TOP 11th SCORE 2-2 Yankees tie on solo shot by Ibanez
Ibanez to lead off! IBANEZ WINS IT!!!! IBANEZ WINS IT!!!! SHOT TO THE SECOND DECK!!! YOUR MAN IS HOT!!!! YANKEES WIN 3-2!!!!!!!
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Andino at bat--- Roberts boots it,, recovers and tags out Andino
Reynolds at bat-- breaking ball in there. Reynolds' knees buckle
Pops stright! TEX CANNOT CATCH IT! Teixeira said something to Roberts aand then says it's alright
Thome at bat- TEIXEIRA WITH A DIVING STOP! 2 OUTS
Matt Wieters at bat-- 2-0 the count--- Ground out to first
3-1 the count
3-2 on foul ball... swung at ball four
IS ANYBODY ELSE NERVOUS?!!
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2 OUTS Ichiro at bat---
takes a strike 0-1
Machado catches the ball
1 OUT Jayson Nix (Jeter's replacement)
1-1 the count
2-1 the count on Nix. Ball in the dirt
3-1 Matusz cannot find the grip on the ball, breaking ball not work... NIX WITH A FLYBALL! MCLOUT BACK! OUT # 2
Chavez leads it off. Brian Matusz in to pitch...
1-0 the count....
BREAKING BALL IS SICK 1-1
1-2 fastball outside
STRIKES OUT SWINGING at LOW offspeed pitch
ONCE AGAIN A CHANCE FOR THE YANKEES TO PUT IT AWAY--------- Bottom of the 11th!
2 OUT Jones at bat-- Fly out to Swisher...
1 OUT Endy Chavez looks. Playing for Davis... 0-2 the count. Fouls ball off BARELY! STRIKE OUT!! LOOKING... AGAIN!
Hardy battling 1-2 the count. STRIKES OUT LOOKING!
Hardy to bat--- Robertson to pitching... LOL! Sorry for the laugh, but Swisher goes into the crowd as he tries to make grab. Fans run over and try to get the foul ball. Umpire runs down and gets in the crowd to make sure Swisher in fact has or does not have the ball. Fan with a Jeter jersey runs out with the ball.
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2 OUTS Martin at bat-- swings over the sinker... Grounder to short
Granderson at bat-- Johnson falls behind 0-2... Battles back to strikeout Granderson!!!
Tex with the popout to short left... 1 OUT
Cal Ripken Jr. suggests Teixeira to bunch since infield is playing back... hmmm
Teixeira up at bat.. Jim Johnson stays in to pitch... Yankees can walk off 1-2 the count
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INNING ENDING LINE DRIVE DOUBLE PLAY!! Nix had McLouth shaded perfectly!
McLouth at bat-- 2-4 today with two singles and a SB
3-2 the count after falling behond 3-0
Andino in to pinch hit... Gets a hit.... Bunted over to 2nd by Machado
WE ARE GOING TO EXTRA INNINGS
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2 OUTS-- Swisher flies out to left... Ibanez definitely kept Yankees alive
Ibanez takes the curtain call...
1 OUT Cano at bat... takes a strike... lines out to short stop
WE ARE TIED IN NEW YORK!!!!! SOLO SHOT BY IBANEZ!!!! A-Rod first to greet him in the dugout. And Ibanez returns the love
1 OUT WOW! A-ROD GETS PINCH HIT BY Ibanez!!! Fans cheer.
Jim Johnson will pitch---- Doing every pitch now because every pitch means so much.... ICHIRO TAKES THE FIRST STRIKE THE HITS A DRIVE TO LEFT... McLOUTH Catches it at the warning track
--------CRUNCH TIME IN THE BRONX! Ichiro, A-Rod, Cano TO HIT IN THE BOTTOM OF THE 9TH-------
Reynolds in to hit- Soriano in to pitch....2 OUTS.. 1-1...... REYNOLDS STRIKES OUT!
As always... Girardi micro-managing his bullpen.... Logan in only for the lefty....
Boone Logan in to pitch against Thome- 1-1 count... 2-2 the count... FULL COUNT
Matt Wieters at bat-- Makes out... Pitching change
Hiroki Kuroda still out there!!
Jayson Nix in for Jeter at short
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2-2 the count on Jeter... Checks his swing.... JETER SWINGS AND MISSES!!!
1-2 the count on Jeter fists it off foul.. still 1-2... fouls it off again... Jeter battling.
Jeter at bat-- takes a strike... Can't catch up two high delivery... Once again limps on follow-through
Has been limping around all game after fouling a pitch off his left foot.
