Good News/Bad News first? Which do you prefer first? Well there is big news on every front. Let’s just get this out of the way, the Yankees fall hard today and only score 2 runs, to the Orioles 12. So they lose another game by a large deficit, coming off the 2-11 romping they took at the hands of the Mets yesterday. Things are not looking good for this pitching staff, if they keep giving up this amount of runs, they will never come off of this losing streak in a timely fashion, and start a downward spiral.
Mussina was roughed up pretty good, and fast, only going 2/3 (0.2) of an inning, and giving up 5 Hits, 7 Runs (only 1 of them earned), and was ranked before the 1st was in the books. Tough. More bad news, unfortunately, but not all news is bad, here, some is good.
Alex Rodriguez made his return today, and showed that he hasn’t lost anything from being out, smacking a 2-run shot in the 6th inning. This did not do a whole lot, and added the only runs to the tally that the Yankees would get today. This is reassuring to see a guy come off injury, and give the consistent numbers he had before the bang. Good job A-Rod!
And what would be a normal Yankee day without more to worry about. Derek Jeter was hit by a pitch in the hand today, and left the game, not to return. X-Rays were negetive, and he was given the diagnosis by Team Physician Dr. Stuart Hershon, of a contusion, and has been listed as day-to-day. He should be fine, guessing by his reaction. But day-to-day could be a while, and the timing could not be worse.
The Yankees are looking at falling another game behind the Red Sox, who has the lead, and officially putting them solidly in the basement, in the American League East, 7.5 games out. I am sure Hank will have have something to say about this.
