Archive for 26. August 2008
Huge Series For Yankees
26. August 2008 by rich.
The Yankees begin a huge 3 game series tonight against the Boston Red Sox. They are 5 GB the Sox for the wild card and 3.5 GB the Twins who are battling with the ChiSox which is a whole other hurdle for the Yanks being that the loser of that division is right in the thick of the wild card race as well. This could be do-or-die for the Yankees. Win 2/3 or sweep, and they are still in the thick of things. Get swept or lose the series, things are looking down. This is the most important 3 games of the year thus far. Anytime you can beat the team that’s ahead of you in the standings and get that full game, it is money.
Here are the pitching probables for the series starting tonight in the Bronx:
Notes: There are 32 games left in the Yankees regular season.
Running of the Red Bulls
26. August 2008 by critter.
This past weekend saw the Red Bulls continue their streak of stellar play when they hosted the Western Conferences #1 ranked, Houston Dynamo. Juan Pablo Angel once again got the ball rolling (ha, get it?!) when he struck a header right past Dyanamo goaltender, Pat Onstad, in the 8th minute of play. Dane Richards then scored his first goal of the season 26 minutes into the match. From that point on the Red Bulls defense stepped up yet again and shut down any attacks. And finally in the 60th minute, Mike Magee scored to put the game out of reach.
The fact that many players have been ping-ponging with their national duties the past two weeks with the Olympics doesn’t hurt, but you can’t ignore the fact that the Red Bulls have outscored their opponents 9-1 in their last three games. They’ve also pushed their record to 8-6-7 (unbeaten in their past five matches, 3-0-2) which is good enough to put them in a 4th place tie with DC United for the final Eastern Conference playoff spot.
Rolling in strong, the Red Bulls travel to DC to face the United where they lost 4-1 in June. However, that was a much different team plagued by injury and prior to some huge pickups…
Mets, Phils meet for 1st in East
26. August 2008 by Glendo.
Every game is important, but some matchups take on extra meaning down the stretch. That will be the case when the Mets hit the road Tuesday to take on the Phillies in a two-game series with the top spot in the National League East standings at stake
The Mets will open will Pedro, followed by Santana in this short series. Jamie Moyer gets the ball in the opener for the Phillies, Moyer has pitched very well in his career against the Mets. Lets hope the Mets can get some pitching like that from Mike Pelfrey last night, who pitched his second complete game in a row. This is a big series and the Mets should be up for it. That being said these two games will not make or break either teams seasons.
MATCHUP
NEW YORK METS (73-59, 1st Place NL East) at Philadelphia Phillies (72-59, 2nd Place NL East/.5GB)
Tonight: Mets (Pedro Martinez, 4-3, 4.97) at Phillies (Jamie Moyer, 11-7, 3.54) 7:05pm ET
Wednesday: Mets (Johan Santana, 12-7, 2.64) at Phillies (Kyle Kendrick, 11-7, 4.87) 7:05pm ET
