Burnett shuts down the Orioles
[picappgallerysingle id="8613492"]The Yankees bats didn’t even need to show up, because Yankees starter A.J. Burnett gave the Bombers everything they needed. Burnett pitched eight shut out innings, and helped the Yankees beat the Orioles 4-0.
Burnett went eight innings, while only surrendering three hits, and did not allow a run to the struggling Orioles. Closer Mariano Rivera shut the O’s down in the ninth inning.
The Yankees offense scored four times in four different innings.
Alex Rodriguez hit a first inning sac-fly. The second run came in the fourth inning on a Robinson Cano home run. Marcus Thames hit an rbi double in the 6th inning, to make the lead 3-0. And Robinson Cano hit his second home run of the game in the eight inning.
The Yankees offense had 11 hits in the win, and all but three playesr had a hit. Cano led the way with three hits, including his two home runs.
Regardless of the offense, the game was all about the pitching. The Orioles had only five baserunners in the entire game.
With the win, A.J. Burnett moves his record to 3-0 on the season, and his ERA is down to 2.43.
The Yankees leave Baltimore after taking two out of three from the Orioles, who picked up their 18th loss of the young season.
The Bronx Bombers travel back home, where they will welcome the Chicago White Sox to town. Andy Pettitte (3-0, 1.29 ERA) will face the Sox Freddy Garcia (0-2, 5.82).
Bullpen implodes as Orioles beat Yankees
Yankees: 4
W: Castillo (1-0), L: Robertson (0-1), S: Simon
Phil Hughes did everything he could during his 5 2/3 innings. The Yankees held a 2-1 lead, and Hughes was in a zone, but his pitch count was too high, and Yankees manager Joe Girardi was forced to take him out of the game. After that, the bullpen came in, and everything fell apart.
The pen imploded, and the Orioles went on to win, 5-4, which earned them their fourth win of the season.
Hughes retired the first two Orioles of the sixth inning, but his pitch reached 109 pitches, and Girardi decided to takes him out.
Lefthander Boone Logan came in first, and walked Luke Scott.
Girardi then turned to David Robertson, who hit Ty Wigginton. With runners on first and second base, Orioles 1B Rhyne Hughes ripped an RBI single, to tie the game at two.
Nolan Reimold then singled to left field, which scored Wigginton, and gave the Orioles the lead. The Orioles would strike a third time in the inning on an RBI single from Cesar Izturis.
The Orioles scored three times in the sixth, all with two outs in the inning. Hughes was given a no decision.
Baltimore scored for a fifth time in the eighth inning, when Cesar Izturis hit another RBI single.
The Orioles turned to closer Alfredo Simon in the ninth inning, and New York struck together a rally.
Yankee DH Nick Swisher scored on an error by Izturis, and then Mark Teixeira drove in pinch runner Ramiro Pena with an RBI single. The Orioles lead was cut to one run.
However, with two outs, and the tying run on third base, Alex Rodriguez grounded out to second base, and the Orioles held on to the win.
The Yankees bullpen surrendered four runs in their 2 1/3 innings of work.
The Yankees seek to win the second game of the series as they take on the Orioles at 7:05 ET. on Wednesday. CC Sabathia takes the mound for the Yanks, and he’ll face Baltimore’s Jeremy Guthrie.
Bats silent as Angels down Yankees
[picappgallerysingle id="8626705"]Things looked good early for the Yankees. They got off to a quick, 3-0 lead, courtesy of a Jorge Posada home run and an RBI from Derek Jeter.
After that, the Yankees had just one hit for the rest of the game, and the Angels defeated the Yankees, 8-4.
The Yankee bats reeled off only three hits in the entire game, two homers and a double from Marcus Thames.
In the fourth inning, the Yankees still held a 3-1 lead, but New York starter Javier Vazquez fell apart.
Angels 2B Howie Kendrick hit an RBI single to cut the depict to one, and then 3B Brandon Wood ripped an two-run double to give the Angels the lead, a lead they would never let up.
Vazquez lasted just 3.2 innings, and gave up five runs before being pulled.
New York showed some fight in the 6th inning, when 2B Robinson Cano hit a solo home run, which was the Yankees third and final hit of the game.
The Yankee bullpen held up till the 7th inning, when Damaso Marte was lit up for three runs, while just getting two outs. Marte’s ERA on the season in now at 6.23.
Angels’ starter Scott Kazmir surrendered all four of the Yankees runs, and was yanked in the sixth inning, but the Angels bullpen dominated the Yanks. The Angels pen allowed one Yankee to reach base, on an eighth inning walk issued by set-up man Fernando Rodney.
The Yankees loss also means that for the first time in 2010, they have lost a series. The last Yankees team to go as far without losing a series was the 1926 Yankees.
After an off day on Monday, the Yankees travel across the country to Baltimore to take on the last place Orioles. Phil Hughes will take on Kevin Millwood in that matchup.
And we have launched
Hello Yankees fans, and Rant Sports followers. The New York Yankees website on Rant Sports has been launched. This is BronxBombersReport.com, which is being run by Chris Emma (also running BlackhawksFlock.com and LeprechaunLegion.com). Follow along for Yankees coverage. Be sure to check out the site as often as possible!
-Chris Emma
