Coming off a game in which the Yankees tied a single-game, franchise high for home runs with eight, it wasn't a surprise to see them tee off on John Danks.
Danks, who struggled to locate his curveball, served up three gopher balls over four innings. He was once again inefficent, throwing 96 pitches over four innings, and put a heavy workload on the bullpen.
Thankfully, the bullpen kept it somewhat respectable -- two runs over the last four innings, both on solo homers. Unfortunately, the Sox offense had no designs on getting back in this game, as Andy Pettitte, Luis Vizcaino and Brian Bruney shut down a very lethargic-looking lineup.
It was pretty much a snoozefest, with the only interesting moment coming when Charlie Haeger was ejected rather unfairly by Tim Hallion. For one, there was no prior warning. Secondly, while Haeger hit Robinson Cano with the first pitch after Jorge Posada went deep for the second time in the game, he plunked him with a 71-m.p.h. knuckleball. I was hoping that Ozzie would go after Hallion harder, but it probably doesn't help your league-wide reputation when you get kicked out of consecutive games.
Scott Podsednik had a nice game, smoking an RBI triple to the left-center gap and making a beautiful, full-extension diving catch in the eighth inning.
Record: 48-59 |
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