07/31: Mitre and Co. Falter vs. ChiSox
Posted by: Seamus
The Yankees squandered an early lead and some sub par pitching prevented the Bombers from climbing back as they eventually lost the second game of this four-game series 10–5 to the White Sox.
The Yankees scored three runs in the top of the first, but Sergio Mitre was unable to preserve the lead as the Sox were able to light him up for five runs and seven hits in just three innings. Eric Hinske tied the game with a home run in the fourth, and Carlos Quentin put the White Sox back ahead with a double in the fifth to make it 6–5.
With the game still close, the Yanks were an out away from getting out of the bottom of the seventh unscathed with Alfredo Aceves on the mound, but a walk followed by two straight hits and a double steal (Posada made a bad throw to second, and then flat out dropped the ball on the return throw, allowing Jayson Nix to score) led to four runs as the Sox pretty much sealed the deal.
The Yankees were unable to climb back. They looked like they might get some sort of rally going in the ninth, but all hopes were pretty much ended when Alex Rodriguez decided not to run hard out of the box on a ball hit to the left field wall and was tagged out trying to get into second base with a double.
Despite the rough two nights they've had so far in Chicago, the Yankees finished the month of July with an 18–9 record (.667). That's the best month the team has had since they went 19–8 (.704) in September of 2007.
The series will resume tomorrow afternoon as A.J. Burnett will take the mound for the Yankees and will be opposed by John Danks. Game starts at 4:05 ET.
Recap records: Patrick: 28–13, Seamus: 27–19, Andrew: 7–9
The Yankees scored three runs in the top of the first, but Sergio Mitre was unable to preserve the lead as the Sox were able to light him up for five runs and seven hits in just three innings. Eric Hinske tied the game with a home run in the fourth, and Carlos Quentin put the White Sox back ahead with a double in the fifth to make it 6–5.
With the game still close, the Yanks were an out away from getting out of the bottom of the seventh unscathed with Alfredo Aceves on the mound, but a walk followed by two straight hits and a double steal (Posada made a bad throw to second, and then flat out dropped the ball on the return throw, allowing Jayson Nix to score) led to four runs as the Sox pretty much sealed the deal.
The Yankees were unable to climb back. They looked like they might get some sort of rally going in the ninth, but all hopes were pretty much ended when Alex Rodriguez decided not to run hard out of the box on a ball hit to the left field wall and was tagged out trying to get into second base with a double.
Despite the rough two nights they've had so far in Chicago, the Yankees finished the month of July with an 18–9 record (.667). That's the best month the team has had since they went 19–8 (.704) in September of 2007.
The series will resume tomorrow afternoon as A.J. Burnett will take the mound for the Yankees and will be opposed by John Danks. Game starts at 4:05 ET.
Recap records: Patrick: 28–13, Seamus: 27–19, Andrew: 7–9
