06/21: Game Recap - Yankees lose to Tampa 5-4
Posted by: David
The Yankees six game winning streak ended on Monday night to the lowly Tampa Bay Devil Rays. The Yankees brought up Sean Henn from Columbus to start for Kevin Brown who was just placed on the DL.
Henn was brought up once before earlier in May for Randy Johnson and also faced the Devil Rays. This outing was not much better. He walked seven in 4 2/3 innings and seems simply not ready to pitch in the major leagues yet. He walked four in the second inning to force in a run. The next batter hit a grounder in the hole between second and third which Jeter got to but the only play he had was to try and force the runner at third. A-Rod got to the bag but couldn't get into a position to reach over the runner and the throw went wild allowing two runs to score.
Casey Fossum was great for Tampa Bay until the eighth inning when the Yankees started to get to him. He was replaced by Lance Carter who surrendered a three run homer to Matsui to get the Yankees to within one run at 5-4.
Rivera entered in the top of the ninth for the Yankees and was a bit wild by allowing two walks but got the three outs without giving up anymore runs. Tampa Bay replaced Carter with closer Danys Baez who pitched a perfect ninth inning for only his second road save of the season. The Yankees lost a game to Boston who held on to beat Cleveland 10-9 but did not lose any ground to AL East division leader Baltimore who were crushed by the Blue Jays 11-2.
The Yankees try to start another winning streak tonight with the Big Unit Randy Johnson on the hill against veteran starter Hideo Nomo for the Devil Rays. Johnson has been awesome in his last two starts and New York will be looking for him to dominate Tampa's young lineup.
Henn was brought up once before earlier in May for Randy Johnson and also faced the Devil Rays. This outing was not much better. He walked seven in 4 2/3 innings and seems simply not ready to pitch in the major leagues yet. He walked four in the second inning to force in a run. The next batter hit a grounder in the hole between second and third which Jeter got to but the only play he had was to try and force the runner at third. A-Rod got to the bag but couldn't get into a position to reach over the runner and the throw went wild allowing two runs to score.
Casey Fossum was great for Tampa Bay until the eighth inning when the Yankees started to get to him. He was replaced by Lance Carter who surrendered a three run homer to Matsui to get the Yankees to within one run at 5-4.
Rivera entered in the top of the ninth for the Yankees and was a bit wild by allowing two walks but got the three outs without giving up anymore runs. Tampa Bay replaced Carter with closer Danys Baez who pitched a perfect ninth inning for only his second road save of the season. The Yankees lost a game to Boston who held on to beat Cleveland 10-9 but did not lose any ground to AL East division leader Baltimore who were crushed by the Blue Jays 11-2.
The Yankees try to start another winning streak tonight with the Big Unit Randy Johnson on the hill against veteran starter Hideo Nomo for the Devil Rays. Johnson has been awesome in his last two starts and New York will be looking for him to dominate Tampa's young lineup.
Patrick wrote:
We can lose, but we can't lose a lot.