Chavez at bat-- Keeping it away.. 1-1 the count-- Pop up in foul grounds.... 2 OUTS
Darren O'Day in to pitch... Retires Martin on weak grounder
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Good news for the Yankees... Miguel Gonzalez's day is over after 7 IP, 5 H, 1ER, 8 Ks
2 OUTS Jones at bat--- JONES K's!
Davis at bat-- two strikes.... Davis goes to Ichiro... OUT!
Hardy at bat--- weak grounder to Chavez...
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Granderson K's after swinging and missing the high fastball
2 OUTS-- Granderson at bat-- looks at the breaking ball strike... Swings at a changeup/splitter 0-2
Swisher K's! 1 OUT... Teixeira at bat -- Out in front... Dead fastball.. lined to center for the out
Gonzalez has hitters so fooled he is getting away with mistakes. Left one in wheelhouse. Swisher looked at a strike
Swisher at bat--- Okay... now he bats...1-0 ... Out in front, half-hearted swing. Thought it was a fastball...
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Guy who almost talk ball from Chavez noticed he almost disrupted the play and sank in his seat in embarrassment.
McLouth at bat- 2-2 the count
Machado at bat-- Chavez takes ball away from fan! Makes play in foul territory
Flaherty at bat--- grounder to second... Robinson Cano gets the out
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Pickoff at first... Cano cannot catch up to high fastball!
2 OUTS Cano at bat... 1-0 the count... 71-22 when starter goes 6 innings for O's and they are one out away from gaining advantage in game... However... the Yankees are the Yankees. Stats like that don't mean a thing...
A-Rod fouls off inside fastball. Can't catch up to it-- AROD COULD NOT CHECK SWING!
Uh oh.... TBS shows all the clips of A-Rod K's in the series... Could this be a Jinx?? 0-2 the count
1 OUT A-Rod at bat-- Ichiro at first--- Pickoff attempt--- Dribbler foul
0 OUTS Runner on 1st Ichiro at bat-- CAN'T TURN DOUBLE PLAY! Jeter looks ugly running to second
Jeter hobbles his way to first base on a base hit...
Jeter to lead off the inning-- Fan has a sign reading Captain October... What happened to Mr. November??
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Reynolds takes strike...Reynold with the liner... CHAVEZ TRAPS IT! Throws Reynolds out at first
Quickly two outs in the inning... Machado and Flaherty are first two rookies to hit homers for the Orioles in the postseason
CHAVEZ STRIKES OUT OF OFFSPEED PITCH!----END OF THE 6TH---
2 OUTS Chavez at bat-- Rodriguez mixes it up. Breaking ball first pitch strike
Chavez lays off change... 2-2 the count... very patient Chavez
2 OUTS Martin at bat-- 1-2 gets a single to left
Granderson at bat-- Rodriguez hangs it. Granderson cannot extend. Soft liner to 2nd. Flaherty with the put out
Teixeira at bat-- pitch looked good. HP Ump does not call it... 1-0....Flaherty catches Tex popup in shallow right
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2 OUTS Davis at bat.... Hit by a pitch.... Adam Jones with an excuse me swing....
McLouth flys out 1 OUT... Hardy at the plate--Strikes out
MANNY MACHADO ONE HANDED CUT! DEEP! DEEP! GONE! First career postseaon hit for the youngster is a HR.
Think Yankee fans are upset with A-Rod? They booed him as he went to the dugout... I would say they are...
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2 OUT starts Swish with a strike too... 1-1 the count.. Reynolds with beautiful grab
1 OUT... paints the corners on Cano... weak fly to left
A-Rod at bat... looks at a strike... looks at another strike...STRIKES OUT
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THE ORIOLES CANNOT CAPITALIZE after having runners on 1st & 2nd no outs
Flaherty looks at a strike... Bases loaded... 2 Outs... 0-2!! Kuroda beautifully paints the corners
Runner at the corners... Reynolds at bat....... BASES ARE JUICED! Reynolds hit by a pitch
2 OUTS- Teixeira with throw to first... Jones slides into Jeter.
1 OUT- Wieter sharp fly... Thome at bat-- Old man still does the pointing of the bat... Still intimidating... 2-0 the count
0 OUTS Runners on 1st and 2nd Wieters at bat-- 2-1 the count. Kuroda staying away with pitches
0 OUTS Davis walks---Jones at bat-- hard grounder to third... BASE HIT!
Davis with a home run cut, but once again, comes up empty ...3-1 the count now
---------------------------END OF THE 3RD------------------------ Yankees answer right back
Ichiro at bat with Jeter at 3rd... 1-2 the count... Fly out to center. This time Jones plays it properly.
Jeter hit a hit fastball deep into center wind looked like it played with that one as it is pretty breezy in the Bronx.
