The Pitching:
Sergio Mitre toed the rubber last night instead of Andy Pettitte, who was out for precautionary measures. I kind of felt that they were just giving this game away with Mitre on the mound, especially since Andy said he was ready to get back out there.
Mitre wasn’t very effective, giving up 3 runs on five hits over 4 1/3 innings. His pitching line was: (L, 0-1) 4.1IP 5H 4R 3ER 2BB 4K (69 Pitches, 37 for Strikes). Joe Girardi turned to David Robertson to offer some relief, and he did just that. D-Rob tossed 1.2 innings of scoreless ball, giving up only two hits and struck out two in the process. His ERA moves down to 10.61.
Boone Logan pitched the 7th inning, giving up one run, on a hit and two walks. In the 8th inning, Joba Chamberlain lit up the radar gun (throwing 96-97 mph) and struck out the side. He gave us that flash of greatness we saw back in 2007.
The Offense:
Mark Teixeira hit a 2-run homer off of Brad Thomas in the top of the 3rd inning, to put the team within one run of tying up the ballgame. A-Rod went 2-for-4 on the game, picked up a run and lifted his batting average up to .286. Marcus Thames went 1-for-4 on the game, and delivered an RBI single in the top of the 8th inning to cut the lead to 5-3. Brett Gardner than ground out, allowing Robbie Cano to score and they were only trailing by one run. Randy Winn and Derek Jeter came up to the plate that same inning and failed to get a hit.
Final Score: Tigers 5, Yankees 4
The Yankees have now hit a two-game losing streak, and they turn to Javier Vazquez to end it. If they lose tonight, the Bombers will hit their first 3-game losing streak of the season. The Tampa Bay Rays lost another game last night, so the Yanks still stand a half game back.
Scoreboard |
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| N.Y. Yankees (21-10) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
| Detroit (18-14) « | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | x | 5 | 8 | 0 |
| W: E. Bonine (3-0)L: S. Mitre (0-1) S: J. Valverde (9) |
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| HR: NYY – M. Teixeira (6) DET – J. Damon (2) | ||||||||||||
| New York Yankees | |||||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | |
| Derek Jeter , SS | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .286 | |
| Nick Swisher , RF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .306 | |
| Mark Teixeira , 1B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .202 | |
| Alex Rodriguez , 3B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .286 | |
| Robinson Cano , 2B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .353 | |
| Jorge Posada , C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .280 | |
| Francisco Cervelli , PR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .400 | |
| Marcus Thames , DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .378 | |
| Brett Gardner , CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .333 | |
| Randy Winn , LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .200 | |
| Totals | 33 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 23 | ||
| BATTING | |||||||||
| HR – M Teixeira (6) | |||||||||
| RBI – M Teixeira 2 (22); M Thames (5); B Gardner (10) | |||||||||
| BASERUNNING | |||||||||
| CS – A Rodriguez (2) | |||||||||
| FIELDING | |||||||||
| E – A Rodriguez (2) | |||||||||
| New York Yankees | ||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
| Sergio Mitre (L,0-1) | 4.1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3.86 |
| David Robertson | 1.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10.61 |
| Boone Logan | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.38 |
| Joba Chamberlain | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2.45 |
M. B. Rozell
Kevin Rozell
I don’t think Mitre did poorly in a spot start as a non-MLB starting pitcher. He hasn’t pitched much, isn’t stretched out. All in all, I don’t think that he “faltered” as much as was just himself and tried pretty darn hard. With the Yanks lineup the way it is, 3 ER in 4+ from your 6th SP isn’t all that bad!