That Was More Painful Than It Needed To Be

The first four in the Yankees lineup saw 98 pitches. The position player who saw the least pitches? Nick Swisher who leads the Yankees and is second in the American League. A-Rod has 3 hits, 4 RBIs and a home run. Derek Jeter got on base 6 times. Even Cody Ransom had 2 runs, 2 hits and 2 RBIs. The Yankees were up 8-1.

So of course they needed to empty out the bullpen before bringing in Mariano Rivera to save it.

The offense was good. The pitching...not so much. Andy Pettitte was awful and now has only three quality starts in his last 11 starts. And while Alfredo Aceves and Phil Coke were very good, David Robertson needed to be bailed out by Mo in the end (of course, after I praised Robertson today).

A win is a win. But it was painful at times. A lot more than it needed to be.

And some bad news after the game from Mark Feinsand from the New York Daily News via Twitter: @BloggingBombers Nady pulled himself from Triple-A game after five innings. Doesn't sound good. Cashman said it could be the "worst-case scenario"