09/08: Yankees @ Mariners; 9/7/08
Posted by: James
The Yankees are limping toward the end of the season with a whimper, not a bang and anyone holding out hope for a miracle...should just stop wishing on that star.
It was just a bad day overall. Mike Mussina wasn't great but he might have been saved from the loss if the Yankee offense had been able to produce anything off of Ryan Feierabend, who came into the game with an ERA over 6.
The game started off well as the Yankees took a 2-0 lead thanks to solo homers from Jeter and Nady but Moose just wasn't able to hold the lead. Mussina gave up a 2-run shot to Adrian Beltre in the third inning and a solo shot to Jose Lopez in the fourth to give up the lead and the Mariners would only add to it. The final run off of Mussina came in the fifth when Ichiro singled, took second on a Mussina error, and then scored on a Raul Ibanez RBI single. The Mariner's fifth run came off of another Jose Lopez homer, another solo shot, this one off of Jose Veras.
The Yankees did bring the tying run to the plate in the bottom of the ninth with Wilson Betemit coming up with 2 men on and 2 men out. However, it was just not meant to be as Wilson went down swinging...and with the Blue Jays win, welcome to 4ThPlaceTown...population: the 2008 Yankees.
It was just a bad day overall. Mike Mussina wasn't great but he might have been saved from the loss if the Yankee offense had been able to produce anything off of Ryan Feierabend, who came into the game with an ERA over 6.
The game started off well as the Yankees took a 2-0 lead thanks to solo homers from Jeter and Nady but Moose just wasn't able to hold the lead. Mussina gave up a 2-run shot to Adrian Beltre in the third inning and a solo shot to Jose Lopez in the fourth to give up the lead and the Mariners would only add to it. The final run off of Mussina came in the fifth when Ichiro singled, took second on a Mussina error, and then scored on a Raul Ibanez RBI single. The Mariner's fifth run came off of another Jose Lopez homer, another solo shot, this one off of Jose Veras.
The Yankees did bring the tying run to the plate in the bottom of the ninth with Wilson Betemit coming up with 2 men on and 2 men out. However, it was just not meant to be as Wilson went down swinging...and with the Blue Jays win, welcome to 4ThPlaceTown...population: the 2008 Yankees.
