7/14/12 Recap

       Yesterday, the Yankees continued their 3-game affair with the Angels as Freddy Garcia allowed a 2-run single by Alberto Callapso in the 1st. In the bottom of the first, with Jeter on second, Robinson Cano homers off the wall in front of the bullpen in left-center to tie the game at 2. In the 3rd, Curtis Granderson smashes a 2-run homer into the second deck in right field which gave the Yankees a 4-2 lead. A few innings later, the score already 4-3, Robinson Cano delivered again with an RBI single that scores Alex Rodriguez to make it 5-3 which was the final score. Freddy Garcia is now 9-1 in 16 career starts against Anaheim. Today, Jared Weaver goes for the Angels against New York's Ivan Nova.
       The Mets sent knuckleballer R.A. Dickey to the mound in Atlanta, where his only loss this season came, to try and even their weekend series with the Braves. Both teams gave up 3 runs in the first 4 1/2 innings, but in the bottom of the 5th, there was a most controversial play: with Jason Heyward on first, Martin Prado lined one into shallow left. Jordanny Valdespin tried to make a sliding catch, but he tracked the ball. One umpire called Prado safe, but another called him out. Thinking that Prado was out, Heyward turned back from second and starting going back to first. Valdespin threw the ball to 1st baseman Ike Davis, and Davis both stepped on the bag and tagged Heyward, thinking they got the double play. The umpires got together and ruled both runners safe. The nest batter was Freddie Freeman who doubled in 2 runs to give Atlanta a 5-3 lead. The next inning, the Mets laced together 6 hits and took a 7-5 lead. It stayed this way until the bottom of the eighth when Mets fire-baller Bobby Parnell allowed 3 runs to give the Braves the lead as Craig Kimbrell got the 3-out save to give Atlanta an 8-7 comeback victory. R. A. Dickey is 1-1 against Atlanta this season with an ERA of 8.80. However, he is 11-0 against every other team he has faced.