Yankees are the Pitts

The last time the Yankees traveled to Pittsburgh they came out on the short end of the decisive game of the 1960 World Series. The stakes were a lot lower tonight, but the Yankees still came out on the losing end. Darrell Rasner was hammered by the Pirates lineup en route to a 12-5 loss.

The Yankees had some opportunities early against a wild Tom Gorzelanny, who walked 5, but double play ground outs by Derek Jeter and Bobby Abreu killed potential rallies. When Robinson Cano singled in Jorge Posada in the 4th, the Yankees were already trailing 3-0.

Jose Batista took Rasner deep in the 4th with a man aboard for a 5-0 lead and the Pirates added two more in the 5th, including a solo home run by Ryan Doumit.

Due to injuries to Hideki Matsui and Johnny Damon, Justin Christian made his major league debut in left field. Although he had a first inning error, he singled for his first hit in the 4th and doubled in two runs in the 6th to put the game back within reach at 7-3.

But LaTroy Hawkins fared no better than Rasner, allowing 4 runs in 2.2 innings. By the time Bobby Abreu hit a 2-run home run in the 9th, the game was well out of reach.

News and Notes

Though he had a horrendous outing, Darrell Rasner walked his first two times up. After going 3-1, 1.80 in his first 4 starts, Rasner has gone 1-4, 6.99 in his 5 starts since.

Derek Jeter extended his hitting streak to 12 games.

With Johnny Damon out of the lineup, Melky Cabrera slid into the lead off spot, while Justin Christian hit 8th.

June 24, 2008

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
NY Yankees	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	2		5	8	1
Pittsburgh	2	0	1	2	2	0	2	3	X		12	19	1

NY Yankees	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Cabrera, CF	3	0	0	0	2	0	5	.251
Jeter, SS	4	1	1	0	1	0	3	.278
Abreu, RF	4	1	1	2	1	1	3	.273
Rodriguez, 3B	5	0	0	0	0	1	2	.324
Giambi, 1B	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	.267
Posada, C	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	.308
Cano, 2B	4	1	3	1	0	0	0	.235
Christian, LF	4	0	2	2	0	0	1	.500
Rasner, P	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000
a-Molina, PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.216
Hawkins, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Ramirez, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
b-Betemit, PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.246
Totals	33	5	8	5	6	3	17
a-Flied out for Rasner in the 6th. b-Reached on error for Ramirez in the 9th.
BATTING 2B: Posada (10, Gorzelanny), Cano (16, Gorzelanny), Christian (1, Gorzelanny), Jeter (11, Yates). HR: Abreu (9, 9th inning off Osoria, 1 on, 2 out). TB: Jeter 2; Abreu 4; Posada 2; Cano 4; Christian 3. RBI: Cano (27), Christian 2 (2), Abreu 2 (46). 2-out RBI: Cano; Abreu 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Rodriguez; Cabrera 3; Giambi. GIDP: Jeter; Abreu; Cabrera. Team LOB: 8. BASERUNNING SB: Abreu (9, 2nd base off Gorzelanny/Doumit). FIELDING E: Christian (1, fielding). DP: 2 (Rodriguez-Cano-Giambi, Cano-Giambi).

NY Yankees	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Rasner (L, 4-5)	5.0	10	7	7	0	4	2	4.50
Hawkins	2.2	7	4	4	0	0	0	6.12
Ramirez	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	3.09

Pittsburgh	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
McLouth, CF	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	.293
Sanchez, F, 2B	5	3	3	1	0	0	1	.237
Osoria, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400
Bay, LF	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	.286
Morgan, LF	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	.158
Doumit, C	5	2	3	2	0	1	2	.350
LaRoche, 1B	5	1	3	2	0	0	2	.224
Mientkiewicz, RF	3	1	2	1	0	0	1	.256
Michaels, RF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237
Bautista, 3B	4	1	1	2	0	1	2	.265
Wilson, Ja, SS	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.290
Gorzelanny, P	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	.150
a-Rivas, L, PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.233
Yates, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Marte, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
b-Gomez, PH-2B	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	.317
Totals	40	12	19	11	0	4	11
a-Grounded into a double play for Gorzelanny in the 6th. b-Singled for Marte in the 8th.
BATTING 2B: McLouth 2 (26, Rasner, Hawkins), Bay 2 (18, Rasner, Hawkins), Morgan (2, Ramirez), Doumit (11, Ramirez). 3B: LaRoche (1, Rasner). HR: Bautista (9, 4th inning off Rasner, 1 on, 0 out), Doumit (10, 5th inning off Rasner, 0 on, 2 out). TB: McLouth 4; Sanchez, F 3; Bay 4; Morgan 2; Doumit 7; LaRoche 5; Mientkiewicz 2; Bautista 4; Wilson, Ja; Gomez. RBI: Sanchez, F (31), LaRoche 2 (30), Bay (41), Bautista 2 (35), Doumit 2 (24), Mientkiewicz (12), Morgan 2 (2). 2-out RBI: LaRoche; Doumit 2; Morgan 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: LaRoche 2; Sanchez, F. SF: Mientkiewicz. GIDP: Rivas, L; Bautista. Team LOB: 5. FIELDING E: LaRoche (5, fielding). DP: 3 (Wilson, Ja-Sanchez, F-LaRoche, Sanchez, F-Wilson, Ja-LaRoche, Osoria-Wilson, Ja-LaRoche).

Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Gorzelanny (W, 6-6) 6.0 6 3 3 5 2 0 6.43 Yates 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.62 Marte 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.11 Osoria 1.0 1 2 2 1 0 1 5.96

WP: Rasner 2. HBP: Giambi (by Gorzelanny). Pitches-strikes: Rasner 87-59, Hawkins 49-30, Ramirez 12-7, Gorzelanny 99-47, Yates 9-5, Marte 14-9, Osoria 24-14. Ground outs-fly outs: Rasner 4-7, Hawkins 5-3, Ramirez 0-1, Gorzelanny 7-9, Yates 1-1, Marte 0-3, Osoria 3-0. Batters faced: Rasner 25, Hawkins 13, Ramirez 3, Gorzelanny 28, Yates 3, Marte 4, Osoria 5. Inherited runners-scored: Ramirez 2-2, Marte 1-0. Umpires: HP: Chris Guccione. 1B: Kevin Causey. 2B: Chuck Meriwether. 3B: Bill Welke. Weather: 77 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 7 mph, Out to CF. T: 2:56. Att: 38,867.