Sunday, September 20, 2015
BRONX NEWS: Playoff Hopes Alive for #NYCFC
BRONX NEWS: Playoff Hopes Alive for #NYCFC: #NYCFC Playoff Dreams a Still Alive By Howard Goldin BRONX, NEW YORK (SPORTS)- NYCFC returned to Yankee Stadium on Saturday night with t...
Playoff Hopes Alive for #NYCFC
#NYCFC Playoff Dreams a Still Alive
By Howard Goldin
BRONX, NEW YORK (SPORTS)- NYCFC returned to Yankee Stadium on Saturday night with the hope of advancing to playoff qualification when the regular season ends. NYC (9-14-7) was successful as it won its second consecutive match, both at home. The 3-2 victory over the San Jose Earhquakes (11-12-7) raised the New Yorkers to 34 points. The six points gained in the last two contests moved them into position for a playoff berth.
Two potential difficulties must be overcome for playoff qualification to become a reality when the regular season closes in five weeks. NYC must fare well on the road as three of their final four contests will not be played at home. The other potential problem is that several of the teams battling NYC for a playoff position have more matches remaining in which they can compile points than does NYC.
The star of Saturday’s contest, Ned Grabavoy, correctly remarked, “We can only control ourselves.”
Neither team in Saturday’s contest scored in the first half, but five goals were scored in the second 45 minutes. NYC coach Jason Kreis stated what he believed was the reason for the second half spurt in scoring, “Both teams were dead set in getting those three points [for a win].”
The veteran Grabavoy, now in his 12th season in the MLS, scored the first goal of the game with an assist from David Villa in the 51st minute. Twelve minutes later, Frank Lampard passed to Grabavoy who scored his second goal on a header.
The final NYC goal was headed into the net by team captain Villa on an assist by 18-year-old Angelino, a fellow Spaniard and Grabavoy. Villa is one of the leading scorers in the MLS with 16 goals and eight assists.
The Earthquakes began the match just one point below the playoff qualifying line in the Western Conference. They made a herculean effort in the final 20 minutes to gain additional points, but fell short. This was their fourth straight winless contest.
English superstar Lampard gave an insightful and realistic look at the last few weeks of the 2015 season, “All that matters is wining at this point. We can try to win all the games. If it’s not enough, we can hold our heads high.”
#NYCFC #Soccer #YankeeStadium
By Howard Goldin
BRONX, NEW YORK (SPORTS)- NYCFC returned to Yankee Stadium on Saturday night with the hope of advancing to playoff qualification when the regular season ends. NYC (9-14-7) was successful as it won its second consecutive match, both at home. The 3-2 victory over the San Jose Earhquakes (11-12-7) raised the New Yorkers to 34 points. The six points gained in the last two contests moved them into position for a playoff berth.
Two potential difficulties must be overcome for playoff qualification to become a reality when the regular season closes in five weeks. NYC must fare well on the road as three of their final four contests will not be played at home. The other potential problem is that several of the teams battling NYC for a playoff position have more matches remaining in which they can compile points than does NYC.
The star of Saturday’s contest, Ned Grabavoy, correctly remarked, “We can only control ourselves.”
Neither team in Saturday’s contest scored in the first half, but five goals were scored in the second 45 minutes. NYC coach Jason Kreis stated what he believed was the reason for the second half spurt in scoring, “Both teams were dead set in getting those three points [for a win].”
The veteran Grabavoy, now in his 12th season in the MLS, scored the first goal of the game with an assist from David Villa in the 51st minute. Twelve minutes later, Frank Lampard passed to Grabavoy who scored his second goal on a header.
The final NYC goal was headed into the net by team captain Villa on an assist by 18-year-old Angelino, a fellow Spaniard and Grabavoy. Villa is one of the leading scorers in the MLS with 16 goals and eight assists.
The Earthquakes began the match just one point below the playoff qualifying line in the Western Conference. They made a herculean effort in the final 20 minutes to gain additional points, but fell short. This was their fourth straight winless contest.
English superstar Lampard gave an insightful and realistic look at the last few weeks of the 2015 season, “All that matters is wining at this point. We can try to win all the games. If it’s not enough, we can hold our heads high.”
