The Yankees blew a 4-1 lead last night en route to a 5-4 loss to the O's in extra innings. Chien-Ming Wang put up another solid start, but it was wasted as Tom Gordon could not hold the lead this time in the 8th inning. The Yankees failed to put a run across after the 6th inning. Mike Stanton's only pitch in the game was a walkoff home run into the left field seats by Brian Roberts in the 10th (On a side note, can anybody believe what that guy has done this year? The guy's batting .365 and has 13 homers after having 3 all of last season).

The Yankees put up two quick runs in the first but Larry Bigbie quickly closed the gap to 2-1 with his solo shot in the bottom of the inning. Robinson Cano and Hideki Matsui hit their 6th and 10th home runs of the season, respectfully. Rafael Palmeiro hit a two-run shot in the 6th and Miguel Tejada singled in the tying run in the 8th. Brian Roberts' homer in the 10th raised Mike Stanton's E.R.A. to 7.05.

I had been thinking that a throwing error by Tom Gordon in the 8th (the error really should've been on Tino) was what ultimately lost the game for us, but in hindsight it didn't really make a difference because Roberts probably would have scored from second on Tejada's single anyway. Larry Bigbie, who reached on the error, did not come around to score.

On a positive note, Hideki Matsui is now batting .305, which is actually a point higher than Derek Jeter. His 59 RBI is currently good for 5th in the American League (one behind Miguel Tejada, who many are considering an MVP candidate this season). He has certainly turned things around. I remember at some point in May he was still batting under .250. Anybody here think that Matsui should be given some consideration for the All-Star game this year?