Sunday in the Park With Joba

Joba Chamberlain, making his second big league start, looked much better this time out. He lasted until one out in the 5th inning after throwing his 78th pitch. He left on the wrong end of a 3-2 score thanks to the newest Yankee killer Jose Guillen, who belted a 2-run home run in the 3rd inning.
But with the exception of Friday night's game, the Yankees offense has been clicking. Bobby Abreu, who had a 2-run home run in the 1st inning, tied things up in the 5th when his ground out brought home Johnny Damon who had tripled.
As he did in Joba's last start, Dan Giese came on to relieve the brand new starter. Giese, who pitched effectively in his prior appearance, was even better this time out, not allowing a hit over 2.2 innings to earn his first major league victory.

Jose Veras pitched a dominant 8th inning and Mariano Rivera came on in the 9th to easily retire the Royals in order. And just like that the Yankees moved back above .500 (32-31).
News and Notes
Umpire Jerry Layne, who sustained a mild concussion on Saturday, stopped by the ball park to thank the medical personnel who helped him. He'll sit out the next few games as he recovers.
Joey Gathright was a one man highlight reel yesterday. He made 2 great catches running back to the wall in center field and then topped it off by making a diving catch on a Hideki Matsui shallow fly ball to right-center. Gathright was temporarily shaken up, but stayed in the game.
June 8, 2008
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ![]() | R | H | E | |
Kansas City | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | |
NY Yankees | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | X | 6 | 9 | 1 |
Kansas City | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
DeJesus, LF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .305 |
Grudzielanek, 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .293 |
Teahen, RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .253 |
Guillen, DH | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .266 |
Gordon, 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .263 |
Olivo, C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .283 |
Gload, 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .246 |
Aviles, M, SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .214 |
Gathright, CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .242 |
Totals | 34 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 12 | |
BATTING 2B: DeJesus (7, Chamberlain). HR: Guillen (10, 3rd inning off Chamberlain, 1 on, 2 out). TB: DeJesus 2; Grudzielanek; Guillen 5; Gordon; Gload. RBI: Guillen 2 (47). 2-out RBI: Guillen 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Gathright; Teahen; Gload. Team LOB: 5. FIELDING Outfield assists: Gathright (Rodriguez at 3rd base). DP: (Grudzielanek-Aviles, M-Gload). |
Kansas City | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
Greinke (L, 5-4) | 5.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3.77 |
Mahay | 1.2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.67 |
Gobble | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.94 |
Fulchino | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
NY Yankees | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
Damon, DH | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .328 |
Jeter, SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .279 |
Abreu, RF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .289 |
Rodriguez, 3B | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .313 |
Matsui, LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .329 |
Giambi, 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .259 |
Betemit, 1B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .240 |
Posada, C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .301 |
Cano, 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .231 |
Cabrera, CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .274 |
Totals | 31 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 14 | |
BATTING 2B: Rodriguez (15, Mahay). 3B: Damon (3, Greinke). HR: Abreu (8, 1st inning off Greinke, 1 on, 1 out), Giambi (14, 6th inning off Greinke, 0 on, 0 out). TB: Damon 4; Jeter; Abreu 5; Rodriguez 3; Giambi 4; Cano. RBI: Abreu 3 (42), Giambi (34), Rodriguez 2 (29). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Posada. GIDP: Cano. Team LOB: 7. FIELDING E: Giese (1, pickoff). PB: Posada (1). |
NY Yankees | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
Chamberlain | 4.1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2.67 |
Giese (W, 1-1) | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.42 |
Veras (H, 2) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.86 |
Rivera (S, 16) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.64 |
Greinke pitched to 2 batters in the 6th.
WP: Greinke, Giese.
Pitches-strikes: Greinke 104-58, Mahay 36-21, Gobble 8-5,
Fulchino 14-8, Chamberlain 78-53, Giese 41-26, Veras 15-11, Rivera 7-6.
Ground outs-fly outs: Greinke 4-5, Mahay 2-2, Gobble 0-1,
Fulchino 2-0, Chamberlain 2-6, Giese 2-4, Veras 0-1, Rivera 2-1.
Batters faced: Greinke 25, Mahay 7, Gobble 1, Fulchino 4,
Chamberlain 19, Giese 9, Veras 4, Rivera 3.
Inherited runners-scored: Mahay 1-0, Gobble 1-0,
Giese 1-0.
Umpires: HP: Phil Cuzzi. 1B: Ed Montague. 2B: Mike Estabrook.
3B: Jim Wolf.
Weather: 95 degrees, sunny.
Wind: 5 mph, L to R.
T: 3:05.
Att: 54,213.
Labels: Alex Rodriguez, Bobby Abreu, Dan Giese, Jason Giambi, Joba Chamberlain, Jose Guillen, Sunday in the Park With Joba, Zack Greinke

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