04/13: Just to Give You an Idea of How Tonight's Game Went...
Posted by: Seamus
Yeah, that's right...The Yankees' best pitcher tonight was NICK SWISHER.
Chien-Ming Wang was bad (1 IP, 6 H, 8 ER), the bullpen was not great, the Yankees' fielders had a hard time with the roof at Tropicana Field, and just about everything went wrong for the Yankees as they fell 15-5 to the Rays in the home opener for Tampa Bay.
As mentioned, Nick Swisher was one of the bright spots, as he had a home run and a walk to go along with his scoreless inning pitched. Jorge Posada had two hits, as well. The 1-2 spots in the lineup (Jeter, Damon, Gardner) were a combined 0-7.
Oh well, games like this are bound to happen. I'd rather sit through one of these than watch the Yanks lose by a run in extra innings on a walk-off homer. All there is to do now is just sleep on it and go back out there tomorrow. A.J. Burnett will attempt to turn things around against Matt Garza. Game starts at 7:08 ET.
Recap records: Patrick: 2-0, Andrew: 1-0, Seamus: 0-4.