Everything was set up in this one. Get a lead in the middle innings, hand the ball off to Rafael Soriano, David Robertson, and Mariano Rivera and enjoy the off day. Well, the first three of those happened, but the last didn't, and thus it ended up being a very tough loss in extra innings.
(Photo: Getty)Freddy Garcia was matched up against Josh Beckett in this one, and before it started I didn't know what Garcia would do. Would he blow up? Would he pitch a good game? Well, he did the latter. Garcia gutted through five innings, and allowed just one run. He was seeing eye singled and infield hit to death, to go along with a very tight strike zone. Big ups for Freddy being able to overcome the adversity to go five innings, allow five hits, three walks, and just one strikeout and one run.
The Yankees offense didn't do much in this game. Just solo shots by Eduardo Nunez of Beckett--which came right after Russell Martin being thrown out trying to stretch a single into a double--and Brett Gardner off of Matt Albers in the seventh to give the Yankees a 2-1 lead.
(Photo: Getty)Rafael Soriano and David Robertson each pitched scoreless innings, but Mo came on and couldn't get the job done. He allowed a lead off double to Marco Scutaro. Jacoby Ellsbury bunted him to third, although they had the out at third if Nunez didn't play in, and Dustin Pedroia drove him in on a sac fly. Phil Hughes then came on in the bottom of the 10th and allowed a walk off single to Josh Reddick. For shame.
The Yankees squandered many opportunities in this game. They went 0-10 with runners in scoring position and they left 10 men on base.
(Photo: New York Daily News)Also a quick note: Jorge Posada was benched for this game, and it was a surprise because normally Posada starts against righties. Maybe this could be a sign of things to come with Jorge. This could be the beginning of the end for him. You can read that story HERE.
Final Score Red Sox 3 - Yankees 2
I hate losing to this team. It just plain sucks. But whether you like it or not, you gotta put it in the rear view mirror, and move on to the next series. The Yankees have an off day on Monday before they face the Angels on Tuesday. With Phil Hughes pitching 1/3 of an inning we don't know if he'll start or not on Tuesday. If not, Ivan Nova (10-4, 3.81 ERA)will be matched against Dan Haren (12-6, 2.81 ERA)
--Jesse Schindler, BYB Staff Writer
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