With enough from Burnett, Yanks roll on
Posted by admin on July 9th, 2009
Only a few pitches into Wednesday’s 4-3 win over the Twins, it became apparent to Yankees catcher Jorge Posada that his starting pitcher, A.J. Burnett, had virtually no control over his curveball. Burnett could not drop one into the strike zone at will — and his changeup was not much better. For one night, he had transformed into a one-pitch pitcher.
But Posada knew that Burnett’s curveball still had more than enough movement to induce swings and misses, so he kept calling for it. And after Burnett pumped two strikes across to Michael Cuddyer with the bases loaded in the fifth, Posada called for the curveball yet again. That one was out of the strike zone, too. But it was exactly where Burnett wanted it to be.
Click here to read the full article – By Anthony DiComo of MLB.com
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