Soriano blows lead again after a good outing by Nova

April 26, 2011

Yankees 2  White Sox 3

Soriano, our “8th inning guy” blew the game once again and showed no signs of the Soriano who dominated last year at Tampa Bay. This guy is starting to become Mr. Automatic for giving the opposing teams an instant run or runs. It is obvious he is struggling big time and having a problem adjusting here in New York or on this team and possibly both. I don’t know how he could have a hard time adjusting into the 8th inning role as opposed to the 9th inning when it seems less pressure in the 8th. New York is a tough place to play in and this could be the difference. Perhaps he is feeling the pressure. The fans in the stands really did give him the boo’s. He was awful once again. He needs to start stepping up.

Nova was great today. What I don’t understand is why are our pitchers getting yanked early through six innings here with the Yanks where in all of baseball pitchers are going the distance. Yes, I do know Girardi’s philosophy about keeping innings down early in the season for the long haul but the time is now and if we are not winning games now there will be no tomorrow.  Girardi should have left Nova in the game through 8. He was fired up and was putting a strong session in

Cano crushed that ball to right.

Good to see Gardner go yard as well.

A good day and outing for Nova. There was a silver lining in today’s loss with his performance.

Yankees  12-8

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