#NYCFC #Soccer #YankeeStadium
BRONX NEWS: #Yanks Shut Out #Mets, 5-0
BRONX NEWS: #Yanks Shut Out #Mets, 5-0: #Yanks Shut Out #Mets, 5-0 By Howard Goldin QUEENS, NEW YORK (SPORTS)- The second Subway Series game on Saturday afternoon was an exact ...
#Yanks Shut Out #Mets, 5-0
#Yanks Shut Out #Mets, 5-0
By Howard Goldin
QUEENS, NEW YORK (SPORTS)- The second Subway Series game on Saturday afternoon was an exact opposite in the circumstances of the previous evening’s contest. The Yankees, with a combination of home runs and excellent pitching, defeated the Mets, 5-0.
The victory of the Yanks and Toronto’s loss cut the lead of the Blue Jays to 3.5 games with 15 games remaining. The Yanks still retain the lead for the first Wild Card spot in the American League over Houston. The loss for the Mets only delayed the date of their clinching the pennant in the National League East as their winning it is inevitable.
The Yanks wasted no time in getting on the scoreboard as the first three batters in the games scored. Jacoby Ellsbury led off the game with a single. The next batter, Brett Gardner, follows with another single. On a 2-2 pitch, Carlos Beltran cleared the bases with his 16th home run of the season, his 389th of his illustrious major league career. The veteran outfielder described the circumstances of the at bat, “He [Syndergaard] threw me a pitch [fastball] in the strike zone and I was able to get the bat on it.”
The native of Puerto Rico does not view himself as a home run hitter, but sees his role in the following words, “Right now, my job is to help this team win ballgames.” He has been successfully doing just that as he has batted safely in 37 of his most recent 42 games. During that stretch, he has batted .315 (47 FOR 1490 and driven in 23 runs.
The first inning has been the inning of choice for the Yankees to score runs as the Bronx Bombers have scored more runs in that frame than any other major league team as scored in any single inning.
Yankee catcher Brian McCann was responsible for the only other runs score as he drove in Beltran, who had singled in the sixth, with his 26th home run, a career single season high. He leads all catchers I the majors in home runs.
The five runs were more than necessary as Yankee pitchers shut out the Mets in their third of the last four games they played at Citi field.
By Howard Goldin
QUEENS, NEW YORK (SPORTS)- The second Subway Series game on Saturday afternoon was an exact opposite in the circumstances of the previous evening’s contest. The Yankees, with a combination of home runs and excellent pitching, defeated the Mets, 5-0.
The victory of the Yanks and Toronto’s loss cut the lead of the Blue Jays to 3.5 games with 15 games remaining. The Yanks still retain the lead for the first Wild Card spot in the American League over Houston. The loss for the Mets only delayed the date of their clinching the pennant in the National League East as their winning it is inevitable.
The Yanks wasted no time in getting on the scoreboard as the first three batters in the games scored. Jacoby Ellsbury led off the game with a single. The next batter, Brett Gardner, follows with another single. On a 2-2 pitch, Carlos Beltran cleared the bases with his 16th home run of the season, his 389th of his illustrious major league career. The veteran outfielder described the circumstances of the at bat, “He [Syndergaard] threw me a pitch [fastball] in the strike zone and I was able to get the bat on it.”
The native of Puerto Rico does not view himself as a home run hitter, but sees his role in the following words, “Right now, my job is to help this team win ballgames.” He has been successfully doing just that as he has batted safely in 37 of his most recent 42 games. During that stretch, he has batted .315 (47 FOR 1490 and driven in 23 runs.
The first inning has been the inning of choice for the Yankees to score runs as the Bronx Bombers have scored more runs in that frame than any other major league team as scored in any single inning.
Yankee catcher Brian McCann was responsible for the only other runs score as he drove in Beltran, who had singled in the sixth, with his 26th home run, a career single season high. He leads all catchers I the majors in home runs.
The five runs were more than necessary as Yankee pitchers shut out the Mets in their third of the last four games they played at Citi field.
Saturday, September 19, 2015
BRONX NEWS: Subway Series Game two: Vastly different for #Yank...
