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Clearly, the Yankees' problems do not begin and end with starting pitching. One
day after Roger Clemens appeared high above the playing field at Yankee
Stadium and announced his return, a rookie named Matt DeSalvo made a masterful
debut. The savior was followed by a youngster whom one imaginative fan
portrayed as "DeSalvation." Clever, but inaccurate
As well as DeSalvo pitched last night -- and it was the best first start by any
of the six Yankees rookies forced into the rotation this season -- it wasn't
enough to enable the team to win the four-game series against the Mariners or
to reach .500 for the first time since April 21. He did his part, but the
Yankees were victimized by a lack of clutch hitting, a questionable call by
second-base umpire Gerry Davis and another demoralizing outing by Mariano
Rivera in a 3-2 loss.
"It was one of those games that's tough to swallow," said Rivera, who
surrendered a long home run to left-center by Adrian Beltre with two out in
the ninth inning. It did not rank as a blown save; the Yankees already had
dissipated a 2-1 lead in the eighth when Kenji Johjima's two-out single off
Kyle Farnsworth drove in pinch runner Willie Bloomquist. How he got to second
was the subject of controversy in the clubhouse, if not on the field.
Bloomquist ran for Jose Vidro after his broken-bat single, and he took off for
second on Farnsworth's second pitch to Johjima. Davis called the runner safe
although Robinson Cano appeared to tag the runner before his hand reached the
base.
"He said I tagged him high," Cano said. "I know he was out. But I don't want to
argue and get thrown out of the game."
Don Mattingly, the acting manager because Joe Torre was serving a one-game
suspension, said he couldn't see the play from the dugout. "The guys out there
didn't really argue," he said. "Until I saw the replay [in the clubhouse], I
didn't realize what it was."
After seeing the replay, Davis admitted he missed the call -- badly. "The throw
was to the first-base side and pulled Robinson toward me a little bit, so I
couldn't see the runner's hands," he said. "Normally when the runner is
tagged on his backside, his hands are at the bag. That obviously wasn't the
case tonight."
When Johjima looped his single to rightfield, Bloomquist hurried home with the
tying run, denying DeSalvo a victory for his superb effort (three hits, one
run in seven innings).
His teammates didn't fare any better in the next inning. After Rivera struck
out Richie Sexson and retired Jose Guillen on a routine grounder, he tried to
throw a fastball past Beltre, who drove it more than 400 feet.
"I'm surprised the ball went out," Rivera said. "I knew he hit it hard. I feel
good. I was throwing strikes. I missed one pitch and it's a home run."
It was the second home run he has allowed in five weeks after yielding three
all last season. The first, of course, was a walk-off three-run blast by
Marco Scutaro at Oakland on April 15. This wasn't a walk-off shot only because
the Yankees were the home team. But they did nothing with their small
opportunity in the bottom of the inning.
Johnny Damon singled with one out against J.J. Putz but Derek Jeter grounded
into a force play. That brought up Bobby Abreu, who swung through a splitter
at 2-and-1 and then took a called third strike.
The Yankees left 10 men on base in the last six innings.
In splitting the four-game series with the Mariners and dropping back to 14-16,
the Yankees had three excellent performances by starting pitchers. DeSalvo
allowed only one single after the first inning.
--
"See, the problem is that God gives men a brain and a penis,
and only enough blood to run one at a time."
你看, 問題就出在上帝給了男人大腦和老二, 血液卻只夠其中一個用.
--Robin Williams (羅賓威廉斯)
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