Showing posts with label Struggles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Struggles. 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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Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Montero Talks About His Early Season Struggles

From Wayne Coffey (hat-tip to Was Watching):
"I am worried about my hitting, but not that much," Montero says in front of his locker in the PNC Field clubhouse. Not even five minutes later, he says, "I'm not upset that I'm not hitting. I'm still the same guy ... trying to hit the ball hard every single time."

..."I have been working every single day in the cage," Jesus Montero says. "This is baseball; slumps will happen. I am working really hard to get out of it."Yankees senior VP of baseball operations Mark Newman, and SWB manager Butch Wynegar don't seem too concerned either:


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