Not So Dandy Andy

Andy Pettitte was as bad as he could possibly be tonight and the Yankees made the Rays look the way the Yankees are supposed to look.

Pettitte continues to be get lost with two outs in an inning the way that Scott Proctor used to get lost with two strikes. The Rays just smothered his cutter and embarrassed him on the base paths.

Andy Pettitte better do some thinking and find out what type of pitcher he wants to be because the garbage has brought with him his last three of four starts is unacceptable. Pettitte has a 7.18 ERA over his last four starts and hasn’t won a game since April 20th.

Here is what Andy has done since his last win:
21.1 IP, 28 H, 17 R, 16 ER, 7 BB, 17 K, 5 HR

Guess he is really earning his $16 million this year.

As for Jose Molina…it’s time he found a seat on the bench and took back his role of backup catcher and give the starting duty to Chad Moeller. But I am sure Joe Girardi is about as close to making that swap as he is to starting runners or trying to steal a base.

Maybe Joe G hasn’t realized it yet, but Jose isn’t that fast and in his first at bat with Robinson Cano on first and no outs, Molina showed bunt on the first pitch, then took the sign away, and grounded into a double play. Alberto Gonzalez then single and would have either scored a run and given the Yankees a lead, or made it men on the corners with one out. Instead there was two out and no one on for Gonzalez’s single to right.

In Molina’s next at bat, Melky Cabrera was on first and with one out, Molina hit into his second 6-4-3 double play of the night in as many chances. He is 4 of his last 37 and is batting .214 on the season. Stellar numbers. Meanwhile, Chad Moeller is wasted on the bench with a .342 OBP.

Bobby Abreu came into the game 3 for 4 lifetime vs Matt Garza with two doubles, but looked as if Koufax in his prime was on the hill as Abreu weakly flailed at fastballs, mistiming them in every at bat.

The Yankees need to win this series and now that means winning the next three in a row.