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Darrell Rasner made his first appearance of the season today at Yankee Stadium, in which the Yanks lost 6-4 to the Orioles. The 26-year-old worked 4 1/3 innings, allowing eight hits, and 5 earned runs, including two home runs.


Rasner said that he developed a blister on the index finger of his pitching hand in the second inning, which affected the quality of his breaking pitches. “Both of my offspeed pitches come off of that, but I’m not going to make an excuse,” Rasner said. “I was garbage today, and I’ll be better next time.”


So far this season, no Yankee starting pitcher has gotten into the 5th inning. The Yankees bullpen has done an excellent job thus far, and so has the offense, but they need the starting pitching to at least give them a chance to win some games. The Pinstripes were so deperate today, that they brought in Andy Pettitte for an inning of relief. (Pettite is scheduled as the starter for Tuesday Night in Minnesota). “The bottom line is, we’ve got to get through these games and just do whatever you’ve got to do to get through them,” Pettitte said. “We’re short right now, and I needed to throw today and I could,” Pettitte said. “I’m just glad I was able to give us an inning.”


Post Game Notes:


RASNER: Did not look good today. Just like every starter thus far, Rasner did not give the Yankees enough quality innings. 4.1 IP, 8H, 5 ER.
A-ROD: 1-3, 1HR, 2 RBI
DAMON: 2-2
BULLPEN: (Henn, Pettitte, Proctor, Myers, Vizcaino): 4.2 IP, 0 H, 0 ER



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