BRONX NEWS: Subway Series Game two: Vastly different for #Yank...: Subway Series Game two: Vastly different for #Yankees By Rich Mancuso QUEENS, NEW YORK (SPORTS)- At this juncture of the Subway Series i...
Subway Series Game two: Vastly different for #Yankees
Subway Series Game two: Vastly different for #Yankees
By Rich Mancuso
QUEENS, NEW YORK (SPORTS)- At this juncture of the Subway Series it is more important that the Yankees win these games in September because every win still leaves that slim chance of catching the Blue Jays for the AL east division title. And the Mets are only looking at another win to decrease that magic number and prepare for their first postseason in nine years.
Friday night it went the right way for the Mets. And because baseball is a game that is played everyday, Saturday afternoon at Citi Field it went the Yankees way as they used their formula of pitching and the home run ball in a 5-0 shutout over their crosstown rivals.
Yes it was a vastly different game for the Yankees, and they did not have to come from behind as they tried and failed to do the night before when Masahiro Tanaka gave up the home run ball. The Mets, a team with 39 come from behind wins could not overcome an early deficit and Yankees manager Joe Girardi got a win using a starting pitcher and six other arms out of the bullpen.
With a rubber game set for Sunday night, and with so few games left to play, this once meaningless series that is meant more for for the fans, has another significant game to be played. And a win for either the Mets or Yankees has more meaning than bragging rights as to who is the best.
Because there is a magic number that needs to be reached for the Mets and because the Yankees with 14 games left to play have hopes of still chasing Toronto for first place,bragging rights is not the agenda this September.
As for Girardi, lifting his starter Michael Pineda with one out in the sixth inning with two on base, this game was vastly different. Pineda was throwing scoreless ball at that point, but every game is important and going to the bullpen meant how important it was to get this win.
Even going as far as using his setup man Dellin Betances and the closer Andrew Miller, that was how important this was and different. Logic would say with a 5-0 lead that using key components of the pen in this game was not necessary. But Girardi plays the percentages with full knowledge that the Mets are that comeback type of team.
“We’ve got to win ballgames,” Brian McCann said. “That’s the mindset.” McCann hit one of two home runs off Mets’ starter Noah Syndergaard in the sixth inning with two on, his 26th that leads all catchers in the major leagues. It also extended that Yankees lead to 5-0. Carlos Beltran hit a three run homer off Syndergaard in the first inning, his 16th and 389th of his career.
The mindset to McCann and the Yankees is to win as many as they can. Three games remain with the Blue Jays beginning Monday night up in Toronto so one can understand the logic of making sure to get this win. And the Yankees hope to remain in distance, all of course depending on what happens Sunday, because if the Blue Jays lose and the Yankees take the finale, the deficit is 3-½ games.
The Girardi strategy worked. After Justin Wilson walked Daniel Murphy to load the bases he struck out David Wright, and Juan Uribe who pinched hit for a suddenly hot Lucas Duda, and that started a string of seven straight Mets going down by strikeout of which four came from Wilson.
A bullpen that may have been prematurely taxed? They did not give up a hit until a pair of them in the ninth off Chris Martin. Going that extra mile and using Miller to get the final out, could have some significance Sunday night and with those three games up in Toronto.
“My hope was I didn’t have to use him” Girardi said about deploying Miller. “This was a game you can’t afford to give away.” So getting this win was different, but it is September baseball and managers with expanded rosters have that liberty of having more than enough arms in the pen.
Now it is up to CC Sabathia to give the Yankees some distance in the finale of this series. And if Sabathia and that knee brace cooperate, and if the Yankees use the home run ball that they are made for, there will be no questions about the strategy that Girardi used Saturday that made this game different.
They may get that opportunity if Matt Harvey rules apply. They could see 70 pitches or five innings from Harvey, but Mets manager Terry Collins said, “There is no pitch count. He’s not going deep in the game. He’s Matt Harvey I always feel good when he’s pitching.”
That is not a case for Girardi to be concerned about. His main concern is getting the wins, after all this is September and going to the big dance in October.
