Bronx Banter: Cold Yanks Fall Flat
Baseball Toaster —
... another run in the ninth but then Todd Jones, aggresive and throwing strikes, got his three outs and that was the game. Robinson Cano, who homered--a line drive shot into the right field seats--in his first at bat, whiffed on three pitches to end the game (the last pitch was over his head), in an undisciplined at bat that has become all too common this year. The Yanks left 13 men on base and deserved to lose the game. Final score. Tigers 6, Yanks 4 . There was more bad news. Phil Hughes pitched poorly and was booed off the mound in the fourth inning. Our old pal ...
This Wasn't the Cold One I Had in Mind
The Futility Infielder —
... that could define his entire outing. When they make you pine for the halcyon days of the Moleman... Granderson figured in the coup de grâce for Hughes the next inning, lashing a two-out double to deep left center field -- a ball Damon might have flagged down but Hideki Matsui could not -- and then scored on a Polanco single. That chased Hughes, whose ugly line for the night tallied 3.1 innings, 8 hits, 6 runs, 3 walks, 2 K's, his third disaster start out of four. Suddenly, he's in jeopardy of losing his rotation spot, and rightly so; he looks as through he needs a stint in ...
Phil Isn't Hurt...He's In The Time Out Corner
The Bronx Stop: A Yankees Blog —
This came yesterday from Tyler Kepner: Manager Joe Girardi never looks good after a loss, but he looked weary after Phil Hughes imploded and the Yankees lost to the Detroit Tigers, 6-4, on Tuesday night. Hughes was pounded for six runs and eight hits in three and two thirds innings. When Girardi was asked about Hughes’s future in the rotation, he tried to deflect the questions by saying the Yankees would make those types of decisions as an organization. But, after the third or fourth time Girardi was asked about Hughes, he gave, perhaps, his most ...
