The biggest hit of the Yankee season came today off the bat of Paul Goldschmidt. His two-run homer in Arizona lifted the Diamondbacks over the Astros in a 5-3 win that preserved the Yankees' lead over Houston in the wild card standings. The AL wild-card play-in game will now take place in the Bronx on Tuesday night. It'll be Dallas Kuechel on three-days rest against Tanaka.
It's a strange feeling right now. The ultimate goal this weekend was to ensure that game was going to be at Yankee Stadium and it was achieved. But the Yanks just got swept by the Orioles, have lost six of seven overall and look absolutely lifeless heading into Tuesday's win-or-go-home match-up with Houston. Girardi appears as if he's actually trying to lose his job. After Saturday's debacle he yanks Pineda after 83 pitches with the season on the line and hands the ball to Chris Capuano. Yea, the same Chris Capuano who has about an eight ERA and has been cut four times this season. Doesn't matter that Flaherty was like 1 for a million lifetime against Pineda. Gotta have that lefty-lefty no matter what.
I've been trying to hold fast to the notion that the postseason erases everything and creates a fresh new slate for everyone but it's going to be really hard to get super pumped for Tuesday. That place is going to be dead. This team has given you no reason to get excited about anything. I'll be there and I'm going to do my best to psyche myself up but if this team falls behind early Yankee Stadium is going to be embarrassingly empty in the mid to late innings.
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