Apparently, there was no hangover for the Mets and their embarrassing blunder from the night before, as they came out and slapped the Yanks like a red-headed stepchild for 17 hits in a 6-2 win. Andy Pettitte, for the 5th time this season, averaged 2 runners per inning, but unlike other games when he tapped danced his way out of major trouble, it finally caught up to him today. In 5 innings of work, he surrendered 12 hits and 1 walk for 5 earned runs. If it weren't for Chien-Ming Wang's issues, perhaps the Yankees would consider removing Pettitte from the rotation.
The only thing worse than Pettitte today was the Yankee hitters. Facing the little known Fernando Nieve in his 12th Major League start, and first since 2006, they only mustered 4 hits off of him. ARod closed the Yanks to within 2-1 with a solo shot in the bottom of the 2nd, but they never got any closer. They didn't score again till the 7th on The Captain's infield single. Mets relievers Sean Green and KRod limited the Yanks to Jeter's single in 2.1 innings to close out the game and putting yesterday's blunder behind them.
The Yanks continued their rehabilitation program for aging sluggers. For the second day in a row, Gary Sheffield went deep. This coming on the heels of allowing Big Sloppy Ortiz to hit 2 HRs in the Boston series.
As for taking away any positives, Jose Veras made a rare appearance, pitching 2 shutout innings. He allowed 3 hits, but one hit fell in when Brett Gardner slipped in the OF. He K'd 2 batters without any walks, lowering his ERA below 6.00.
To top off the terrible day, the Yanks fell 3 games behind Boston, as they did what the Yanks failed to do - slap around a young pitcher they'vw never seen before, scoring 5 runs in the first inning. So what's the Yanks excuse now?
Yankees Record: 35-27
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