SEATTLE Yankees relievers better get accustomed to doing work with no Rafael Soriano.
With Soriano, who has been inconsistent while possibly not to the incompetent list, absent intended for that knows exactly how long, additional will be appearing enquired of Boone Logan as well as Luis Ayala making sure that Joba Chamberlain in addition to David Robertson can comb their particular tresses by using correct hands in July.
Last night at Safeco Field, director Joe Girardi inquired Logan as well as Ayala to support some sort of one-run cause next to your Mariners then witnessed the match melt inside sixth along with switch a lead straight into your debts in route with a 4-3 impairment that has been viewed by simply 33,715.
The loss which usually opened your nine-game, three-city West Coast trip, wasn't all about Logan as well as Ayala. A.J. Burnett was surpassed a 3-0 lead against fresh stud Michael Pineda and converted a 3-2 benefits over to Logan soon after all 5 innings whereby he or she lost the battle a number of visits along with strolled five.
But since Girardi appeared to be only trying to find the particular company regarding Logan plus Ayala to have your ex about three outs, it absolutely was depressing they would not achieve that without having quitting two runs.
"It's been recently what it is really been a final not one but two weeks," Girardi reported with their bullpen due to Soriano's provide trouble this placed him out just before going within the DL. "Guys is going to be anticipated to perform more closely that is certainly the bottom line."
Three works in opposition to Pineda, some sort of 6-foot-7, 260-pound right-hander within personal trainer innings needs been recently adequate with the Yankees' eighth earn throughout 11 video games as the Mariners include the most detrimental punishing team within the AL.
Mark Teixeira homered while in the first, Pineda wild-pitched some sort of work property inside fifth when Alex Rodriguez shipped a good RBI single. It could happen to be four owns had Franklin Gutierrez not received their glove previously mentioned this centre field wall structure to help rob Nick Swisher of the homer in that fourth.
"I thought it turned out several rows serious any time I click it," mentioned Swisher, who seem to long their slump to be able to 0-for-16 after which it was concluded it with a single from the sixth. "I seemed to be contemplating as a minimum your twice after which it Michael Jordan came up about and also conned me."
And let's not neglect pinch-runner Eduardo Nunez acquiring picked out off of minute for the very last right out the eighth inning once thieving next to purchase scoring position.
"It ended up being this standard head in addition to I bought picked out off," stated Nunez, who has been running regarding Jorge Posada. "When I slid (the arm) stuck. I think bad, it is a big play within the game, two outs plus a athlete on following base. It takes place hanging around as well as down the road can be a new day."
As for Burnett, he was all around the place inside the first a couple innings when he wandered four however don't stop trying a run.
"I seemed to be 3-1, 3-2 on a lot of hitters however on the same period I been able to have outside of it," explained Burnett, who necessary 97 pitches that will register 15 outs. "It appeared to be your grind."
So appeared to be that sixth when Logan quit a leadoff solo to lefty-swinging Adam Kennedy and Ayala loaded the particular angles having a individual and also a go walking prior to getting not one but two floor outs which made two runs.
george.king@nypost.com
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