Game 115 Wrap-Up: DET 9 NYY 3

(Courtesy of the AP)

The Yankees managed to halt their growing losing streak, end the Tigers' winning streak, and keep their heads above .500 water all in the same game on Friday night.  What's more, they managed to do it despite another sluggish offensive game and a second consecutive Mariano Rivera blown save.  If there were any thoughts of building a new winning streak and securing a series win against the AL Central leaders, they were put to bed early on Saturday afternoon with Phil Hughes on the mound.  He was his usual self, the Detroit hitters were on their game, and the Yanks went down in a one-sided loss.

Game Notes:

- Hughes was in trouble right off the bat with an Austin Jackson leadoff triple.  He scored on a Torii Hunter sac fly and Detroit quickly had a lead they would never give back.

- Hughes managed to strike out the second in the 2nd around a pair of singles, then gave up a solo home run to Miguel Cabrera in the 3rd to make it 2-0.  Cabrera was locked into Hughes' fastball from the start and in typical Hughes fashion, Phil stubbornly continued to throw them.

- Things got out of hand in the top of the 5th, when Hughes gave up another solo bomb to Jackson, a single to Hunter, and got the hook after just 4.1 innings.  Preston Claiborne relieved him and gave up 3 more runs on 2 more hits to make it a 6-0 game.

- The lone source of legitimate Yankee offense came in the bottom half of the 5th thanks to Lyle Overbay.  He drove in Eduardo Nunez with a home run on a hanging 2-strike slider to get New York on the board.

- They would get no closer than 6-2, however, as Claiborne put 2 more runners on in the 6th before giving way to Joba Chamberlain, who proceeded to bring everybody home on a 3-run HR by Hunter.

- Overbay tacked on a meaningless RBI single in the bottom of the 9th, a perfectly insignificant end to a pretty thorough beatdown.  The 3-6 spots ahead of him in the lineup went just 2-15 with 0 RBI and 5 K.


F*ck Yeahs:

- Overbay: 2-3, 1 HR, 1 R, 3 RBI, 1 BB.  The only source of Yankee offense in the game.  That's never a good thing.

Oh Nos:

- Hughes: 4.1 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, 0 BB, 6 K.  Too many pitches, too many homers, not enough innings.  Same shit, different day.

- Alfonso Soriano: 0-4, 3 K, 2 LOB.  I hate to be an overly Negative Nancy after a few games, but this is already looking like another bad move for next year's roster.

- Claiborne: 1.0 IP, 4 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 2 K.  Like Adam Warren, he's been very mediocre these last few months.

Next Up:

Final game of this series is today and it could get even uglier for the Bombers.  They send Andy Pettite to the mound to face Justin Verlander.