THE YANKEES BLOW A BIG ONE ON FATHER'S DAY & IT'S NOT BOONE'S FAULT

Well, that sucked. No one expected the Yankees to blow a five run lead heading into the bottom of the sixth inning, but that's baseball. The Yankees win streak stopped at nine, but now it is time to start a new one today.

We all have our off days when we just aren't at our best and that was true for Luis Severino yesterday. He gave up two home runs, walked a season high four batters and gave up five runs but despite that the Yankees looked to be in full control.

Until they weren't. After Severino was pulled Miguel Castro and Wandy Peralta both came into the game and they didn't have their best stuff either....and it happens. The pitching wasn't the only downfall in the game. Sure, the Yankees scored nine runs and still lost and normally I would say it is easier to accept a loss when you score nine runs. I just tip my cap and say the other team played better and not dwell on it. I don't want to dwell on this one either but....the Yankees did have 13 strikeouts. This was a winnable game even with the ineffective pitching. If the Yankees had struck out less and also didn't leave 7 men on base the end result should be different.

The Yankees just didn't execute, so while it is easy to sit here and be a couch manager and blame Aaron Boone, I'm not going to do that. Hard to believe because I am not one to defend Boone ever and it would be easier to do if the Yankees weren't playing good baseball. As much as I don't trust Castro or Peralta and would rather see Michael King or Clay Holmes out there pitching every day, I know that can't happen. Everyone has to step up and do their job.

And not for nothing....the umpires made a couple of bad calls. Two obvious strikes were called balls and if the umpires would've called it correctly that would have ended the inning before the grand slam. But again "shoulda, coulda, woulda" is the theme of this game.

So the Yankees lost a game today after scoring 9 runs and it stings....but it happens. Thankfully, we won the series and are gained a game on them. 

Time to give 'em hell in Tampa.

--Jeana Bellezza-Ochoa

BYB Senior Managing Editor

Twitter: @nyprincessj