Olson Dominates as O's Beats Yanks 6-1

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

The Yanks fell to a game under .500, and right back into last place with today's 6-1 loss to the Orioles.

The one bright spot of the day was Yanks' starter Darrell Rasner who pitched great. In 6 IP he allowed just 1 run on 5 hits, while walking 1 and striking out 3. The one run came on a solo HR by Nick Markakis.

The bullpen today was terrible. Latroy Hawkins gave up 3 runs (all earned) on 2 hits in .2 of an inning, and Jose Veras was just as bad. He allowed 2 runs on 2 hits in 1.1 IP, but he allowed a big 3-run homer to Aubrey Huff, which turned a 3-0 game into a 6-0 game.

	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Rasner (L, 3-1)	6.0	5	1	1	1	3	1	1.80
Hawkins	0.2	2	3	3	1	2	0	6.08
Veras	1.1	2	2	2	0	1	1	4.50

ORIOLES PITCHES

Apparently today was not only a day off for you and me, but for the Yankees' offense as well. They did nothing against O's starter Garrett Olson, managing just 3 hits and 4 walks. The 1 run the Yanks did score came in the 9th on an RBI single by Chad Moeller which scored Hideki Matsui who went 3-for-4 on the day. Matsui was the only Yankee who did anything against Olson.

AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG Damon, LF 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .265 Jeter, SS 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 .282 Abreu, RF 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .288 Rodriguez, 3B 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 .289 Matsui, DH 4 1 3 0 0 0 1 .331 Duncan, S, 1B 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 .164 Cano, 2B 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .224 Moeller, C 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 .265 Cabrera, CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 .249 Totals 31 1 5 1 4 8 15 BATTING 2B: Matsui (9, Walker). TB: Damon; Matsui 4; Moeller. RBI: Moeller (8). 2-out RBI: Moeller. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Rodriguez; Cabrera; Duncan, S. Team LOB: 8. BASERUNNING SB: Rodriguez (3, 2nd base off Olson/Hernandez, R), Jeter (3, 2nd base off Olson/Hernandez, R).

ORIOLES OFFENSE

PLAYER OF THE GAME: Garrett Olson (7 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 4 BB, 7 K)

HONORABLE MENTION: Nick Markakis (3-for-4, 2B, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R)

GOATS OF THE GAME: Latroy Hawkins and Jose Veras (combined they allowed 5 runs on 4 hits in 2 IP).

The Yanks look to even the series tomorrow night. Ian Kennedy starts for the Yanks, and he will face O's lefty Brian Burres. First pitch is set for 7:05 p.m., and the game can be seen on YES and heard on WCBS 880.