Now this is a drag. I guess I can’t complain too much after this past weekend and it’s not like the Red Sox are tearing it up. They did pick up a game on the Yankees so it’s 5 1/2 games in the AL East. I’ll take it.
The Mariners snapped an eleven game losing streak on Tuesday. Jeff Karstens made his first major league start and put in 5 2/3 decent innings. Ron Villone took the loss when he gave up a solo homerun to Adrian Beltre in the ninth inning. Bobby Abreu and Alex Rodriguez went yard for the Yankees in the 6-5 loss.
Chien-Ming Wang won his 15th game on Wednesday and he’s probably at the top of Yankees who will contend for the Cy Young. Wang gave up two runs in seven innings. Robinson Cano drove in three runs and Abreu scored three times in the 9-2 win.
The Yankees couldn’t follow that up with another win though. Randy Johnson gave the pen a rest and pitched a complete game but he gave up four runs and took the loss. All the Yankees could muster were two runs. Johnny Damon hit a solo homerun and Derek Jeter had two hits and an RBI.
Next up is three against the Angels. Seems the Red Sox are following us around. They play the Mariners this weekend then the Angels after that.
