If you missed the Yankees’ game today consider yourself fortunate. With a nod to Warner Wolf, if you had the Yankees and plus-five runs, you lost. Detroit posted six runs against the Yankees, while the Yanks’ bats continued to be as menacing as milk. The 6-1 loss was the fourth in five games for the Yankees, and they now face the prospect of being swept by the AL Central cellar-dwelling Tigers tomorrow afternoon.
In the top of the second inning, the Yankees struck first in familiar fashion. That is to say, they scored and took the lead while simultaneously missing an opportunity to do serious damage.