One of the nation's most respected news magazines reported in it's
most recent issue that the midwestern drought in our country is
worsening. The story characterizes the situation as a "creeping
disaster." The article went on to say that droughts unfold in slow
motion, day after dry day. That sums up the Yankees circumstance right
now. Four straight losses to Oakland on the last road trip followed by a
general malaise that has produced four more losses since that series
with the A's.
The Yankees now stand at 3-8 over the last eleven
games. Yankee
pitchers have allowed 12 home runs over the last ten games. Freddy Garcia
allowed 3 runs on 9 hits in his 6 innings of
work. His line could have been even worse had the Yankees not turned
three double plays behind him. Garcia was charged with the loss and
falls to 4-5, 5.10 ERA on the season.
The Yankee bullpen was almost as bad, allowing two more
runs in three innings of relief. Boone Logan pitched two-thirds of an
inning. Ironically he retired the first two batters, both right hand
hitters, but allowed a walk and hit to the two left-handers he faced, giving the Orioles a 5-2 lead. David Phelps yielded a hit and a walk in
relief of Logan.
The Yankees had rallied with two runs in their half of
the seventh with back-to-back home runs from Eric Chavez and Ichiro Suzuki. Suzuki's home run was the 100th of his career and extended his
Yankee hitting streak to seven games.
Later on, Chad Qualls
bailed the Yankees out of further trouble by retiring JJ Hardy and Chris
Davis. His effort preserved one last chance for the Yankees in the
bottom of the inning.
The Yankees entered the ninth inning 0-34 this season
when trailing after eight innings. Despite a Nick Swisher double to
lead off the ninth inning and a walk to Chavez, the Yankees could not
score the tying run. Raul Ibanez struck out, Ichiro grounded into a
fielder's choice, and Russell Martin struck out. The Yankee record fell
to 0-35 when trailing after the 8th.
Joe Girardi was his usual glib, rationalizing self
following the loss. The only real concern he showed was regarding the wrist injury to Mark Teixeira. He seemed to incur the
injury diving for a ball to his left. Teixeira's post-game comments
revealed that he was actually injured in one of his at bats against the
Red Sox last night.
Nevertheless, if Girardi believes that his team can
continue to coast in the manner of the last eleven games, perhaps he
should hearken to the words of the Judas Priest rock anthem, "You got
another thing coming!"
Final score in this game Orioles 5 Yankees 4. Could be another hot dry day tomorrow.
Final score in this game Orioles 5 Yankees 4. Could be another hot dry day tomorrow.
--Frank Gentry, BYB Writer
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