Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Alex Rodriguez - Ayala Can T Hold Lead For Yankees In Loss To Mariners - Logan

SEATTLE Yankees relievers improved receive used to functioning without Rafael Soriano.

With Soriano, whom appeared to be inconsistent when not really on the particular disabled list, gone pertaining to who has learned precisely how long, more can be appearing asked connected with Boone Logan and Luis Ayala to ensure Joba Chamberlain as well as David Robertson can comb their own frizzy hair having perfect fists around July.

Last nighttime with Safeco Field, supervisor Joe Girardi asked Logan as well as Ayala to hold your one-run direct contrary to the Mariners after which it observed the actual match melt within the sixth along with turn a bonus proper debts along the way to a 4-3 deprivation that was experienced by simply 33,715.

The damage that opened a nine-game, three-city West Coast trip, weren't just about all with Logan as well as Ayala. A.J. Burnett was surpassed some sort of 3-0 head next to rookie stud Michael Pineda and turned a 3-2 gain over to be able to Logan after personal trainer innings whereby this individual gifted up some hits and travelled five.

But because Girardi seemed to be solely looking for the actual staff associated with Logan and Ayala to receive the pup some outs, it absolutely was dismal these people couldn't let that happen without stopping two runs.

"It's also been just what easy methods to the final two weeks," Girardi stated regarding his bullpen due to Soriano's arm difficulties that retained the pup available previous to taking the actual DL. "Guys will be expected to accomplish your somewhat more as well as that's the bottom line."

Three runs versus Pineda, some sort of 6-foot-7, 260-pound right-hander around five innings should have been recently adequate for any Yankees' eighth succeed in 11 game titles for the reason that Mariners would be the worst type of reaching workforce inside AL.

Mark Teixeira homered within the first, Pineda wild-pitched a work home in the junior high while Alex Rodriguez provided an RBI single. It can be been three operates had Franklin Gutierrez not really became their glove over your center arena wall to be able to rob Nick Swisher of your homer from the fourth.

"I considered ?t had been five rows serious when I struck it," explained Swisher, exactly who long his slump in order to 0-for-16 in addition to after that was concluded that that has a single while in the sixth. "I seemed to be contemplating a minimum of a twice and then Michael Jordan came through in addition to scammed out me."

And you should possibly not neglect pinch-runner Eduardo Nunez getting chosen off of second with the remaining outside the eighth inning following robbing following to buy scoring position.

"It appeared to be my typical guide as well as I received chosen off," said Nunez, who had been running pertaining to Jorge Posada. "When I slid (the arm) stuck. I look bad, it's actually a huge engage in inside the game, a couple outs along with a runner on subsequent base. It happens in the game and the next day is often a brand-new day."

As regarding Burnett, he was all around the place in the first two innings as soon as your dog walked four nevertheless didn't stop a run.

"I was 3-1, 3-2 using a lots of hitters but for the similar time I been able to have away from it," said Burnett, who seem to recommended 97 pitches that will apply for 12-15 outs. "It had been your grind."

So seemed to be the sixth when Logan gave up your leadoff solo for you to lefty-swinging Adam Kennedy and Ayala packed the bases with one particular and a walk before getting a pair of surface outs this manufactured a couple of runs.

george.king@nypost.com

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