Yanks/Red Sox recap

The game today in Fenway Park was a wild one but the bottom line is that the Yankees let another one get away. A.J. Burnett had a 6-0 lead and was cruising through the first 3 innings looking unhittable and then just imploded giving up 8 runs in 5 innings. The bullpen wasn't much better giving up 8 more runs and running through Jose Veras, Phil Coke, Jon Albaladejo, Dave Robertson, Edwar Ramirez, Damaso Marte. The Yankees desperately need Andy Pettitte to go out tomorrow night and stop the bleeding by pitching a good game and going deep to rest this bullpen. If the Yankees can get one they will salvage the series although it will still be disappointing but then they have to move on to Detroit have a good series and come back home and play well. The Yankees right now are a mess after this weekend but that is the way it goes sometimes in Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox are hot right now and look unbeatable at home and the Yankees need to put an end to that tomorrow night. The bright side today was the offense, Robinson Cano had two homeruns and basically everyone was involved, Mark Teixeira walked 5 times tying a team record.

Updates roster moves

Brian Bruney had his MRI and he has a strained flexor mass. He will not throw for a week and could be back in two to three weeks. Humberto Sanchez was released as he has been a huge disappointment since coming over in the Gary Sheffield trade. Angel Berroa will be the everday third baseman, he hasn't really played third in the majors but has been hitting well and has much more pop then Cody Ransom so that may not be the worst thing, it will be interesting to see if he is bad if A-rod gets rushed back. Phil Hughes will be taking Wang's spot in the rotation as expected and will remain there. Joe Girardi said it wouldn't be fair to have him make one start and then decide from start to start, he is in the rotation. I am very excited to see Mark Melancon and we have seen some of Dave Robertson already, they are two power arms that could become late inning guys in this bullpen for a long time to come, this is their oppurtunity as well as Phil Hughes. Phil Hughes gets to redeem himself and see what happens.

Yankees at Red Sox

Mark Melancon won't be at the park until 5:30 so they will make another 40 man move later on. Here are pregame notes and lineups via Peter Abraham The Yankees had won 86 straight games when leading after eight innings until last night. Last night was only the third blown save out of 44 on the road for MO Phil Coke appears to be back, he has pitched 3 1/3 innings with no runs and one hit allowed. Nick Green is on fire filling in at shortstop for the Red Sox going 10 for his last 28 with 6 extra base hits. Robinson Cano has a 11 game hitting streak and has hit safely in 25 of the last 26 games he has played. Nick Swisher has been on base at least once in all 16 games played this season. Cody Ransom was placed on the 60 day DL. The lineups are as follows Yankees Jeter(ss) Damon(lf) Teixeira(1b) Swisher(rf) Cano(2b) Posada(c) Matsui(dh) Berroa(3b) Gardner(cf) Red Sox Ellsbury(cf) Pedroia(2b) Ortiz(dh) Youkilis(1b) Drew(rf) Bay(lf) Lowell(3b) Varitek(c) Green(ss) The game is on Fox at 4:05pm, enjoy the game everyone it should be a dandy.

Melancon and Berroa on the way To Boston

Angel B berroa has been called up to take Cody Ransoms spot on the roster and play third base until A-rod gets back. Angel Berroa has a much better bat then Ransom he was hitting 312 in AAA-Scranton this year after having a very good spring. Dave Robertson was announced last night as replacing Chien-Ming Wang on the roster but it looks like Mark Melancon is also being called up. I know one of these guys will be replaced on Tuesday when Phil Hughes needs to come up and replace Wang but I do think eventually these guys will be in the bullpen for the long haul and this is there chance to shine. I will be back later on with more as it develops, I wonder if this is serious for Bruney or they will just put him on the 15 day DL as a precaution.

Mo Blows game but he is not to blame

The story of the game will be that Mariano Rivera blew a two run lead with two outs in the ninth giving up a two run homerun to Jason Bay to tie the game and lead to a walkoff homerun in extra innings and the Yankees losing the game. I don't think anyone ever expects Mariano Rivera to blow a save especially a two run save with two outs but he is human and the Red Sox know him better then any other team. The real story of the game is the Yankees continued inability to score runs with runners in scoring position. The New York Yankees coming into the game were third worst in the league with runners in scoring position and then went out and were four for nineteen last night with runners in scoring position. This is unacceptable and just shouldn't continue to happen for this team, they don't do the little things right, I like the fact that Joe Girardi trys and steal, hit and run and bunt when he can but when they need a sac fly they don't get it or when they need a ground ball they don't get it. I blame one guy and that is the hitting coach Kevin Long, I still don't know how this guy has a job as I think he is just horrible, last year was bad and he had the excuse of the injuries but there is no excuse this year, No A-rod I know but they have everone else and this just can't continue. I think this team is too focused on hitting homeruns and not the little basehit or sac fly. A perfect example was last night in the ninth inning when they had a 4-2 lead and the bases loaded and no outs. Robinson Cano was up and instead of hitting the ball in the air what does he do, hits it to second with the infield in for a 4-2-3 double play. How can Cano even think of hitting the ball on the ground, because he is trying to pull the ball through the hole and getting two rbis, Kevin Long should be telling him before he comes up, you need to hit a fly ball. I know he is a major leaguer and shouldn't need to be told but what is the hitting coach for then. I just think it is the whole approach and he doesn't drill into these guys the little things like that, if they hit two fly balls and take a 6-2 lead instead of 4-2 then they win the game but once Boston got out of that mess they felt they had a chance and took advantage of it. I don't know how much longer this can go on but at some point this season if this continues I wonder if the talk of Kevin Long getting fired will heat up, Don Mattingly would never let this happen but I don't think he would come back.