Rangers Beat Yankees

The New York Yankees lost to the Texas Rangers, 4-2, on Wednesday.

Andy Pettitte got the start and gave up three runs in the first inning. The Yankees might have won if Pettitte's leg didn't get in the way of a double play ball and lead to extra runs. Pettitte labored and got through five innings, but only gave up one more run and kept the team in it.

Brett Tomko came out of the bullpen for three great innings giving up a single and a bunt single to the first two guys he saw then retiring the next nine in order. Dave Robertson pitched a scoreless ninth.

The offense was stymied by Scott Feldman tonight though who pitched very well going 6.1 innings giving up two runs on five hits.

The Yankees had a couple of chances early but couldn't get the big hit. Alex Rodriguez had the bases loaded with one out in the fourth, but grounded into a double play to end the inning.

He also came up with a runner on third and one out and struck out. He did have an RBI single in the first, though, and the only other run was a Posada solo home run. The Yankees will look to get their hitting shoes back on in a Thursday matinee rubber match with Chien-Ming Wang getting the start against Brandon McCarthy.

The big news of the day was that Wang is back in the rotation and Hughes is in the bullpen with everyone else getting pushed back a day. Wang can throw about 80 pitches tomorrow and we will see how he does.

This was the right move because Wang is a starter, and you can't just leave him out in the pen to rot. Phil Hughes could be used in a variety of ways out of the pen, but they didn't say how they would use him yet, I guess tomorrow you could see him follow Wang since he will probably only throw four or five innings.

I was supposed to go to tonight's game, but I thought for sure it would be rained out and of course it wasn't which was upsetting. I will pick up another game when they come back home after the Boston trip.