- Friday (L, 2-1) - Darrell Rasner went eight innings and only gave up 2ER, but the Yankee offense was unable to score more than 1 against Kyle Davies and the KC bullpen. A poor call on Giambi in the 8th crushed morale, but the Yanks shouldn't have been in that position to begin with.
- Saturday (W, 12-11) - Andy Pettitte was awful, giving up 10ER over 6.2IP. Why Joe Girardi kept him in to give up the GS to Jose Gullien (who already owned him earlier) is beyond me. Yet the Yanks rallied to overcome that 4-run deficit, only for Mo to blow the tie in the top of the 9th. Luckily, Jorge Posada's HR and Johnny Damon's 6-for-6 night saved the day in regulation.
- Sunday (W, 6-3) - Finally--a legit game from the Yankees. Joba Chamberlain threw 78 pitches in his second start, giving up 2ER over 4.1IP. Dan Giese picked up the W in relief, and Jose Veras and Mariano Rivera kept KC scoreless as Abreu, Giambi (with the tiebreaking shot in the 6th), and Arod racked up the RBIs.
- Monday (L, 3-2) - And now we come to the sad story of today. Mike Mussina threw 8 innings of 2-run and 2-hit ball, but the Yanks were stifled by ~5.00 ERA Luke Hochevar; they could only manage 2-runs off of him, thanks to an Arod shot. This lack of offense perfectly set up the 9th inning, when Mo, once again, gave up a home run to a Royal (I HATE Jose Guillen) and showed some rare emotion in the aftermath. Unfortunately, the Yankees could not back him up this time. Unreal.
The good news: Moose and Rasner have been dealing; Giambi looks like the Jason of old; Arod, Matsui, Damon, and Jorge are doing their jobs
The bad news: Pettitte looks to be done; Cano can't help swinging at first pitches; the Yanks can't seem to win consistently
Gee. The only thing that could make this worse for me is if the Twins got swept by the ChiSox in the four-game set. Oh wait! They did. And were outscored 40-15 in the process. The starting pitching just couldn't hold it down. Awesome.
...Needless to say, this has been a bad baseball stretch.
