Phil Hughes' sparkling stuff fell flat in Cleveland Sunday. The Yankees' phenom featured a hard-biting hook, a plus fastball and a competent cutter. It wasn't enough. Five lackluster innings left the team in a four-run hole. Chien-Ming Wang relieved Hughes, featured a vintage hard sinker and produced three shutout innings. Hughes' next start should be in Scranton. Phil has found progress but there is work to be done, a 5.45 ERA tempers the hype with reality.Mark Teixeira finished a great month with a flourish. Four R.B.I. pushed the Bombers to an eight inning tie. The game was in the hands of the bullpen. (Gulp.) Girardi has a glut of starters and a dearth of relievers. Sunday, it was Coke and Robertson's turn to cough up a game. The bubble of euphoria surrounding the Yanks' recent stellar play was burst by a traditional problem. The familiar flaw of porous late inning relief continues to haunt. There are no viable solutions in sight as the "conga line" of feeble auditions drones on.
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I'll take it as a positive game even thought we lost. Wang threw 3 shutout innings and the sinker looked really good. If we can get Sabathia, Burnett, and Wang going we should be OK. Nice work man.
I get the feeling that if this team can ever hit on all cylindars and find a late inning bridge it could be special.
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