Every once in a while you run into an ace and that happens to be the night they decide to throw like an ace. Halladay is one of the best in the game and even though he has one a Cy Young before, I feel like he still gets overlooked by everyone outside the AL East because he pitches north of the border.
It is a testament to the skill of Halladay and the incredible slump the Yanks bats are in that they only managed two hits, one walk and two hit bats men in nine innings. Now it would only make sense that A.J. Burnett will start Sunday and probably decide to bring his A-game and shuts the Yanks down.
The All-Star break cannot come soon enough for this team as they look dead after their hard fought split with the Sox and the sweep of the Rays. Joba was good tonight and he was close to great. 6.2 innings pitched (which if not for Robbie Cano forgetting how to catch a pop up would have been seven strong) with nine Ks and no walks is what Joba is going to be doing for a long time. Now, if only he could get a little run support he wouldn't have to try to be perfect every time out.
I would like to hope that the Yankees finally realize that Billy Traber has no business being on the major league roster. As soon as that Matt Stairs home run lands Traber should already be back in Scranton. He is a mediocre lefty and you are better off having a decent right-hander
coming out of the pen to face a lefty than a substandard left-hander who is only there because of his hand preference.
It would have been nice for the Yanks to head into the break by taking three of these last four games but now they have to scratch out the last two games just to break even. Hopefully the bats come alive when they face Jesse Litsch who they usually hit hard. But the way the Yankees are hitting it might be asking a bit much for four runs for Darrell Rasner, who is going to need all the help he can get the way he has been pitching.
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