| Mariano Rivera takes defeat like a Hall of Famer would, with dignity | 08.08.11 at 2:27 am ET |
After blowing the 14th save against the Red Sox in his certain Hall of Fame career, Mariano Rivera took full responsibility, admitting that his trademark cutter pitch to Marco Scutaro that yielded a leadoff double in the ninth was not where he wanted it. Scutaro lined Rivera’s 2-2 pitch high off the Monster in left to start the game-tying rally in the ninth, with the Yankees leading, 2-1.
“It wasn’t the pitch that I wanted it to be,” Rivera said. “It was a little bit down, should’ve been a little bit up. I can’t blame nothing but myself. I didn’t get it done. That’s that.”
Scutaro has a history of dramatics with the Yankees closer, hitting a three-run, game-winning walk-off homer against Rivera when Scutaro played for the A’s on April 15, 2007. Rivera insisted he wasn’t thinking about that when Scutaro led off the ninth on Sunday night.
“I don’t think about it like that,” Rivera said. “If I was thinking like that, I wouldn’t be doing this job. I was just going in there thinking of getting him out as soon as possible, just get him out.”
Rivera nearly got out of his own mess when Jacoby Ellsbury laid down a bunt for the first out, moving Scutaro to third. But Dustin Pedroia lined a ball just deep enough to left for Scutaro to score and tie the game. Josh Reddick gave Boston a 3-2 win the next inning when he singled home pinch-runner Darnell McDonald from second base.
While Rivera hasn’t been perfect this season – as Sunday was his fifth blown save in 34 chances, he still has been dominant. But even back in Rivera’s heyday, the Red Sox always seemed to have a knack for getting to him.
“That’s exciting,” Red Sox manager Terry Francona said afterward. “Anytime you see Mo in the game, it’s not good news. We’re the one team, everyone once in a while, you kind make a chip [in his armor]. That was exciting. Scutaro with a huge hit, Jacoby gets a nice bunt down and Pedey with a good at-bat and we get to keep playing.”
Most famously, of course, there was Game 4 of the 2004 American League Championship Series when Kevin Millar worked his walk and pinch-runner Dave Roberts just got under Derek Jeter’s tag, scoring on Bill Mueller’s hit. In the regular season, the Red Sox have tagged Rivera with 14 blown saves, six more than the next closest teams (Angels and Orioles).
But Rivera still managed to set some history Sunday, making his 1,023rd appearance, passing Jose Mesa and Lee Smith for sole possession of 10th place on baseball’s all-time games-pitched list.
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