NEW YORK — Andrew Albers wasn’t going to bury his teammates for their defense or lack thereof. Sure the five errors the Mariners committed in the first inning of Sunday’s 10-1 loss torpedoed his outing in his first start at Yankee Stadium.
But the veteran lefty knows how it works in baseball. And even if it infuriates them to no end, a starting pitcher never calls out his defense for the mistakes they make behind him.
“When things kind of spiral like they did in the first, you feel like things are going against you,” he said.