The winning streak ended at five, as the Yankees lose the first of three to the Orioles, in Baltimore. The bullpen let the team down today, as they were responsible for 5 of the 6 Runs scored today, and Darrell Rasner started and went 6 innings for the club. Just shut down today by the extraordinary pitching of Garrett Olson for the Orioles. Not much you can do when you are matched up against a pitcher ready to tear.
Moeller, the catcher behind the plate for the injured Posada was responsible for the only run scored today for the Yankees. It was the only product of a late inning rally, that went nowhere for the Yankees. They squeezed that one run out, and then the tank was dry. They lose this one today by a score of 1-6.
I don’t know what it is about having a record over .500, but the squad can’t seem to get things together enough to eclipse that mark, and leave it in the past. That would help out tremendously on their run for the top, and get the Boston Red Silly’s and the Tampa Bay (used-to-be Devil) Rays a little less comfortable on their perch atop the AL East.
