New York Yankees Baseball Blog » Ian Kennedy http://www.yankeeshomeplate.com A blog about New York Yankees Baseball Thu, 09 Sep 2010 02:44:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Yankees avoid sweep with 4-1 win over the Orioles http://www.yankeeshomeplate.com/yankees-avoid-sweep-with-4-1-win-over-the-orioles/ http://www.yankeeshomeplate.com/yankees-avoid-sweep-with-4-1-win-over-the-orioles/#comments Thu, 29 May 2008 02:17:03 +0000 JeterFanatic http://www.yankeeshomeplate.com/yankees-avoid-sweep-with-4-1-win-over-the-orioles/ The New York Yankees escaped a sweep by beating the Baltimore Orioles by the score of 4-1 on Wednesday night.  The Yankees really needed to pick up this win as they try to get on a nice run and go on a nice winning streak.

Andy Pettitte picked up the win as he tossed 6 2/3 innings.  Pettitte allowed eight hits but only two runs in his six plus innings of action.  Pettitte is now 5-5 on the season.  Joba Chamberlain came in and pitched 1 1/3 innings of relief and only gave up one hit.  Mariano Rivera then came in to pick up his 13th save of the season in the ninth inning.

Jason Giambi hit his 11th home run of the season in the fourth inning as he finished the game with two rbi.  Giambi also had a rbi single in the second inning.  Derek Jeter had a sac fly in the fifth inning and Johnny Damon had a infield rbi single that scored Hideki Matsui in the ninth inning.

Good win for the Yankees, let’s see if they can get some momentum and go on a nice winning streak now.

***Ian Kennedy has been placed on the disabled list so we could see Joba make his first start next week in Kennedy’s rotation spot.***

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]]> http://www.yankeeshomeplate.com/yankees-avoid-sweep-with-4-1-win-over-the-orioles/feed/ 0 Yankees come back in the ninth inning and win 2-1 http://www.yankeeshomeplate.com/yankees-come-back-in-the-ninth-inning-and-win-2-1/ http://www.yankeeshomeplate.com/yankees-come-back-in-the-ninth-inning-and-win-2-1/#comments Fri, 23 May 2008 02:24:12 +0000 JeterFanatic http://www.yankeeshomeplate.com/yankees-come-back-in-the-ninth-inning-and-win-2-1/ The New York Yankess came back to beat the Baltimore Orioles by the score of 2-1 on Thursday night.  Robinson Cano singled in Hideki Matsui for the game winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning.

Shelley Duncan was the other Yankees player to record an rbi as he had a sacrafice fly in the fourth inning that scored Matsui.  Goodjob by Matsui for getting on base and scoring both runs in the game.

Mariano Rivera ended up getting the win as he pitched the ninth inning.  Rivera is now 1-1 on the season.  Ian Kennedy started the game and pitched his best game of the year even though he got the no decision.  Kennedy tossed six innings while only giving up four hits and one run.

Jose Veras and Kyle Farnsworth both pitched one inning each and did not allow a run.  Good job by them as they gave the Yankees the chance to win the game along with Rivera.

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]]> http://www.yankeeshomeplate.com/yankees-come-back-in-the-ninth-inning-and-win-2-1/feed/ 0 Yankees lose to the Rays 5-2 and fall into last place http://www.yankeeshomeplate.com/yankees-lose-to-the-rays-5-2-and-fall-into-last-place/ http://www.yankeeshomeplate.com/yankees-lose-to-the-rays-5-2-and-fall-into-last-place/#comments Fri, 16 May 2008 00:52:34 +0000 JeterFanatic http://www.yankeeshomeplate.com/yankees-lose-to-the-rays-5-2-and-fall-into-last-place/ The New York Yankees are in a unfamiliar place after they lost to the Tampa Bay Rays by the score of 5-2 on Thursday afternoon.  The Yankees are now in last place in the divsion, and they better start making some changes before management makes those changes for them.

Ian Kennedy dropped to 0-3 on the season as he took the loss.  Kennedy tossed five innings and gave up five hits and five runs.  Two home runs accounted for three of the five runs as Kennedy’s era now stands at 8.48 on the year.

LaTroy Hawkins, Jose Veras, and Edwar Ramirez all pitched one scoreless inning in relief of Kennedy.

The Yankees scoring came in the seventh inning when Derek Jeter and Melky Cabrera both had rbi singles.

The Yankees pretty much just sucked it up all series long against the Rays.  Did they try taking the series easy?  Who know but they better start playing better.

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]]> http://www.yankeeshomeplate.com/yankees-lose-to-the-rays-5-2-and-fall-into-last-place/feed/ 0 Yankees lose 8-4 and get swept by the Tigers http://www.yankeeshomeplate.com/yankees-lose-8-4-and-get-swept-by-the-tigers/ http://www.yankeeshomeplate.com/yankees-lose-8-4-and-get-swept-by-the-tigers/#comments Fri, 02 May 2008 02:42:54 +0000 JeterFanatic http://www.yankeeshomeplate.com/yankees-lose-8-4-and-get-swept-by-the-tigers/ The New York Yankees lost to the Detroit Tigers on Thursday night by the score of 8-4.  It was the third straight loss for the Yankees who were swept by the Tigers in their three game series.  The Yankees have now lost six of their last eight games.

