The New York Yankees lost to the Oakland Athletics by a score of 6-4. Starting for the Yankees was Andy Pettitte and he got the loss. I was happy to see Brett Gardner and Melky Cabrera in the lineup together. I like the youth infusion. Even though the Yankees and A’s were scoreless at the time, the A’s starter was throwing a no hitter and I was a little bothered by the fact that Melky bunted his way on for a hit. It seemed a cheap way to break up a no hitter. Even though Brett Gardner grounded out in the fourth inning, I was amazed at his speed getting down the line. Pure speed is what scored the Yankees first run. It was pretty awesome to see Derek Jeter and Brett Gardner race around the bases after Gardner tripled which allowed Jeter to score. I was disappointed in the Yankees not being able to rock the A’s starter Gio Gonzalez. He had a 9.33 ERA to start the game. That was unbelievable to me. I think Nomar might of been on steroids. How could he be so bad after being so great all of those years? Andy Pettitte was dominant today. He was pitching his slider down and in to the right handed batters and they couldn’t hit him. What a shame though. He was pitching great all game and the A’s tied it in the seventh inning with small ball. Pettitte’s fate was then left up to Alfredo Aceves after Pettitte left the game with men on base. Aceves failed miserably. Not only did Aceves let in three runs to score off of Pettitte, he let two of his own runs in. What could you do? Alfredo has been great all year. It was a bad time for Aceves to pitch poorly. He did come in with the bases loaded so you can’t expect a young pitcher to get out of it. I was hoping he wouldn’t of let so many runs in though. Could you imagine if Andy Pettitte ever pitched in the mid 90’s? He’d be really dominant because he knows how to pitch. Brett Gardner made two great diving catches in the eighth inning. It was cool to see Derek Jeter’s parents clapping for him after he hit a home run in the eighth. The A’s started to play sloppy ball again in the eighth inning. I didn’t like the fact that Michael Kay got too excited after Robinson Cano flied out in the eighth inning. I didn’t like it. He fooled me. As soon as Cano hit the ball, I thought it was a home run for sure because of Michael Kay. I thought for sure the Yankees were going to come back in the ninth inning. Every thing seemed in place with two men on and no outs but it wasn’t too be. Player of the Game: Starting pitcher for the A’s Gio Gonzalez. A stinky pitcher shut the Yankees down when he shouldn’t have.
