I've chosen to rewrite the cynical last line of Chinatown to reflect the inevitable frustration the M's face when ever they face the New York Yankees. Maybe it's payback for the Mariners amazing comeback in the 1995 playoffs against NY. It seems like the Yankees just pick apart Seattle like vultures tearing through their prey.
What had been four encouraging series prior to this one, the Yankees came into town, grabbed an early lead and held it in the first game and coasted to a win in the second behind the surgically precise pitching of Masahiro Tanaka (who gave a master lesson to his countryman, Yusei Kikuchi, who returned to grooving home run balls.
22 strikeouts in two games probably didn't help either, along with getting just two hit in 15 opportunities with runners in scoring position.
Revenge game today: Paxton returns to face his former team and to pitch against the guy he was traded for, Sheffield. The season just grinds on.
No comments:
Post a Comment