Pettitte and A-Rod Phlop

Well, lets face it. Andy looked horrible early, but did calm down and pitched okay after that. Even after going dowhn 4-1, the Yankees had their chances, but could not capitalize on opportunites they had. A-Rod and others had chances to come up with important hits and did not cash in. Tonight's game is very important as they are now tied with Boston in 1st place.

With Tampa, Boston, and then the Mets coming up, they need to continue on at least a .700 winning percentage place. You know the Red Sox are going to go on a run soon!

Here are the Yankees stats up to this point.

Player TEAM POS G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG AVG
1. R Cano
NYY 2B 53 220 37 67 13 1 9 32 109 10 15 2 2 .333 .495 .305
2. D Jeter
NYY SS 51 217 33 68 12 0 7 25 101 24 30 10 1 .387 .465 .313
3. J Damon
NYY OF 49 199 41 59 12 2 10 32 105 23 34 5 0 .371 .528 .296
4. M Teixeira
NYY 1B 49 190 36 53 12 0 16 44 113 29 37 0 0 .388 .595 .279
5. N Swisher
NYY OF 52 164 32 40 12 1 10 31 84 36 49 0 0 .380 .512 .244
6. H Matsui
NYY DH 47 161 18 42 11 1 8 22 79 18 29 0 0 .344 .491 .261
7. M Cabrera
NYY OF 47 144 21 45 6 0 5 20 66 12 19 4 2 .363 .458 .313
8. B Gardner
NYY OF 46 117 25 31 4 2 2 9 45 14 19 11 2 .346 .385 .265
9. J Posada
NYY C 29 100 14 32 7 0 8 26 63 14 25 1 0 .402 .630 .320
10. A Rodriguez
NYY 3B 25 88 13 22 4 0 7 21 47 20 16 0 0 .400 .534 .250
11. R Pena
NYY 3B 37 67 10 16 2 1 0 4 20 4 13 2 0 .282 .299 .239
12. C Ransom
NYY 3B 15 50 4 9 5 1 0 6 16 3 15 1 0 .226 .320 .180
13. J Molina
NYY C 16 44 5 12 2 0 1 6 17 4 6 0 0 .333 .386 .273
14. F Cervelli
NYY C 15 42 4 12 1 0 0 4 13 1 6 0 1 .302 .310 .286
15. X Nady
NYY OF 7 28 4 8 4 0 0 2 12 1 6 0 0 .310 .429 .286
16. K Cash
NYY C 10 26 1 6 2 0 0 3 8 0 5 0 0 .250 .308 .231
17. A Berroa
NYY 3B 16 15 4 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 .133 .133 .133

Take care....Brad