Phil Hughes struggles continued this evening as he only lasted 3 and 2/3 innings, allowing 6 earned runs. He threw 82 pitches before being taken out. Hughes ERA now rests at 9.00 and his record at 0-4. Phil and the Yankees offense wasted a marvelous bullpen effort where a combination of Ross Ohlendorf (3.1 IP, 1 H, 1 BB, 5 K), Edwar Ramirez (1 IP, 1 H, 1 K) and LaTroy Hawkins (1 IP) combined to throw 5 and 1/3 scoreless innings with 3 hits, 1 walk and 6 strikeouts.

The Yankees offense simply lacked timely hitting. They had 8 hits and 8 walks (EIGHT!), along with a hit batsmen and they only managed to have 4 men cross the plate. Robbie Cano led the offense with a 1 for 5, 1 HR and 2 RBI day - but he also led the team in runners left on base with 5. Hideki Matsui was 2 for 4 with a run and a walk, Derek Jeter was 1 for 4 with an RBI and Jason Giambi was 1 for 4 with an RBI and a walk. We were missing A-Rod and Posada tonight, big time - Morgan Ensberg and Chris Stewart combined to go 0 for 7 with 1 walk.

Kenny Rogers kept the Yankees off balance. He threw 6 innings, allowing 6 hits and walking 4 guys... yet, the Yanks only tagged him for 2 runs. Frustrating.

Tomorrow, Andy Pettitte (3-2, 3.23 ERA) will try to rebound against Jeremy Bonderman (1-2, 4.28 ERA) at 7:05 PM ET.