Andy Pettite has been known to be the stopper in his career. When the Yankees lose the previous game, his record in the next start is simply fantastic. But not tonight...and not with this offense. Pettite gave up five runs in six innings and dropped to 3-3 as the Yankees fell to 14-15 with a 6-2 loss against Detroit tonight.
Pettite cruised through four innings, but then seemed to hit a wall in the fifth inning. He gave up a single to Edgar Renteria and then a two-run bomb to the light-hitting Marcus Thames, and then in the sixth, allowed a rare homerun to Placido Polanco and a rbi single to Carlos Guillen.
Andy Pettite has gotten to the point in his career where he will have shaky innings as the one he did tonight. The real problem, though, is the offense. Without A-Rod and Jorge Posada, the offense doesn't have the punch it normally does. Add in that Jason Giambi and Robinson Cano are hitting below the Mendoza line, and you have a line-up destined for failure.
They jumped on Jeremy Bonderman in the first innings for two runs, but then the bats went cold, which has been a common theme throughout this season.
Although the Yankees have been resilient and they have been doing a great job to be only 14-15 at this point when they chould definitely be 10-19 or worse, they just don't inspire any confidence in you that they will go on a rampant tear and just play playoff caliber baseball. Thankfully, no team in the division hs been taking advantage. The Yankees are lucky that Boston is only 3 game ahead of them.
On a side note, Phil Hughes went on the DL which is what he needed to. It was a pressure free way to get him out of the rotation and hopefully he will benefit from it because he has been awful.
Ian Kennedy needs to have a solid start tomorrow or the Yankees will get swept, and then get to face two guys (Felix Hernandez and Erik Bedard) who they do not hit.
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