The New York Yankees and Chien-Ming Wang lost to the Cleveland Indians by the score of 3-0 on Wednesday night.  Wang was going up against Cliff Lee in a battle of the unbeatens but Lee got run support and Lee did not as the Yankees were shutout.

Wang threw seven innings and only gave up five hits and three runs.  The lack off offense by the Yankees really hurt Wang’s chances of improving to 7-0 on the season.  With the loss Wang’s record is now 6-1.

Kyle Farnsworth and Jonathan Albaladejo each pitch a inning to finish the game and neigher player allowed a run.

There really isn’t much to talk about the Yankees offense as everyone pretty much sucked.  Bobby Abreu was the only Yankees hitter to have more the one hit in the game.

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The New York Yankees lost to the Detroit Tigers on Thursday night by the score of 8-4.  It was the third straight loss for the Yankees who were swept by the Tigers in their three game series.  The Yankees have now lost six of their last eight games.

Ian Kennedy got roughed up in his 4.2 innings of action.  Kennedy gave up five hits and four runs while he struckout one batter and walked three others.  Jonathan Albaladejo tried to slow down the bleeding but was unable to do so as he gave up four runs and six hits in only 1.2 innings.  Chris Britton pitched the final 2.2 innings and held the Tigers scoreless but it was just to late for the Yankees.

At the plate for the Yankees, Bobby Abreu connected for a three run home run in the first inning as he finished the game with three RBI.  The other RBI for the Yankees came off the bat of Shelley Duncan when he had a RBI single in the fifth inning.

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The New York Yankees scored four runs in the sixth inning as they went onto beat the Cleveland Indians by the score of 5-2.  The Yankees didn’t have their first hit until the sixth inning, but from there on out it was all Yankees in the victory.

Hideki Matsui led the Yankees with two RBI’s as he went 1-4 on the night.  Alex Rodriguez, Jason Giambi, and Morgan Ensberg also all had one RBI each.

Mike Mussina pitched five innings to pick up his third win of the season.  Mussina gave up seven hits but only two runs as he struckout two batters and walked one.  Jonathan Albaladejo, Kyle Farnsworth, Joba Chamberlain, and Mariano Rivera pitched the final four innings of the game and held the Indians scoreless.  Rivera picked up the save which was his eighth of the season.

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The New York Yankees fell to the Boston Red Sox 7-4 in a game where Mike Mussina was pulled after only pitching three innings.  Mussina clearly didn’t have his best stuff as he gave up seven hits and three earned runs in the first three innings of the game.

Jonathan Albaladejo pitched the next three innings and gave up two more earned runs only two innings.  The Yankees just didn’t have the pitching to win the game tonight.

Derek Jeter had two RBI and Bobby Abreu and had one RBI early in the game before the Yankees made it interesting in the ninth inning as they scored two runs.  Robinson Cano had a infield groundout to score a run and then Melky Cabrera hit a solo home run.

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