The Yankees seem to be having the problem that other teams faced when battling with the Kansas City Royals this season. Pitching. Brian Bannister, the Kansas City Royals right hander, held the Yankees to only two runs, both scored in the 2nd inning. One of the runs came off the bat of Johnny Damon, the other from Wilson Betemit (who is filling in for Derek Jeter, while he nurses that right quad strain). The offense did not come from anywhere else, for example, A-Rod struck out four times! Three of those to Bannister, and one to reliever Ramon Ramirez. It just wasn’t the Yankees day. They found themselves at the beginning of a number of away games, and playing a blazing hot Kansas City team. This 2-5 lose slipped the Yankees to a .500 record at 4-4, breaking a 2 game win streak.
Some chatter of Derek losing his starting spot at short stop to A-Rod, and maybe playing 1st Base, or outfield. This was all seemingly put to a low whisper, as Wilson Betemit starting in place of the ailing Jeter. The word is that he is going to miss all of the series that they are currently playing with the Royals, and we will see from there. Derek Jeter losing his starting short stop job…please!
Hopefully tomorrow will bring a better day. The Yankees lose to the Kansas City Royals, by the score of 5-2. Pitching seems to be dictating the tempo of these games that Kansas City has been winning recently, maybe the Yankees can step up the heat a little on these pitchers, and see how they handle that amount of pressure.
