YANKS FAIL TO SWEEP; WILD-CARD HOPES DIM

Projo Sox Blog found this 9/5/2008 on www.nypost.com [flag]

ST. PETERSBURG - Sweep or weep. The intelligent money is on pinstriped tears flowing like Niagara Falls shortly. After taking two of three from the Rays and winning three of four overall, the Yankees dropped a 7-5 decision to Tampa Bay last... [link]

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Baseball Today: Friday, September 5
Published 9/5/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... THE CLOCK IS TICKING: The Yankees weren't satisfied with winning only two of three in Tampa, not in the situation they're in. "We've been feeling that way for a while," Alex Rodriguez said when asked if the Yanks are beginning to feel that time is running out. (New York Post) ...

Tampa Bay 7, Yankees 5: Kazmir Demonstrates Exactly What Yankees Lack

Three Idiots on Sports found this 9/5/2008 on www.nytimes.com

Scott Kazmir pitched confidently with his fastball, spotting it at the knees on the outside corner or firing it high in the zone, daring the Yankees to hit it. >

Kazmir Dominates, Yanks Fail to Sweep

Greg C. posted 9/5/2008 from slidingintohome.blogspot.com

Dreams of October baseball continue to slip away for the Yanks and us fans. Tonight they missed an opportunity to cut the Red Sox lead to 6.5 games as they failed to complete a sweep of the Rays in Tampa. Instead they sit 7.5 games out with just 22 to play....

Yanks Make It Two-for-Two Against Rays

Greg C. posted 9/5/2008 from slidingintohome.blogspot.com

It was another nice win for the Yankees tonight over the first-place Rays. They jumped out to an early lead, scoring six runs in the first four innings. And even though Carl Pavano wasn't very good tonight, allowing three runs on six hits and two walks in just four+ innings, the Yanks were able ...

Rasner flops as fading Yankees fail to sweep Rays

NJ.com: Pride of the Yankees found this 9/5/2008 on www.newsday.com

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Joe Girardi, in what may have been his best quote of the season, explained the other day why he wasn't planning to replace struggling Sidney Ponson in the rotation.

Boxscore: NY Yankees vs. Tampa Bay - September 4, 2008 | yankees.com: News

Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog found this 9/5/2008 on newyork.yankees.mlb.com

WP : Rasner. IBB : Aybar (by Britton). Pitches-strikes : Rasner 43-25, Aceves, A 97-61, Britton 31-19, Kazmir 98-56, Miller 15-12, Bradford 12-10, Hammel 20-13, Wheeler 1-1. Groundouts-flyouts : Rasner 1-2, Aceves, A 2-9, Britton 0-4, Kazmir 6-5, ...

Rays push Yankees a little further back
Kazmir pitches one-hit ball for six innings, and Tampa Bay holds on for a 7-5 victory. > Scott Kazmir did his part to get the Tampa Bay Rays back on track ...

Kazmir pitches Rays to win over; Angels win, too
Alex Rodriguez and the New York Yankees are struggling to get back into the playoff race while the Los Angeles Angels are closing in on another postseason berth.

Yanks-Rays: New York's Feigning Sense of Urgency
They're saying all the right things - "We're not out of it until they put an 'X' next to our names" or "We're playing every game like it's the seventh game of the World Series" - but the Yankees' actions tell a different story. On Thursday, New ...

A-Rod continues homer binge... in meaningless situations
Alex Rodriguez has homered in four of the last five games, including in three straight against the AL East-leading Tampa Bay Rays. And all those home runs have one thing in common--they were all meaningless. A-Rod's dinger on Tuesday came ...

Sad truth begins to dawn on Yanks
Greetings from Gate A4 of the Tampa Airport. It’s 5:40 a.m., which is way too early to be here. I don’t know who had a worse night last night, Darrell Rasner or Jim Zorn. Rasner had the shortest non-injury start of his career, taking the ...