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Yankees Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)

The Yankees took the field without Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez and Nick Swisher on Friday, a personnel hit that would severely limit most teams.

New York isn't most teams, however, and the Yankees didn't miss a beat. Curtis Granderson knocked in three runs to pace the offense in a 7-3 win, as the Yankees got contributions up and down their makeshift lineup.

"It was a good overall team effort," said Brett Gardner, who scored three runs. "We've got a good enough lineup, a good enough bullpen and a good enough starting five that even if a few guys are down and some other guys have to fill in, we still feel we can win."

The Yankees have won seven in a row—all without Rodriguez, who is eligible to return from the disabled list on Sunday—to match their...

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This post was written by Yahoo! Sports - MLB - New York Yankees News on September 4, 2010

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Hangovers Are No Fun…

Hangovers ARE no fun…like the one the Yankees experienced last night when they hosted Baltimore. The 13-4 loss was an experience in emotional letdown compounded by 4am arrival back in New York. It’s hard to blame the Yanks who just went through the emotional high of having their season become relevant again up in Boston. Still, it would also be hard to blame any Yankee ticket holder who demanded his/her money back last night (seats ain’t cheap these days).

Where to start?…Mike Mussina. He’s not getting old and alarmists don’t have to worry that the magic ride is over yet…Moose just looked bad and also had key defensive lapses behind him. Jason Giambi let a ball past him for a key double to start the fifth. To that point the Yanks were still in the game, down 4-0. A few hits later it was 6-0 and the wheels pretty much fell off.

Later in the game Bobby Abreu once again proved he’s chronically afraid of the right field wall while the Yankee bullpen looked mortal for the first time in recent memory. All said, it was a game to forget about and move on from.

If there’s any consolation from getting whupped like that, it’s knowing that the Sox and the Rays also lost last night. Now, the Yanks will take another crack at the last place O’s with Daniel Cabrera (who has had some career days against the Yankees) going against Daryl Rasner.