There are times where you shouldn't bitch about your offense and you just have to tip your cap to the opposing pitcher. Tonight was not one of those times. I refuse to tip my cap when a dude like Josh Tomlin goes out there with 0 stuff and nobody can hit it all night. The Yankee bats just flat out sucked.
I really thought they were going to finish that comeback off in the 9th though. I was convinced that Headley was going to drive in both of those runs. I just feel comfortable with him up in big spots for some reason. But it didn't work out and the Yanks lost. It may not seem like it but the 0-1 pitch to McCann was huge. A colossal fuck-up by Dan Iassogna. So clearly upstairs to the point where I didn't even think twice about what the pitch was called and was legit shocked when I looked up and saw the count was 0-2. Good for Girardi to go out there and get thrown out. But that wasn't why they lost tonight. The offense was awful and so was Nova. The tough part about losing this game was that Tomlin is by far the worst pitcher the Yanks will see this series. Everyone else is capable of going out there with great stuff and giving this lineup problems. Tonight was their chance to pounce on the guy throwing pus and instead they could only muster two hits in seven innings. That's the third time the Yankees have lost to the Indians in the last week and all three losses have come by just one run.
The good news tonight was that A-Rod had a couple of hits including a monster home run, his second in his last nine at-bats, so it looks like he's starting to get his swing back a bit. It'll be Carlos Carrasco against Tanaka tonight. Masahiro is coming off his best start as a Yankee and this one isn't going to be any easier with his counterpart throwing the ball about as well as anyone in baseball.
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