Embarrassment would be an understatement for how the Yankees played today. With a 3-1 lead heading into the sixth inning, Phil Hughes forgot how to pitch and ended up serving a home run to Mark Reynolds which gave up the lead and buried the Yankees in the game. Hughes had been rolling along prior to the sixth inning but the wheels fell off as he allowed four straight runners to reach in the sixth before getting pulled by Girardi following the Reynolds homer. Leaving Hughes in to face Reynolds again after he already homered in his previous at bat against Hughes.
Everything would go downhill from there as the bullpen gave up an additional three runs in the eighth inning as it took five pitchers in the inning to get three outs. The Yankees offense looked lethargic after Chris Dickerson's home run in the second inning. Another bone I have to pick with Girardi is him pinch-hitting for Dickerson with Andruw Jones in the seventh after the day that Dickerson had at the plate and in the field. The Yankees now lead by only two games in the division.
The Yankees will try to stop their slide as they head into Florida to face Tampa Bay who is fighting for the division along with Baltimore and New York. Hopefully, the Yankees can start winning again as Alex Rodriguez may return to the lineup.
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