Rookie pitcher Phil Hughes logged his third consecutive rough outing tonight against the Orioles, allowing 5 earned runs on 5 and 1/3 innings pitched. The Yankees offense was cold, as well, and the Yankees lost 8-2.

Phil's 5 earned came on 8 hits and 2 walks along with just 1 strike out. He threw 97 pitches before being relieved by LaTroy Hawkins who threw gasoline and lighter fluid on the fire, giving up 3 earned runs of his own while retiring just one batter. Edwar came in and, after allowing an RBI single to score an unearned run charged to Hawkins, threw 2 scoreless to end the game. I guess that's a plus I'd take away from this one.

The Yankees offense seemingly amounted to two words: Chad Moeller. He'd be the other plus. Moeller reached safely on a Melvin Mora error in the fifth to score Robinson Cano. And then he homered in the 7th for the Yankees second run. Damon, Jeter, Abreu, Matsui, Cano and Melky also collected hits, but they just couldn't get anything going.

This line pretty much says it: 7 hits, 2 walks, 18 runners left on base. Ouch.

Sir Ian (0-1, 8.74 ERA) tries to right the ship tomorrow, facing off against Brian Burres (1-1, 5.40 ERA) at 7:05 PM ET.