Ian Kennedy got roughed up in his 4.2 innings of action.  Kennedy gave up five hits and four runs while he struckout one batter and walked three others.  Jonathan Albaladejo tried to slow down the bleeding but was unable to do so as he gave up four runs and six hits in only 1.2 innings.  Chris Britton pitched the final 2.2 innings and held the Tigers scoreless but it was just to late for the Yankees.

At the plate for the Yankees, Bobby Abreu connected for a three run home run in the first inning as he finished the game with three RBI.  The other RBI for the Yankees came off the bat of Shelley Duncan when he had a RBI single in the fifth inning.

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]]> http://www.yankeeshomeplate.com/yankees-lose-8-4-and-get-swept-by-the-tigers/feed/ 0 A-Rod’s and Cano’s homeruns lift the Yankees over the Rays 8-7 http://www.yankeeshomeplate.com/a-rods-and-canos-homeruns-lift-the-yankees-over-the-rays-8-7/ http://www.yankeeshomeplate.com/a-rods-and-canos-homeruns-lift-the-yankees-over-the-rays-8-7/#comments Tue, 15 Apr 2008 02:44:09 +0000 JeterFanatic http://www.yankeeshomeplate.com/a-rods-and-canos-homeruns-lift-the-yankees-over-the-rays-8-7/ Alex Rodriguez hit his 521st career home run and Robinson Cano later hit the game winning home run for the New York Yankees as they went onto beat the Tampa Bay Rays by the score of 8-7.  A-Rod’s home run tied him on the all time list with Ted Williams and Willie McCovey.

Besides Rodriguez’s and Cano’s home runs, Johnny Damon and Morgan Ensberg also went deep.  Damon led the Yankees with three RBI’s, Derek Jeter had two RBI, while Rodriguez, Cano, and Ensberg all finished with one RBI.

Brian Bruney pitched in relief and picked up the win while Mariano Rivera picked up the save which was his fourth of the season.  Starting pitcher Ian Kennedy did pitch six innings giving up eight hits and three earned runs.  Kennedy had a pretty good performance, a lot better then his previous game.

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]]> http://www.yankeeshomeplate.com/a-rods-and-canos-homeruns-lift-the-yankees-over-the-rays-8-7/feed/ 0 Yankees get shutout by the Royals 4-0 http://www.yankeeshomeplate.com/yankees-get-shutout-by-the-royals-4-0/ http://www.yankeeshomeplate.com/yankees-get-shutout-by-the-royals-4-0/#comments Thu, 10 Apr 2008 03:19:48 +0000 JeterFanatic http://www.yankeeshomeplate.com/yankees-get-shutout-by-the-royals-4-0/ The New York Yankees continue to play bad baseball as they were shutout by the Kansas City Royals 4-0 on Wednesday night.  They Yankees just couldn’t get the bats going against crafty pitcher Zack Greinke of the Royals.  The Yankees now drop to 4-5 on the season.

Brian Bruney started on the mound for the Yankees as Ian Kennedy was scratced from the start because the Yankees expected rain to halt the game.  Bruney pitched two innings of scoreless baseball and then was replaced by Billy Traber who pitched a scoreless inning.  Kyle Farnsworth then came in and allowed two earned runs and Kennedy finally came in and allowed another two earned runs.  Farnsworth ended up taking the loss on the game.

The Yankees just flat stunk it up tonight.  Hopefully the bats will come around and they will pick up a victory tomorrow.

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]]> http://www.yankeeshomeplate.com/yankees-get-shutout-by-the-royals-4-0/feed/ 0 Yankees lose a terrible game to the Rays 13-4 http://www.yankeeshomeplate.com/yankees-lose-a-terrible-game-to-the-rays-13-4/ http://www.yankeeshomeplate.com/yankees-lose-a-terrible-game-to-the-rays-13-4/#comments Sat, 05 Apr 2008 03:24:45 +0000 JeterFanatic http://www.yankeeshomeplate.com/yankees-lose-a-terrible-game-to-the-rays-13-4/ The New York Yankees played a terrible game tonight as they lost to the Tampa Bay Rays 13-4.  The Yankees fell behind early as they were down in a 6-0 hole heading into the bottom of the 3rd inning when they scored four runs to make it 6-4.  They could never battle all the way back however and the Rays eventually went onto win.

Ian Kennedy was the starting pitcher and a very bad outing.  He only lasted 2.1 innings while giving up four hits, six runs, four walks, and two strikeouts.  The rest of the pitching staff was alright except for Latroy Hawkins who pitched in the 8th inning and gave up another six earned runs.  Kyle Farnsworth tried to stop the bleeding but he also allowed one earned run.

It just wasn’t the Yankees night tonight against the Rays.  I fully expect the Yankees to come out and get a victory on Saturday against this same Rays team however.  They won’t take another ass kicking like this.

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