Yanks lose tough one

The New York Yankees lost to the Florida Marlins tonight in a classic pitchers duel. A.J. Burnett pitched very well giving up 2 runs in 6 2/3 innings, only 1 earned with 3 walks and 9 strikeouts. He was totally in synch with Jorge Posada so hopefully this is the start of them doing good things together. Jorge Posada also threw two guys out. Johnny Damon missed a ball in the outfield that should of been a easy out that cost the team the second run and ultimately the game. He lost the ball in the lights which is tough but he also came up to bat in the 8th with a guy on third and two outs and struck out. The Yankees didn't do much offensively, they got a Nick Swisher rbi single. They had 1st and 2nd no outs with Derek Jeter up in the 8th inning and after he failed to get down the bunt he grounded into the double play which pretty much ended the game right there, Damon struck out and that was it for the Yankees. CC Sabathia the ace of the staff will go against a young kid tomorrow Volstadt in the rubber match. The game is at 5 on YES and Happy Fathers Day to all.

Game 68: Yankees at Marlins

Here are the pregame notes and lineup via Peter Abraham. A.J. Burnett will be on the mound making it two in a row strong starts. He is back in the place where he started his career and didn't have a good ending. He has a very good record and ERA pitching in that park which has been renamed about 100 times. The Yankees will try and make it two in a row as they move away from the awful Nationals series. The Yankees will play this game without A-rod and then he will play tomorrow and we will see how the rest helped him, hopefully getting him back on track and then the Yankees can start rolling. Game 68: Yankees at Marlins Posted using ShareThis

Some Yankee issues

I know the Jorge Posada catching situationd has been coming to a head lately. The bottom line is he was never a great defensive catcher but he worked hard and got better and you can't make up for the offense he brings from that position. Jorge Posada isn't the captain but most will tell you that he is the vocal leader, the one to get on the team, I wonder after the Nats series if he did a lot of yelling. The bottom line is this though, it appears CC Sabathia and A.J. Burnett don't want to pitch to him and we don't know about Joba after the disaster against the Mets. Andy Pettitte is fine and I think Wang is fine also with Posada. I am wondering though if it may be a good thing for him to not catch those 2 games so he has at least 2 days off a week, he is getting older and coming off of surgery. This is something worth monitoring over the next few weeks. A-rod came back from hip surgery and they talked about him missing maybe once a week or something like that. He came back and played in all 38 games which was against what the doctor advised. I know Alex told them he wanted to play but that is up to the Yankees to say no you are going to sit today and be back out there tomorrow. The doctore wanted him to miss a few games over his first 45 games and now finally the Yankees realized he was fatigued and not playing well and decided to give him 2 days off and then play and have another day off on Monday when the team is off. I kind of look at this with the Wang situation also, shouldn't the Yankees have realized something wasn't right and kept him down in Tampa to start the year and not let him get bombed for 3 starts and lose all confidence then decide oh he is hurt. I don't know who makes these decisions but someone should be held responsible. George isn't around but ever since he ceded control to his sons, it seems we don't really know who is in charge of the baseball operations and no one says a word anymore, you don't hear from Cashman much and he loves to talk. Hank and Hal never make a peep, Hank must have a muzzle on him as he used to run his mouth constantly but now we haven't heard from him in months and Randy Levine and Lonn Trost are too busy hiding after the disaster that is the new stadium with all the problems it has. I hope the Yankees can overcome these issues as they are a very talented team and I think they will make the playoffs but these things are hampering them and someone needs to step up and be held accountable.

Yanks beat Fish

The New York Yankees started their 9 game roadtrip off on the right foot beating the Florida Marlins 5-1 tonight. Andy Pettitte got the start and just looked great pitching 7 innings of 1 run ball with 3 hits. He tied his season high for strikeouts with 7 and didn't walk a batter. Andy is just a different pitcher outside of the bandbox known as Yankee Stadium. He is now 7-3 on the year. Brian Bruney pitched a 1-2-3 eighth and Brett Tomko did the same in the ninth. The Yankees pitching has gotten themselves straightened out lately, A.J. Burnett will try and keep it going tomorrow night. The offense saw everyone in the lineup get a hit including Andy Pettitte who had a rbi double. Derek Jeter had a couple of hits as well as Johnny Damon. Angel Berroa who you barely see even had a rbi double in place of A-rod who will sit out tomorrow before returning on Sunday. The Yankees didn't score after the 3rd inning tonight though but did enough early to win this game. They will try and keep it going tomorrow facing a tough pitcher in Josh Johnson. They did get in to Florida at about 3am and also had extreme heat which fatigued them, they say they should be better by tomorrow night. The Yankees really need to take this series after being embarrassed at home, maybe they liked the fact of having nice weather and being able to take BP and all of that which they didn't do at home at all with the terrible rain.

Yankees at Marlins

The Yankees are limping into Florida tonight to take on the Marlins. The Yankees were embarrassed at home by the lowly Nationals and will try and right the ship. Peter Abraham has the pregame notes and lineup, this is also the start of 9 straight games with national league rules meaning the pitcher bats. A-rod is out today and tomorrow due to fatigue, I think the Yankees screwed this one up, he hasn't had any days off since coming back from hip surgery. They said at first he would probably get a day off a week but he said he was ok and wanted to play so who knows. The Yankees are facing a losing team with a pitcher they never saw before, if the trend continues they are in trouble. The Yankees are 4-5 against the NL this year, and 14-13 over the last 2 years. They are 24-21 over the last 3 years and 34-29 over the last 4 years. They clearly aren't taking advantage of the NL like they used too. The pitching has done a better job in the last 4 games pitching 35 innings, 27 hits, 9 earned runs, 14 walks and 34 strikeouts. The relievers have given up 9 hits in the last 14 1/3 innings with 1 earned run, 3 walks and 16 strikeouts. Yankees lineup: Jeter(SS) Damon(LF) Tex(1B) Posada(C) Cano(2B) Swisher(RF) Cabrera(CF) Berroa(3B) Pettitte(P)