Yanks Face 2-1 Deficit

    It's safe to say the predicition I made was a bad one, (4-2 Yanks, reality 8-0 Rangers) and I let the Yankee fan in me take over a little too much. It's also safe to say Cliff Lee is the most dominant pitcher baseball has seen since Pedro Martinez. There are plenty of good pitchers out there, however Cliff Lee can dominant a game in a different way. You could tell just from the swings New York took, that they were so off balance. Nobody knew how to approach him. If you take the patient approach, he's already 0-2 on you. If you take the aggressive mindset, all you're doing is lowering his pitch count. Just to think if this series does go 7 games, this team will have to face him on the road. Yanks better win 3 straight.
    It was a game were the Yankees trailed before some people even got a chance to flip the game on. Top 1st, Josh Hamilton, the natural, took a pretty good curveball of the end of his bat from Pettitte out of the yard after Michael Young wore him out after finally getting a 3-2 single. It was a shame for Pettitte, because those would be the only 2 runs he would surrender, and you knew he was going to bear down. But you also knew it was going to be hard to get runs. The Yankees didn't have a baserunner until the 5th inning last night, struck out 13 times against Lee, and the one inning they had a shot with a runner on second, (Gardner) Jeter fans on a high fastball. Swisher then would move the runner over to third but with now 2 away, and Tex (0-11 in the series) fails to come through, again. The Yankees blew their chance at putting a run on the board which would have made it a fathomable game to win. Their only chance last night was getting to the Texas bullpen prematurely, or at least seeing Neftali Feliz in the 9th inning down just 2, instead of 8. They might have had a shot, which is where the question of leaving Wood in for a second inning arises. However Logan and Robertson normally do their job in that situation, so you can't hate Girardi for that.
    Bottom line the New York Yankees need to hit the baseball. Tonight they see Tommy Hunter who is one of those regular season pitchers who the Yanks normally tattoo for 8 or 9 runs. A.J. Burnett is scheduled to start for the Yanks, yet another reason to hit the ball, because Texas will most likely hit too. Tonight I'm seeing more of an 8-6 type of ballgame, with defense and bullpen being the x factors. As a baseball fan, not even a Yankee fan, I do see the Yanks evening the series at 2 games a piece, and quieting all the critics. With a Yankee win, it becomes a best of 3 series, with the first game being the first matchup, CC Sabathia, and C.J. Wilson. Then, let the fun begin, again.