Jun

12

Rasner Struggles Against A’s

Posted by M. Patel under Bosox, News 

Darrell Rasner had his first bad game of the year against the Oakland A’s yesterday. He lasted a little under 4 innings in which he gave up sevens runs on nine hits. The bats were really swinging for Oakland, especially during the 6-run third. They eventually cooled off, but the margin was too great for the Yanks to overcome. The final score would be 8-4 as the Yankees see themselves back at .500. I don’t think anyone could have put it better than Joe Girardi did postgame:

“We seem to take a couple steps forward and then take a couple steps back. That’s frustrating because we’re a better team than what we’ve showed. Some days it’s our offense, some days it’s our pitching. It’s a combined effort. “

There really isn’t much more to say about it. The only bright side of the game was probably the good job the relievers did. Ross Ohlendorf, LaTroy Hawkins, Kyle Farnsworth, and Edwar Ramirez all pitched about an inning and Ohlendorf was the only one to give up any hits/runs (he let up one run on two hits.) The ninth inning was good, with three runs by the Yanks, so maybe that momentum will rollover into today’s rematch against the A’s.

The game is at 10:05EST again and Andy Pettitte will start for the Yankees. Joe Blanton will take the mound for the A’s. You can catch the game on YES.

Comments

3 Responses to “Rasner Struggles Against A’s”

  1. Matt on June 12th, 2008 8:37 pm

    I started him in fantasy baseball! argh! i also got pettitte going tonight for me. hopefully that will be a better outcome.

  2. mpatel on June 12th, 2008 10:49 pm

    Sorry to hear that, but tonight is looking better for you with Pettitte only allowing 1 run in 5 innings thus far.

  3. Matt on June 13th, 2008 5:56 pm

    yeah pettitte gave my team a boost….I also have godzilla :) !

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