The New York Yankees lost to the New York Mets by a score of 6-2. Andy Pettitte started and got the loss. The Yankees have a tough time hitting against pitchers they see for the first time and no one has an answer for it. I don’t either. I do know that most of the veterans on the Yankees didn’t hit well against Mets starting pitcher Fernando Nieve. However, Cabrera and Gardner went a combined 3-for-7. Fernando Nieve attacked the zone against the Yankees and was very effective. He threw a lot of fastballs and mixed in some change ups. He was ahead in the count against the Yankees all game and it’s hard to hit when you’re behind. Andy Pettitte had a hard time finding the strike zone and he had no cutter. That’s his best pitch and it wasn’t working. He got into a lot of long counts, walked batters and gave up a lot of base hits.(12 in all). This resulted in his early exit. He mixed in all of his pitches too early. He was throwing every pitch in the first inning. He was throwing his 4-Seam fastball, his change up, his slider and his cutter. He didn’t pitch backwards meaning saving some of his pitches for later in the game. He was throwing his pitches middle away to the left-handed batters and it was right in their zone. The bottom line is that the Yankees didn’t hit at all and Andy didn’t pitch well. The Yankees looked flat and it looked as though they didn’t carry over the momentum from yesterday’s win. Player of the Game: Fernando Nieve. Starting pitcher for the Mets. He pitched a great game for a journey man.
