The New York Yankees hitting has gone from bad to worse, as they have managed a paltry two runs in the first two games combined in their series with Kansas City. Sure, Kansas City looks like a much better team then we've seen in the recent past. However, this is supposed to be one of the premier lineups in baseball, and they have scored just 25 runs in 9 games.
What is to blame for the struggling bats? Injuries have played a key part. Derek Jeter is out, Jorge Posada is out, and Jason Giambi has been banged up the entire time. Jose Molina and Wilson Betemit are less than stellar bats at the plate. The injured players don't do anything to justify the "Golden Sombrero" that Alex Rodriguez reached after his 0-4, 4K night in the opener @ Kansas City.
Hopefully the bad start is an aberration. The Yankees are 4-5, and so is Boston, so there is no need to panic yet. If hitting is still a huge problem a week or two from now, then we can worry. The Yanks go to Boston this weekend in a crucial early series.
The Royals start southpaw John Bale tonight, who has nowhere near the stuff of Bannister and Greinke. The only player with more than three career at-bats against Bale is Johnny Damon, who is 1-7 career. Andy Pettitte takes the hill tonight for the Bronx Bombers. Perhaps they can start to live up to that name by blowing the doors open tonight.
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