Bobby Abreu came through again but this time the bullpen wasn't at its normal shut down mode and Jose Veras quickly handed the game back to the Pirates. It was just a bad loss tonight. The Yanks seemed to be phoning in a lot of their at bats and Veras was just pitiful in walking the first batter after the Yankee rally and then serving up a meatball to Nate McLouth.
It hurts even more since the Yankees were playing well the first time this game was being played. They were leading that game 3-1 and they had Maholm on the ropes early. This time Maholm kept them off balance with big curve balls.
Veras looked off right from his first pitch. It's a big downer for a team when they rally to get back into the game and watch their pitcher come out and walk the number nine hitter on four pitches and then gives back both runs on a monster home run.
It didn't help that the 3-7 hitters in the lineup went a combined 1-20 including an 0-4 from Arod who is stuck in a mini funk at the moment being that he is only one for his last 12.
The Yanks looked like they couldn't get out of Pittsburgh fast enough and lucky for them they can hitch a quick ride up north to Toronto. They have the misfortune of catching Roy Halladay in the series opener, but after that they should be able to handle the rest of the Jays rotation that lacks A.J. Burnett and Dustin McGowan.
In other disappointing news the Big G lost out on his All-Star bid coming in a close third to Evan Longoria and Jermaine Dye. The baseball world has been robbed of a great mustache today. I just hope the Home Run Derby and the All-Star game are still mildly entertaining.
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