The White Sox pitchers, Gavin Floyd and Matt Thornton, mowed through the Yankees lineup for 14 strikeouts, and the Yanks failed to provide any support for the 3rd straight game for poor ol' Andy Pettitte in their 3-2 loss. Teams generally are not going to win games when their 3-4-5 hitters go 0-12 with 8 Ks. Mark Teixeira, ARod and Hideki Matsui essentially took the night off.
As a team, the Yanks only mustered 6 hits. Johnny Damon had 2 of them, including an RBI double. Nick Swisher gave the team false hope by tying the score at 2 with a 2-out HR in the top of the 9th. The Philthys, Phil Hughes and Phil Coke though, lost the game in the bottom frame.
Andy Pettitte pitched solidly for the 3rd straight game since the break, but like his previous 2 starts, the Yanks couldn’t score muster many runs for his efforts. Things turned bleak in the 7th, when the Yankees defense turned into the Ringling Bros Circus. Pettitte slipped and fell on a Jim Thome dribbler for an error to start the inning. After a strikeout, ARod couldn’t handle a single and Pettitte’s night was done. Hughes came in and looked like he was going to get out of the jam when he induced Carlos Quentin to hit a potential double play ball, but Robinson Cano threw wildly past first allowing Thome to score.
The White Sox struck out the side in the 8th and 9th innings. Tex struck out with 2 runners on in the 8th before Swisher’s solo shot in the 9th tied the game. In the bottom of the 9th, Hughes allowed 2 singles and was relieved by Coke with 1 out. Coke retired the 1st batter, but DeWayne Wise, the perfect game hero with his miraculous catch, lined a shot up the middle. Coke actually tipped it, but alas, it went through for the walkoff hit.
With the Sawx win earlier in the day, on a suspicious Big Sloppy HR to boot, the Yanks lead is down to 2.5 games.
Yankees Record: 62-40
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