Andy Pettitte continued his losing streak at Yankee Stadium, today, after falling to the New York Mets. He remains winless this season at The House That Ruth Built. He went 6 pretty good innings, fanning 7, and being charged with 3 earned runs.
Farnsworth relieved a spent Pettitte in the 7th inning, and proceeded to put 3 more runs on the board, for the Mets, going only that one inning, and pitched 29 times! Ouch. He gave up 3 hits (2 of them homers, to Reyes and Wright, totalling 3 runs, walked 1, and struck out 1. Not the best day for Farnsworth.
The Mets weren’t done yet, as they tacked on 1 more run in the 9th inning off of Chamberlain, who also struggled. That insurance run didn’t matter, as the ultimate damage had already been done of the shelling that Farnsworth took in the 7th.
Santana, for the Mets, had a decent day, but was hit hard for the long ball three seperate times off the bats of Jeter, Giambi, and Abreu. Four runs should have been enough, but the bullpen let us down today, and ended up losing this one, by a score of 4-7.
Their record falls to 20-23, and they stand at 5.0 games behind American League East leading Tampa Bay. One more game against the cross town rivals New York Mets. These are exciting series, and I think the 55,000+ people that showed up to see this one today would agree with me. No word on the reschedule for the previously rained out event, but I will pass it along as soon as decisions are made.
