The once pitchers duel turned into a complete blowout for the Yankees.  Joba was not sharp today, the offense wasn’t on it’s best game, and the bullpen just blew up in our faces today.

 

 

The Yankees started the game’s scoring in the second inning on Derek Jeter’s record breaking double.  He now has 2,675 hits as a shortstop and 2,688 in his career (13 as DH).

         

 

 

But in the bottom of the inning Joba gave up 2 and gave up the lead.  Until in the third Nick Swisher hit a 2-run homer for the second night in a row.  But once again Joba decided to give up a 2 spot and the lead in the same inning.for the second time.  After that it all pretty much fell apart for the Yankees.  Two innings later the Mariners put up 5 runs making the score 9-4 before Kenji Johjima hit a homer to make the final score 10-4.

Also coming today is news that Hideki Matsui has a swollen left knee which could make him sit out the rest of the season, hopefully not!  And in  Robinson Cano’s lone at bat in the game he extended his hit streak to 14.

 

Even with the Yankees pathetic loss there was three positves:

1.  The Red Sox lost.  Thats always a plus.

2.  Jeter got the hit that surpassed Luis Aparicio for first on the all time short stop hit-list.

3.  And last but not least Nick Swisher hit his 20th Homer of the Season making it 5 straight seasons of 20+ homers for Nick.

PLAY OF THE GAME

Derek Jeter’s record breaking hit had to be the play of the game in this one even if the Yankees did lose.  I think whoever is in charge of putting those messages up on the scoreboard deserves to be smacked for not putting up anything on Jeter’s record that was pretty disappointing!  But it’s a record one way or another.  Congratulations, Derek Jeter on another milestone reached in a Hall of Fame Career!