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By Nick Ziegler (@Ziggy26x)
August 5th, 2013
New York Yankees vs Chicago White Sox
Final Score: Yankees 1 White Sox 8
The New York Yankees had yet another
let down against a poor team, this time against the Chicago White Sox
on Monday night. The loss moves the Yankees to (57-54), which is 9.5
games behind the Boston Red Sox in the AL East, and five games behind
both Wild Card Spots.
Yankees Starter Andy Pettitte had a
very bad start, which resulted in his ninth loss of the season, and
the second straight awful start from a Yankees Pitcher. The White Sox
wasted little time getting to Pettitte, as in the first inning they
scored three runs started from an RBI single from Alex Rios that
scored Alexi Ramirez for the first run of the game. Adam Dunn would
hit a sac-fly a few batters later to score Jeff Keppinger for the
second run of the inning, and the Gordon Beckham would hit a single
to score Rios for the third run. In the second inning Rios would get
to Pettitte again, as he picked up two more RBIs on a single, which
scored Josh Phegley and Keppinger, making it a 5-0 White Sox lead.
The third inning would be Pettitte's last, as another bad inning led
to two more runs against him, as Ramirez singled home Beckham, and
with the bases loaded Joe Girardi pulled Pettitte for Preston
Claiborne, who walked in the seventh White Sox run of the game before
getting the final out in the inning. Pettitte finished going just 2.2
innings allowing seven runs on 11 hits, and one walk in what was an
awful start.
