Showing posts with label Offense. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Offense. Show all posts

Friday, June 18, 2010

Offense struggles, bullpen crumbles

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Andy Pettitte did what he seems to have done all year: He pitched well enough to win. The Yankees offense, though, was shutdown for a second straight night and the bullpen imploded for a 7-1 loss against the Phillies. Pettitte got out of a bases-loaded jam in the seventh, keeping the Yankees within striking distance, but the bullpen allowed four runs in the ninth. Not that it mattered. The Yankees managed just four hits, all singles.



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Postgame notes: Offense goes down quietly


Two days ago, the Yankees offense was finally hitting its stride. Alex Rodriguez was a on his way back to the lineup, Jorge Posada was healthy enough to play and after back-to-back nine-run games against the lowly Astros, the Yankees had scored six runs against the unhittable Roy Halladay. Next up, the soft-tossing Jamie Moyer and the 25-year-old sinkerballer Kyle Kendrick.

No problem, right?



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