05/01: Yanks Fall To Tigers, Back Below .500
Posted by: Seamus
The Yankees dropped their second straight to Detroit Wednesday night by a score of 6-2, once again falling a game below .500. The loss gives the Yankees their 3rd losing April since 2005.
Andy Pettitte was better than his line would show, but two-run homers by Marcus Thames and Placido Polanco in the 5th and 6th innings put Detroit up by a score of 5-2, giving Pettitte a line of 5 runs on 7 hits in 6 innings. Polanco added another home run in the 8th with a ball that just barely cleared the left field wall against Kyle Farnsworth.
The Yankees put up two runs in the 1st, but that would be all the offense they would get against Jeremy Bonderman, who after that rough first inning for him, pitched 6 and 2/3 innings of scoreless ball. The Yankees recorded only 5 hits in the game and the bottom third of the order went a combined 0-9, which is something we might see quite a bit of in the next few weeks without both A-Rod and Posada in the lineup.
The Yankees will try to salvage one of three in this series tonight in a battle of struggling pitchers as Ian Kennedy (0-2, 8.93) will go up against Nate Robertson (0-3, 6.91). I kind of have a feeling a game like this where you'd expect to see a night of fireworks will turn out to be a 2-1 pitchers duel. Game time is 7:05 E.T.
Andy Pettitte was better than his line would show, but two-run homers by Marcus Thames and Placido Polanco in the 5th and 6th innings put Detroit up by a score of 5-2, giving Pettitte a line of 5 runs on 7 hits in 6 innings. Polanco added another home run in the 8th with a ball that just barely cleared the left field wall against Kyle Farnsworth.
The Yankees put up two runs in the 1st, but that would be all the offense they would get against Jeremy Bonderman, who after that rough first inning for him, pitched 6 and 2/3 innings of scoreless ball. The Yankees recorded only 5 hits in the game and the bottom third of the order went a combined 0-9, which is something we might see quite a bit of in the next few weeks without both A-Rod and Posada in the lineup.
The Yankees will try to salvage one of three in this series tonight in a battle of struggling pitchers as Ian Kennedy (0-2, 8.93) will go up against Nate Robertson (0-3, 6.91). I kind of have a feeling a game like this where you'd expect to see a night of fireworks will turn out to be a 2-1 pitchers duel. Game time is 7:05 E.T.
