Jim Johnson loses his 4th game.
David Hernandez was outstanding last night. Pitching in Yankee Stadium for the first time ever, which has been an offensive players dream park, he only allowed 1 run, 3 hits, and 3 walks over 6 innings. He struck 4 batters out and left with the game tied at one. Mark Hendrickson continued to be effective out of the bullpen, pitching a perfect 7th inning. Jim Johnson pitched a perfect 8th and got one out in the 9th, but he made one mistake pitch. Hideki Matsui made him pay for it by hitting a walk off homerun for the Yankees. But its hard to get mad at the pitching when the offense performed as poorly as it did.
Pettite pitched great, but we still should’ve scored enough runs to win the game. We got thrown out at home twice in the 8th inning. We led off the inning with a Cesar Izturis single and a Brian Roberts double after Matt Wieters struck out. Nick Markakis hit the ball to first base, but Izturis got thrown out at home trying to score. In the next at bat the Yankee pitcher threw a wild pitch, which Roberts tried to score on but was called out at homeplate. He argued the call but it looked like he never touched home plate. Our only run came on a Markakis homerun in the 1st inning.
Player of the game: David Hernandez (6 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 4 K (3.55 ERA))
Tonight Rich Hill (3-2, 7.22) tries to keep the pitching rolling against Sergio Mitre (0-0, -.–), who is making his first major league appearance in two seasons.
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