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#Yankees #Mets #SubwaySeries
By Rich Mancuso
QUEENS, NEW YORK (SPORTS)- At this juncture of the Subway Series it is more important that the Yankees win these games in September because every win still leaves that slim chance of catching the Blue Jays for the AL east division title. And the Mets are only looking at another win to decrease that magic number and prepare for their first postseason in nine years.
Friday night it went the right way for the Mets. And because baseball is a game that is played everyday, Saturday afternoon at Citi Field it went the Yankees way as they used their formula of pitching and the home run ball in a 5-0 shutout over their crosstown rivals.
Yes it was a vastly different game for the Yankees, and they did not have to come from behind as they tried and failed to do the night before when Masahiro Tanaka gave up the home run ball. The Mets, a team with 39 come from behind wins could not overcome an early deficit and Yankees manager Joe Girardi got a win using a starting pitcher and six other arms out of the bullpen.
With a rubber game set for Sunday night, and with so few games left to play, this once meaningless series that is meant more for for the fans, has another significant game to be played. And a win for either the Mets or Yankees has more meaning than bragging rights as to who is the best.
Because there is a magic number that needs to be reached for the Mets and because the Yankees with 14 games left to play have hopes of still chasing Toronto for first place,bragging rights is not the agenda this September.
As for Girardi, lifting his starter Michael Pineda with one out in the sixth inning with two on base, this game was vastly different. Pineda was throwing scoreless ball at that point, but every game is important and going to the bullpen meant how important it was to get this win.
Even going as far as using his setup man Dellin Betances and the closer Andrew Miller, that was how important this was and different. Logic would say with a 5-0 lead that using key components of the pen in this game was not necessary. But Girardi plays the percentages with full knowledge that the Mets are that comeback type of team.
“We’ve got to win ballgames,” Brian McCann said. “That’s the mindset.” McCann hit one of two home runs off Mets’ starter Noah Syndergaard in the sixth inning with two on, his 26th that leads all catchers in the major leagues. It also extended that Yankees lead to 5-0. Carlos Beltran hit a three run homer off Syndergaard in the first inning, his 16th and 389th of his career.
The mindset to McCann and the Yankees is to win as many as they can. Three games remain with the Blue Jays beginning Monday night up in Toronto so one can understand the logic of making sure to get this win. And the Yankees hope to remain in distance, all of course depending on what happens Sunday, because if the Blue Jays lose and the Yankees take the finale, the deficit is 3-½ games.
The Girardi strategy worked. After Justin Wilson walked Daniel Murphy to load the bases he struck out David Wright, and Juan Uribe who pinched hit for a suddenly hot Lucas Duda, and that started a string of seven straight Mets going down by strikeout of which four came from Wilson.
A bullpen that may have been prematurely taxed? They did not give up a hit until a pair of them in the ninth off Chris Martin. Going that extra mile and using Miller to get the final out, could have some significance Sunday night and with those three games up in Toronto.
“My hope was I didn’t have to use him” Girardi said about deploying Miller. “This was a game you can’t afford to give away.” So getting this win was different, but it is September baseball and managers with expanded rosters have that liberty of having more than enough arms in the pen.
Now it is up to CC Sabathia to give the Yankees some distance in the finale of this series. And if Sabathia and that knee brace cooperate, and if the Yankees use the home run ball that they are made for, there will be no questions about the strategy that Girardi used Saturday that made this game different.
They may get that opportunity if Matt Harvey rules apply. They could see 70 pitches or five innings from Harvey, but Mets manager Terry Collins said, “There is no pitch count. He’s not going deep in the game. He’s Matt Harvey I always feel good when he’s pitching.”
That is not a case for Girardi to be concerned about. His main concern is getting the wins, after all this is September and going to the big dance in October.
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#Yankees #Mets #SubwaySeries
BRONX NEWS: Early Decisions Derail #Yankees in #SubwaySeries
BRONX NEWS: Early Decisions Derail #Yankees in #SubwaySeries: Early Decisions Derail #Yankees in #SubwaySeries #Mets Dominate Quiet Bombers By Howard Goldin QUEENS, NEW YORK (SPORTS)- The reward for ...
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