1-0 after 2

Andy Pettitte got 5 quick outs and then walked Kevin Millar (.236/.308/.368) on 4 pitches. Then a single got by Jeter. Jetes has been much better with positioning himself so far this year as Joel Sherman noted, but there he had not chance to get that ball when it seemed like he should have had it. Rod Barajas followed by just squeezing a ball inside the foul line for a very, very long single as he didn't hustle out of the box (ESPN's live scoring put it as a double...even they thought he should have made it to second). 

Yankees followed by a little bit of a weak inning, going 1-2-3 against Ricky Romero (though he's now up to 41 pitches). The last batter was Eric Hinske in his first AB as a Yankee (and he put a charge into the ball but hit it to the deepest part of the park). Not sure why Hinske is just playing for the first time today, against a lefty. Although his splits are slightly better this year against a lefty, it's in a very small sample size. This guy is much better against righties over his career according to the B-R splits:

 

I	Split	G	GS	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE	BAbip	tOPS+
	vs RHP as LH	877		2688	2360		622	154	16	89	313	47	18	295	540	.264	.347	.456	.803	1075	55	17	0	16	20	16	.305	108
	vs LHP as LH	393		735	652		144	42	0	17	97	13	2	68	180	.221	.298	.363	.661	237	18	7	0	8	0	9	.274	72

 

Will get more into Hinske later...