Yankees vs. Guardians Epic 12-Inning Marathon Recap

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00:00The longest game of the year in this Major League Baseball season in 2024, last night

00:08inside Yankee Stadium between those Yankees and the Cleveland Guardians.

00:123-3 after regulation, 3-3 entering the 12th inning, the Guardians score 6 in the top of

00:20the 12th.

00:21The Yankees tried to rally, pointing 2 in the home half of the inning, but Cleveland

00:25takes the opener of this marquee midweek set in the Bronx, 9-5 yesterday over the

00:30Yankees.

00:31New York was a minus 154, home money line favorite, total was 8 DRS.

00:36As you shared earlier, in regulation, only 6 combined runs, you were feeling pretty good.

00:41Of course, it skies over because of that 12th inning.

00:44And also, it feels like the worst case nightmare came true for the New York Yankees, which

00:49sometimes teams do factor in and say, other guys have to perform.

00:53But look, you saw Soto and Judge go yard early, take the 2-0 lead.

00:56Now, should two runs be enough for a full 9 inning game?

00:58No, it's not.

00:59But you want to tack on here, and you let Cleveland get back in the ballgame and eventually

01:03take that 3-2 lead before it tied up at 3-2.

01:05But look at the roster itself for the Yankees.

01:07Gleyber Torres, 0-4.

01:09Let's remove Judge and Soto who had the home runs.

01:11Behind him, Giancarlo Stanton, 0-3.

01:13Then you had pinch hitting here for Grisham.

01:15He was 0-2.

01:16And right behind him was Alex Verdugo for an 0-6.

01:20If the MO is out there, let's just not pitch to Judge or Soto.

01:24People have to step up behind them.

01:25That's what you get paid to do.

01:26And you should love to be in that spot long.

01:29Every time I come up, Ben, the pitcher is going to be working out of the stretch because

01:31there will be guys on base with high leverage situations for me to hit.

01:35But if you're going to have your two superstars hit home runs and nobody do anything, you're

01:39going to find yourself on the losing end of it like you saw yesterday.

01:42The Yankees should have won that game.

01:43Luis Gil is on the mound, one of your quote-unquote better pitchers here, now struggling from

01:47time to time, which is not a good sign for the Yankees down the stretch.

01:50But that's what I took away from the game.

01:52That's a great win for the Cleveland Guardians.

01:53Every win for them is huge, particularly against a team like the New York Yankees, which you're

01:57fighting with now for that number one overall seed in the AL.

02:00But from a Yankees perspective, this is what I worry about.

02:03My superstars performing, but nobody chipping in behind us.