Yankees vs. Twins - Box Score - August 12, 2008

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THT Daily:THT Daily: Wild Card leads
Published 8/13/2008 by THT Staff at The Hardball Times
... : The Redbirds are now four games back in the Wild Card race. With Milwaukee soaring lately, we could be watching the end of the business-end of the St. Louis season. Yankees 9, Twins 6 : A-Rod and Nady homers in the 12th save the bullpen's bacon. We expect Marte to blow up because he's been doing it a lot lately, but Rivera blowing a save is a rare sight indeed. ...

And That Happened
Published 8/13/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Craig Calcaterra) at ShysterBall
... Yankees 9, Twins 6: A-Rod and Nady homers in the 12th save the bullpen's bacon. We expect Marte to blow up because he's been doing it a lot lately, but Rivera blowing a save is a rare sight indeed. ...

Published 8/14/2008 by Aaron (noreply@blogger.com) at AaronGleeman.com
... A big part of why Guerrier has been so overused is that Gardenhire continues to deploy Joe Nathan sparingly despite the fact that he's clearly the bullpen's best pitcher and one of the truly elite relievers in all of baseball. Compared to Guerrier, Nathan has logged 16 percent fewer innings, thrown 24 percent fewer pitches, and faced 28 percent fewer batters. In Tuesday night's extra-inning loss, Guerrier threw 36 pitches, Jesse Crain threw 22, and Dennys Reyes threw 18. Meanwhile, Nathan threw just 15. ...