The New York Yankees (1-2) went down to the Baltimore Orioles (1-3) by a score of 6-4 at Yankee Stadium on Friday.  While the Yankees improved defense finally put up a goose egg in the error column, it wasn't about the Goose but rather the ineffectiveness of the Moose which led to the Yankees demise.

Reminiscent of the scene from the movie Major League II where "Wild Thing" Rick Vaughn arrives back at his apartment only to be told it's the bottom of the second and asked if he started that night's game, so too has that been the case with Yankee starters who've been unable to make it past the 5th inning thus far. 

Granted the Yankees were 3 for 14 with runners in scoring position, but it's tough when you're down and constantly having to play catch-up.  When the Yanks got down early and bounced right back, Mussina let the O's hammer right back the next inning, a big no-no after your team rallies the previous inning.  It's not that this Yankees team can't score ten runs on a daily basis, it's when you're pressed to score that many every game there's no way you can be perfect all the time.  One also has to give a huge deal of credit to a vastly improved Baltimore bullpen.

On the plus side, Derek Jeter passed Don Mattingly on the Yankees all-time hit list, Robinson Cano looks like this year's A.L. batting champ and Sean Henn seems to have found his niche in the bullpen working three scoreless innings in relief. 

Kei Igawa faces off against Steve Trachsel, the vendors and their $10.00 beers are salivating.  One can only hope that nobody translates to Igawa what inning he's in until he's well into the 7th.