Late Inning Failure

The New York Yankees season struggles were encapsulated in one inning of relief work by Scott Proctor.

Proctor walked in the winning run against the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday night, after giving up two singles and walking Nick Markakis to load the bases. Than, he proceeded to walk in Ramon Hernandez to hand the Orioles a gift wrapped 3-2 victory. The loss gives New York 6 in the past 7. Who knows, maybe the Bronx Bombers will be sellers come the end of July?

To be fair, the Yankees bullpen hasn't been entirely bad this year. Brian Bruney currently carries a 1.97 ERA over 32 innings. Albeit, he has walked 24 to go with his 26 k's.

Both teams got solid outings from their starting pitchers, as Andy Pettitte went 7 allowing 2 runs, while Jeremy Guthrie went 6.1, allowing 2 as well. Pettitte just didn't look overly sharp though as he struggled with his control all night, walking five. Meanwhile, Guthrie struck out 6 while only walking 1.

It was Johnny Damon's 2 run homer that made the game a 2-2 tie in the 6th, before the Orioles won it in the bottom of the 9th.

In tomorrow's game, Roger Clemens will face Erik Bedard in another game worth watching and a definite candidate for tomorrow's game of the day.