Yankees and Tigers play through snow, and David Price struggled mightily
If you live in the upper midwest and parts of the northeast, then you’re well aware that Wednesday was a miserable day weather wise. Perhaps not necessarily miserable by winter weather standards, but April 22 and baseball standards it was actually something beyond miserable.
You probably won’t get an argument from too many New York Yankees or Detroit Tigers in particular. After playing through the cold, wind and some occasional rain on Monday and Tuesday night, they were subjected to the s-word on Wednesday at Comerica Park.
I’ll spell it out for you but refuse to actually say it: S-N-O-W.
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This was the scene in the first inning.
Though it can’t entirely be blamed on the cold and wet conditions, Tigers’ left-hander David Price looked the least comfortable of everybody on the field. The former Cy Young Award winner required 51 pitches just to record the first three outs, and along the way allowed six runs on five hits, two walks and one hit batter.
In fact, Price never could find a comfort zone, lasting just 2 1/3 innings. He was charged with eight earned runs by night’s end.
Yankees right-hander Adam Warren didn’t fare much better in the early going. He walked four of the first five batters he faced and allowed four first-inning runs of his own, but settled down to last 5 2/3 innings without allowing any additional runs. He picked up the victory in the Yankees 13-4 win.
Eventually, the weather settled down too, at least in Detroit.
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For awhile, it was coming down at a pretty decent clip in Pittsburgh, though it didn’t appear to wreak as much havoc on the Cubs or Pirates.
Again, it’s April. We’re three weeks into a regular season that started a week later than usual, and we’re still dealing with the white stuff. If this were Denver, we’d know what we’re getting into, but this isn’t just Denver.
We beg of thee, baseballs gods and Mother Nature, just give us baseball weather!
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