04/14: Yankees @ Red Sox; 4/13/08
Posted by: James
Ouch. This (like Saturday's game) was one that the Yankees could probably have won...if Phil Hughes hadn't been terrible. Daisuke Matsuzaka wasn't that great either as he had control problems all day long...but he did give his team innings. Then to add injury to insult...Jose Molina had to leave the game due to a left hamstring injury that will keep him from catching (and probably land him on the DL).
The problems started in the first as Jacoby Ellsbury walked, stole second, advanced to third on the subsequent throwing error and after a Drew walk, came home on a Manny RBI single. The scoring didn't stop there as J.D. Drew scored on a sac fly and Sean Casey's ground-rule double put runners on first and third. Hughes and Molina then got crossed up on a curveball that ended up being a passed ball, which allowed Manny to come home to make it 3-0.
The Yanks got one back in the top of the 3rd when Johnny Damon walked, stole second and came home on a Bobby Abreu double but the Red Sox ended up chasing Hughes in the bottom half by putting up another three runs. Walk, single, single, single made it 5-1 with men on first and second with no one out and pushed Hughes out of the game. I didn't get a chance to watch the game, only to listen to it, so I can't comment on what was going on with Hughes but word seems to be inconsistent command. In any case, Ross Ohlendorf came on and let both inherited runners score, one via a wild pitch and the other on a Ellsbury RBI single making the score 7-1.
The Yanks mounted a charge in the 4th by scoring 3 runs to cut the score to 7-4 but couldn't muster up enough to get more later. There were some opportunities but it just didn't happen. A disappointing end to a disappointing series. Welcome to to the AL East Cellar, Population: the New York Yankees.
The problems started in the first as Jacoby Ellsbury walked, stole second, advanced to third on the subsequent throwing error and after a Drew walk, came home on a Manny RBI single. The scoring didn't stop there as J.D. Drew scored on a sac fly and Sean Casey's ground-rule double put runners on first and third. Hughes and Molina then got crossed up on a curveball that ended up being a passed ball, which allowed Manny to come home to make it 3-0.
The Yanks got one back in the top of the 3rd when Johnny Damon walked, stole second and came home on a Bobby Abreu double but the Red Sox ended up chasing Hughes in the bottom half by putting up another three runs. Walk, single, single, single made it 5-1 with men on first and second with no one out and pushed Hughes out of the game. I didn't get a chance to watch the game, only to listen to it, so I can't comment on what was going on with Hughes but word seems to be inconsistent command. In any case, Ross Ohlendorf came on and let both inherited runners score, one via a wild pitch and the other on a Ellsbury RBI single making the score 7-1.
The Yanks mounted a charge in the 4th by scoring 3 runs to cut the score to 7-4 but couldn't muster up enough to get more later. There were some opportunities but it just didn't happen. A disappointing end to a disappointing series. Welcome to to the AL East Cellar, Population: the New York Yankees.