Adam Jones looked like a rookie tracking that ball down. Nothing pretty about that... Jones blew a bubble with his gum as he waas chasing it.
Slider barely misses! 2-2 the count... JETER WITH A TRIPLE!!! Tied Ball Game!
Captain Clutch, Jeter with chance to tie the game 1-1 the count... Swing and a miss on 94 MPH fastball by Jeter
2 OUTS--- REYNOLDS SAVES A RUN TRAPS BALL AT FIRST... Feeds Gonzalez...
1 OUT-- Chavez at bat... Martin on 2nd Takes strike... Quickly down 0-2...
1 OUT- Martin with a double down the line... McLouth cannot get him at second
Granderson strikes out on three pitches
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Hardy with a liner to short.... Jeter traps it... 3 OUTS
MCLOUTH STEALS SECOND... This time he does not get sloppy and slip off
2 OUTS Runner on 1st Hardy at bat 3-1 the count. Kuroda struggling to throw strikes
2 OUTS McLouth reaches with a single. He's 2-2.
1 OUT Machado at bat STRIKEOUT
ORIOLES 2ND BASEMAN FLAHERTY WITH A SHOT TO RIGHT FIELD!!! HR!
Reynolds at bat-- Jeter almost short-hops throw to first... 1 OUT
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Let's see if Yankees will take advantage of Gonzalez's leg kick
FULL COUNT! ....3-6-3 DOUBLE PLAY. Reynolds to Hardy back to Reynolds. Make it look E-asy
1 OUT Runner on 1st Teixeira at bat-- Takes a change up for a strike
1-1 the count ... 2-1... 2-2 count after Tex fouls it off...
Swisher at bat-- with a rocket to center! Base hit!
Cano grounder to second, first pitch swinging--- 1 OUT
Kuroda was hit on the leg by Thome...
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3 OUTS on THOME GROUNDER!
Thome quickly down 2-2... Forgiven in 0-2 two seamer that came back to the plate...
Wieters at the plate-- he is retired-- 2 OUTS
Adam Jones with broken bat grounder 1 OUT
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3 OUTS after weak grounder hit to SS
2 OUTS--- Fans give Alex Rodriguez a warm round of applause.
1-1 the count
***Miguel Gonzalez, Orioles' starter is 6-2 in road games****
1 OUT Ichiro at bat 2-1 the count, fouls pitch off---- POPOUT to 2nd
Jeter at bat-- 1-2 count foul tip-- STRIKEOUT!
Yankee Lineup coming up!
1. Jeter SS
2. Ichiro LF
3. A-Rod DH
4. Cano 2B
5. Swisher RF
6. Teixeira 1B
7. Grandy CF
8. Martin C
9. Chavez 3B
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Chris Davis hits soft liner to Cano... 3 OUTS
MCLOUTH GETS CAUGHT AT SECOND! Over slides... was in safely. Jeter kept hand on McLouth's leg. Showalter out to argue!
1 OUT Davis at bat
0-1 swing and a miss
0 OUTS Hardy at bat... Count 1-1... McLouth runs!... Hardy hits fly to center... McLout retrieves
McLouth reaches with a base hit!
We bring you both batting lineups
Orioles
1. McLouth
2. Hardy
3. Davis
4. A. Jones
5. Wieters
6. Thome
7. Reynolds
8. Flaherty
9. Machado
We are just minutes away from the beginning of Game 3
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Win today, and either the Yanks or O's will enjoy a 2-1 lead with the possibility of being one win away from clinching a spot in the American League Championship Series.
Pitching matchups
The Orioles will send the young Mexican pitcher, Miguel Gonzalez to the mound. He will faceoff against Hiroki Kuroda as the Yankees look to their Japanese star to pitch in a big game.
Gonzalez has given the Yankees a bit of trouble in two starts this season. Probably the biggest surprise in the Baltimore starting rotation, Gonzalez has made his MLB season debut count going 9-4 witha 3.25 ERA 15 games started.
The O's have one his three last starts and his best game game against the Tampa Bay Rays in a game that kept the Orioles' hopes of winning the division alive. He went toe-to-toe with James Shield, pitching 6.2 innings allowing just two hits and two walks while striking out seven.
He beat the Yankees twice on the road and in his last start he held them scoreless for seven innings allowing just four hits and walking one.
Kuroda has been consistent all season long. He has been the second best pitcher in the Yankees' rotation behind CC Sabathia. Going 16-11 in 33 starts this season.
In his last two starts, Kuroda allowed just two runs in each of his starts.
Kuroda has the postseason experience, which is an advantage as Gonzalez has never pitched in the postseason.
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