You know, I actually would have felt better if the Yankees lost last night’s game without them rallying to get the lead in the seventh. But to have them score six runs then, after being down 4-0, and then still lose makes it truly gut-wrenching.
But really, I don’t blame Joe Girardi for the loss. I wrote in a piece for The Faster Times that Phil Hughes, Nick Swisher, and A.J. Burnett are my goats of the game. I note that Hughes has been terrible this postseason. And don’t tell me he would have been better if he had started the seventh. He started the eighth in ALDS Game 2, and promptly gave up two runs to make the game 3-1.
Either Joe Girardi needs to bat Nick Swisher ninth, and move Melky Cabrera up, or he needs to bench Swisher. Because he’s killed rally after rally in this series, most notably last night.
Now it’s on to New York for Game 6. Attention Red Sox fans who are going nuts over this turn of events – the Yankees have beaten the Angels three times more than the Sox have!
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