AJ Burnett did a great job tonight and for some strange reason, Twitter is blowing up suggesting that AJ sucks and the offense gets a pass. Why? For 8 innings the Yankees could not score. In fact, it was only a solo home run by Mark Teixeira that even put them on the board. If I'm AJ, I'm disappointed at my team who can't score off the last place Orioles. I mean, AJ kept us in the game. 8 innings, 10 strikeouts and very few mistakes. Oh well.
(Photo: Daily News)Yeah Tex had a shot tonight and it was beautiful, his 29th homer of the year. Granderson has 28. Yes, the Yankee home run race as slowed down, but I still love to dream.
The ninth inning was exciting, right off the bat, literally, Robinson Cano smacked a shot down third that was knocked down, but he was able to get a double.
Next batter, Nick Swisher cranked a double to score Cano and suddenly it was 4-2. Suddenly Jorge Posada walks. Hmm. With Russell Martin coming up, I was smelling pie. After a ground out and a man on first and third, Gardner came up. My heart was beating out of my chest; "What the hell are the Yankees doing to me?"Well, the final pitch of the game was sweet. It was laid right in the strike zone and I know that because when Gardner struck out, he literally beat the shit out of his bat as he smashed it constantly into the ground until it cracked apart. That's passion, I like it.
Final Score: Orioles 4 - Yankees 2. Yankees lost tonight. Damn shame, because I hate losing anything to Buck Showalter. Tomorrow's a double header, we need to take them both.Please comment and let me know what you think and follow me on Twitter @BleednYankeeBlu and join the group Bleeding Yankee Blue on Facebook, just type it in.
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