Yanks Rub Salt in Sox Wound With 6-1 Win

For the second straight day, the New York Yankees got off to an embarrassingly fast start courtesy of some butt ugly Red Sox pitching.

Sox starter Franklin Morales has been a pleasant surprise so far after being shuttled from the bullpen to the starting rotation – just not in the first inning of the front half of Saturday’s day/night double header. Morales gave up a lead off single to Derek Jeter then hit Robinson Cano after getting Mark Teixeira and Alex Rodriguez to fly out. Morales was trying to wriggle off the hook with two Yankee runners aboard and two out but instead served up a fat fastball that Nick Swisher yanked into the Monster seats for a three-run homer.

Morales, who appears to have been learning from Friday night’s Josh Beckett game film, allowed New York to go back-to-back and up 4-0 when Andruw Jones went yard with a solo shot, again into the Monster seats.

After Friday night’s fireworks, Boston’s bats again went to sleep against the Yankees’ Freddy Garcia. Let’s get something straight. At his point in his career Garcia is not a very good pitcher, yet on Sunday afternoon he went 6.2 innings and held the Red Sox to just one run on six hits and two walks while striking out five.

Yankee relievers held serve through the remaining innings and iced the win as the Yanks pasted the Sox 6-1, a deflating loss that knocked Boston 9.5 off the pace, below .500 again and in a tie for last place in the AL East. Underscoring the bad day at the office was Morales 3.1 innings pitched and six earned runs on six hits, four homers and two walks. The bright spot was Justin Germano‘s five hit shutout pitching in which he struck out seven and walked just two.

With the loss the Red Sox ship of state continues to list badly. Frustration in the Nation grows.

Are you reelin’ in the years
Stowin’ away the time
Are you gatherin’ up the tears
Have you had enough of mine
– Reeling In The Years, Steely Dan