4/75 NYY @ MIL
Rough day for the Yankees. The start of the game was delayed by rain. When things did finally get under way, Larry Gura didn’t have his good stuff. In fact, I’m not sure if he had much of anything. While he did manage to get through the first inning without any damage, that’s only because Bobby Bonds stole home runs from Charlie Moore & Sixto Lezcano in right. Larry made it only 2-2/3 innings before being pulled with the bases loaded and down 5-0.
Things got better from there, though. Dick Tidrow came in and threw 3-1/3 innings of 1-hit, scoreless relief. During that stretch, the Yankee offense started to figure out Brewers starter Bill Travers, scoring one run in the 5th and two in the 6th, leaving New York down 5-3.
After Travers worked a 1-2-3 7th, Dave Pagan came on for New York. After striking out George “Boomer” Scott, he walked Don “Don’t Call Me Eddie” Money. Don then surprised everyone by stealing 2nd. Bobby Mitchell followed this with a double to left center that scored Money and put the Brew Crew up 6-3.
The Yankees weren’t dead, though. They quickly put the first two runners on thanks to a walk and a throwing error by Robin Yount. This put runners on first & third with no one out. Sandy Alomar’s ground out scored Nettles from 3rd and moved Rick Bladt to second. He went to third on another ground out. Fred Stanley then knocked a single into left, scoring Bladt and bringing New York within a run at 6-5. This knocked Travers out of the game and brought in Ed Rodriguez, who got Roy White to ground out to end the threat.
Milwaukee was held scoreless in the bottom of the 8th. Thurman Munson led off the top of the 9th by reaching on Yount’s second error of the game. Elliott Maddox came in to pinch run, and promptly stole 2nd. Bonds struck out. At this point, I blew this though, as I should have had Maddox try to steal third. I probably would have if a right-handed batter was up instead of the lefty Chris Chambliss. If Maddox makes it, the infield has to come in, or he could score on a sac fly. However, I hold him, and Chambliss grounds out, advancing Maddox to third, but now there’s two out. Unfortunately, Nettles grounded out to end the game.
For Milwaukee, Bobby Mitchell went 3-4 with a double, run, and RBI. Yount, despite the two errors, knocked in two runs in the 3rd inning with a bases loaded single.
The loss dropped the Yankees back into a first place tie with Baltimore. Milwaukee climbed to 12-12, but still 4th in the AL East. New York heads to Baltimore for a 3-game series, while Milwaukee gets an off-day prior to heading on a 2 week road trip beginning at lowly Detroit.
Things got better from there, though. Dick Tidrow came in and threw 3-1/3 innings of 1-hit, scoreless relief. During that stretch, the Yankee offense started to figure out Brewers starter Bill Travers, scoring one run in the 5th and two in the 6th, leaving New York down 5-3.
After Travers worked a 1-2-3 7th, Dave Pagan came on for New York. After striking out George “Boomer” Scott, he walked Don “Don’t Call Me Eddie” Money. Don then surprised everyone by stealing 2nd. Bobby Mitchell followed this with a double to left center that scored Money and put the Brew Crew up 6-3.
The Yankees weren’t dead, though. They quickly put the first two runners on thanks to a walk and a throwing error by Robin Yount. This put runners on first & third with no one out. Sandy Alomar’s ground out scored Nettles from 3rd and moved Rick Bladt to second. He went to third on another ground out. Fred Stanley then knocked a single into left, scoring Bladt and bringing New York within a run at 6-5. This knocked Travers out of the game and brought in Ed Rodriguez, who got Roy White to ground out to end the threat.
Milwaukee was held scoreless in the bottom of the 8th. Thurman Munson led off the top of the 9th by reaching on Yount’s second error of the game. Elliott Maddox came in to pinch run, and promptly stole 2nd. Bonds struck out. At this point, I blew this though, as I should have had Maddox try to steal third. I probably would have if a right-handed batter was up instead of the lefty Chris Chambliss. If Maddox makes it, the infield has to come in, or he could score on a sac fly. However, I hold him, and Chambliss grounds out, advancing Maddox to third, but now there’s two out. Unfortunately, Nettles grounded out to end the game.
For Milwaukee, Bobby Mitchell went 3-4 with a double, run, and RBI. Yount, despite the two errors, knocked in two runs in the 3rd inning with a bases loaded single.
The loss dropped the Yankees back into a first place tie with Baltimore. Milwaukee climbed to 12-12, but still 4th in the AL East. New York heads to Baltimore for a 3-game series, while Milwaukee gets an off-day prior to heading on a 2 week road trip beginning at lowly Detroit.
posted by Derek @ 4/15/2006 02:46:00 PM
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