Monday, May 12, 2008

Garza Dominates as Rays Beat Yanks 7-1


1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
R H E
N.Y. Yankees 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1 6 0
Tampa Bay 0 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 X
7 13 0

The Yankees once again fell under the .500 mark with a 7-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays tonight. Andy Pettitte started for the Yanks and for the third time in four starts pitched poorly. Pettitte only lasted 4 innings, allowing 5 runs on 8 hits, walking 2 and striking out 5. Andy seemed distracted by the Rays running game and really couldn't get anything going on the mound. It's really amazing what a running game can do for a team, I hope Girardi took notice.

The bullpen wasn't great tonight either - Chris Britton pitched 2 innings and allowed a run on 1 hit and 2 walks, and Jose Veras allowed a run on 4 hits in his 1.2 innings of work. Edwar Ramirez came in for one batter and struck him out.


IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Pettitte (L, 3-4) 4.0 8 5 5 2 5 0 4.40
Britton 2.0 1 1 1 2 0 0 1.93
Veras 1.2 4 1 1 0 1 0 2.45
Ramirez 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00

RAYS PITCHING

The Yankees offense couldn't do anything against Rays starter Matt Garza who went 7 innings and allowed no runs on just 5 hits, and every time the Yankees got runners on Garza got a double play ball to kill the potential rally.

The lone Yankees run came in the 8th when Jose Molina led off with a double, Alberto Gonzalez moved him over with a ground ball, and then Johnny Damon drove Molina home with a RBI groundout.

The only Yankee who had a multi-hit game was Alberto Gonzalez who went 2-for-3. Robinson Cano went 1-for-3 and extended his hitting streak to seven games.


AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Damon, LF 4 0 0 1 0 0 2 .274
Jeter, SS 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 .309
Abreu, RF 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 .295
Matsui, DH 3 0 0 0 1 3 0 .323
Giambi, 1B 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .177
Cabrera, CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .270
Cano, 2B 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 .188
Molina, C 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 .214
Gonzalez, 3B 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 .310
Totals 30 1 6 1 2 5 12

BATTING
2B: Molina (8, Glover).
TB: Jeter; Cabrera; Cano; Molina 2; Gonzalez 2.
RBI: Damon (17).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Abreu.
GIDP: Molina 2; Abreu.
Team LOB: 5.


RAYS OFFENSE

PLAYER OF THE GAME: Matt Garza (7 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K)

HONORABLE MENTION: Dioner Navarro (3-3, 2 RBI)

Game two of this four game series is tomorrow night at The Trop. Chien-Ming Wang starts for the Yankees and will face off against Rays starter Edwin Jackson. First pitch is set for 7:10 p.m., and you can watch the game on YES or listen to the game on WCBS 880. Hopefully the Yanks put forth a better effort than they did tonight.

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When can we get on with it and just declare the Yankees in 'official rebuilding mode'?