06/10: Yanks Fall to 0-7 vs. Sox
Posted by: Seamus
The Yankees fell to the Red Sox in another frustrating affair at Fenway, this time going down by a score of 6–5 and falling a full game behind the Red Sox in the A.L. East. This loss was brought to us in part by some bad starting pitching, bad defense and bad fundamental baseball early on in the game.
Chien-Ming Wang didn't even make it through the 3rd inning, as Joe Girardi couldn't take it anymore after watching his starter throw 69 pitches in 2 and 2/3 and allow 4 runs. Wang got some help from his defense, as Nick Swisher let a ball get away from him in the 2nd that could've been caught that ended up bouncing in front of him and over the right field wall for a ground rule double. Swisher also cost the Yankees ealier in the inning, when he went too far off of 1st base on a line drive that was caught by the shortstop and was gunned down for a double play (Swisher did, however, make an amazing diving catch on Mike Lowell in the 7th).
Despite Wang's performance, the Yankees did manage to hang around and Phil Hughes was respectable in relief, although he did allow 2 runs in his 3 and 2/3 innings of work. A two-run homer off the bat of Kevin Youkilis caused the blemish on Hughes' line score for the night.
The Yankees did make it interesting in the 7th, as Johnny Damon and Mark Teixeira opened up the inning with back-to-back home runs off of Ramon Ramirez to pull the Yankees to within 6–5. That would be as close as they would get, though, as Hideki Okajima was able to work himself out of some trouble in the 8th and Jonathan Papelbon got Jorge Posada to fly out with the tying run in scoring position to end the game.
Pretty amazing that the Yankees are 0–7 against the Sox but are still just one game out of the division lead. It's not uncommon for teams year by year to have that thorn in their side that they just can't seem to handle no matter which team may be hot or cold going into a series. Unfortunately for the Yankees, it seems like right now that thorn in the side is the Boston Red Sox.
The Yankees will finish up their series in Bahstun tomorrow night and will try to salvage a game in this one before coming home to take on the crosstown rival Mets this weekend. CC Sabathia will try to help turn things around against the Sox, who will be sending Brad Penny to the mound. Game starts at 7:05 ET.
Recap records: Patrick: 16–8, Seamus: 14–12, Andrew: 4–5
Chien-Ming Wang didn't even make it through the 3rd inning, as Joe Girardi couldn't take it anymore after watching his starter throw 69 pitches in 2 and 2/3 and allow 4 runs. Wang got some help from his defense, as Nick Swisher let a ball get away from him in the 2nd that could've been caught that ended up bouncing in front of him and over the right field wall for a ground rule double. Swisher also cost the Yankees ealier in the inning, when he went too far off of 1st base on a line drive that was caught by the shortstop and was gunned down for a double play (Swisher did, however, make an amazing diving catch on Mike Lowell in the 7th).
Despite Wang's performance, the Yankees did manage to hang around and Phil Hughes was respectable in relief, although he did allow 2 runs in his 3 and 2/3 innings of work. A two-run homer off the bat of Kevin Youkilis caused the blemish on Hughes' line score for the night.
The Yankees did make it interesting in the 7th, as Johnny Damon and Mark Teixeira opened up the inning with back-to-back home runs off of Ramon Ramirez to pull the Yankees to within 6–5. That would be as close as they would get, though, as Hideki Okajima was able to work himself out of some trouble in the 8th and Jonathan Papelbon got Jorge Posada to fly out with the tying run in scoring position to end the game.
Pretty amazing that the Yankees are 0–7 against the Sox but are still just one game out of the division lead. It's not uncommon for teams year by year to have that thorn in their side that they just can't seem to handle no matter which team may be hot or cold going into a series. Unfortunately for the Yankees, it seems like right now that thorn in the side is the Boston Red Sox.
The Yankees will finish up their series in Bahstun tomorrow night and will try to salvage a game in this one before coming home to take on the crosstown rival Mets this weekend. CC Sabathia will try to help turn things around against the Sox, who will be sending Brad Penny to the mound. Game starts at 7:05 ET.
Recap records: Patrick: 16–8, Seamus: 14–12, Andrew: 4–5
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