Edinson Turns Out Lights on 161st

The Yankees buzz saw ran into the hottest young pitcher in Major League baseball and their 7-game winning streak came to end. Edinson Volquez went 7 innings to push the Cincinnati Reds past the Yankees this evening, 4-2 at Yankee Stadium.

Volquez's ERA actually jumped up from 1.64 to 1.71 as he won his 10th game of the season. The game was tied 1-1 in the 5th inning when the entire evening turned on one play. Johnny Damon lost Edwin Encarnacion's lead off line drive, off of Yankees starter Mike Mussina, in the lights for what was, inexplicably, ruled a double though the ball glanced off of Damon's glove.

Corey Patterson sacrificed the runner to 3rd base and after Paul Bako grounded out with the infield in for the 2nd out, Joe Girardi made a decision that second guessers may still be debating tomorrow. Girardi opted to intentionally walk left-handed hitting rookie Jay Bruce, who was just 8 for his last 43, to set up a righty-righty match up with Mussina against Jolbert Cabrera, who was already 2-2. The move backfired when Cabrera doubled to left to score both runners for a 3-1 lead. Ken Griffey Jr. then singled to right to score Cabrera, who made an innovative slide to avoid Jose Molina's tag.

The Yankees cut the lead in half in the 7th, but blew a chance to get more. Alex Rodriguez and Hideki Matsui hit consecutive one out singles, but Jason Giambi flew out to deep left-center for the 2nd out. A-Rod moved up to 3rd base on the play and scored on Robinson Cano's single to center, but Volquez struck out Melky Cabrera to end the inning.

The Yankees had one last gasp in the 9th against closer Francisco Cordero when Matsui sliced a two out single to left. But Cordero retired Giambi on a chopper to 2nd baseman Brandon Phillips and just like that the Yankees winning streak was over.


News and Notes

Jason Giambi may want to at least trim his mustache. He's gone into a 0-12 skid.

Alex Rodriguez extended his hitting streak to 8 games, while Derek Jeter has now hit in 9 straight games.

It was the 2nd time this season that Mike Mussina pitched 8 innings.

June 20, 2008

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Cincinnati	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0		4	10	0
NY Yankees	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0		2	8	1

Cincinnati	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Bruce, RF	4	1	1	0	1	2	0	.315
Cabrera, SS	4	1	4	2	0	0	0	.389
1-Janish, PR-SS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.179
Griffey, DH	4	0	1	1	0	0	4	.244
Phillips, B, 2B	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	.264
Dunn, LF	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.224
Hopper, LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.290
Votto, 1B	4	1	3	1	0	0	0	.286
Encarnacion, 3B	3	1	1	0	1	0	1	.242
Patterson, CF	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	.192
Bako, C	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	.235
Totals	35	4	10	4	2	5	13
1-Ran for Cabrera in the 7th.
BATTING 2B: Encarnacion (15, Mussina), Cabrera (1, Mussina), Votto (15, Mussina). HR: Votto (12, 2nd inning off Mussina, 0 on, 2 out). TB: Bruce; Cabrera 5; Griffey; Votto 7; Encarnacion 2. RBI: Votto (37), Cabrera 2 (2), Griffey (31). 2-out RBI: Votto; Cabrera 2; Griffey. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Griffey; Bako; Phillips, B; Patterson. S: Patterson. Team LOB: 7. BASERUNNING PO: Votto (2nd base by Molina). FIELDING DP: (Cabrera-Votto).

Cincinnati	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Volquez (W, 10-2)	7.0	7	2	2	1	5	0	1.71
Burton (H, 7)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.58
Cordero (S, 14)	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.76

NY Yankees	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Damon, LF	4	0	1	1	0	1	0	.330
Jeter, SS	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.276
Abreu, RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.274
Rodriguez, 3B	3	1	1	0	1	1	0	.335
Matsui, DH	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	.324
Giambi, 1B	4	0	0	0	0	1	4	.254
Cano, 2B	3	0	2	1	0	0	1	.232
Cabrera, CF	3	1	1	0	0	1	3	.253
Molina, C	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.218
a-Betemit, PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250
Moeller, C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262
Totals	32	2	8	2	1	5	10
a-Flied out for Molina in the 8th.
BATTING TB: Damon; Jeter; Rodriguez; Matsui 2; Cano 2; Cabrera. RBI: Damon (34), Cano (25). 2-out RBI: Cano. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Cano; Cabrera. GIDP: Cabrera. Team LOB: 4. BASERUNNING SB: Rodriguez (9, 2nd base off Volquez/Bako). CS: Jeter (2, 2nd base by Volquez/Bako), Damon (6, 2nd base by Volquez/Bako). FIELDING E: Cano (6, throw). Outfield assists: Abreu (Cabrera at 1st base). DP: (Abreu-Giambi). Pickoffs: Molina (Votto at 2nd base).

NY Yankees	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Mussina (L, 10-5)	8.0	10	4	4	2	4	1	3.93
Traber	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3.86

WP: Volquez, Mussina.
Balk: Volquez.
IBB: Bruce (by Mussina).
Pitches-strikes: Volquez 103-63, Burton 11-7, Cordero 21-11,
Mussina 110-76, Traber 7-6.
Ground outs-fly outs: Volquez 7-7, Burton 2-1, Cordero 2-1,
Mussina 10-8, Traber 2-0.
Batters faced: Volquez 26, Burton 3, Cordero 4,
Mussina 35, Traber 3.
Umpires: HP: Brian Runge. 1B: Scott Barry.
2B: Charlie Reliford. 3B: Greg Gibson.
Weather: 75 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 8 mph, Out to LF.
T: 2:46.
Att: 53,421.

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