The offense had another dismal performance today as the Yankees dropped the third straight. This time we were only able to score three runs. What makes it even more sad is that the lineup combined for twelve hits. This is in line with a lot of the season; our problem isn’t getting on base, its driving runs in. The three runs that the Yanks did manage to score were thanks to Jorge Posada, who tripled in the top of the 6th with the bases loaded.
Masa Kobayashi, Cleveland’s new reliever from Japan, got his first win in the majors at the Yankees cost. He was excited to have beaten arguably the most famous baseball team in the world. Kobayashi pitched well, closing the game with two scoreless innings. The Yankee pitchers weren’t shabby themselves, with Ian Kennedy having a good start that lasted five innings with only three runs and four hits allowed. LaTroy Hawkins pitched a couple of scoreless innings after Kennedy. Farnsworth and Ohlendorf pitched the rest of the game, with the latter giving up the winning single to Victor Martinez. But again, you can’t really blame the pitching in this one; they deserve more run support than they are getting.
Let’s see if the offense can start knocking in some scores against C.C. Sabathia tomorrow. Chien-Ming Wang will start for the Yankees and looking at his year so far he should do well. The game is at 1:05EST and will be broadcasted on TBS.
We’re not doing too good right now, especially with all the injuires. Hopefully we’ll get back on track soon.
Yea, I think we will be able to pull through though thanks to the depth that we have at several positions.