Yankees blow lead three times losing 16-11

It started out good up 6-0 going into the bottom of the fourth with A.J. Burnett throwing strikes. But the Red Sox were able to do something that the Yankees could not do, that was drive in runs with runners in scoring position. Jason Varitek hit a grand slam in the fourth to make it 6-5 and the Boston tacked on three more in the next inning to make it 8-6. Mike Lowell hit a three run homer just inside the left field foul pole. The Yankee bullpen could simply not get a big out when they needed to. The bullpen is toast right know and they need a huge game from Andy Pettite Sunday night. Robinson Cano had a good game hitting two homers and Johnny Damon homered for the Yankees.

In other Yankees news Phil Hughes will get the start Tuesday night in Detroit in place of Chien-Ming Wang who is currently on the disabled list. Brain Bruney is also on the 15 DL with an elbow soreness. Cody Ransom was put on the 60- day DL with a quad injury. Every team goes through injuries each season as the Yankees have seen a lot so far this season.

Yankees bounce back 7-3 over Indians

It was shaping up to be another bad day for the Yankees. Carl Pavano of all people just had pitched 6 good innings against his former team and left the game with a 2 run lead. In the 7th inning Matsui singled and Robinson Cano scored to make it 3-2, Jorge Posada pinching hitting for Jose Molina homers to right with Cody Ransom on base on a conversely call that was reviewed. The Ball was touched by a fan than hit the top of wall then bounced back in field of play. The ruling was based on the trajectory of the ball. This put the Yankees ahead in the game 4-3 . In the 8 th Cody Ransom doubled down the left field line that cleared the bases and gave the Yankees some breathing room.

A.j. Burnett pitched 6.1 innings walked 7 and gave up 2 home runs before being relived by Jonthan Albaladejo in the 7th. Brain Bruney and Marino Rivera closed it out of the Yankees.