The losing streak is now at three, as Andy Pettitte and the Yankees dropped the second of four against the lowly Brewers by a score of 7-5.
Once again, the starting pitching did the Yankees in early. Pettitte allowed six runs over the first two innings, but then settled down enough to go seven in order to give the bullpen a much needed rest.
The Yankees got on the board in the fifth when Paul O’Neill singled home Derek Jeter. The Yankees would eventually cut the lead to 6-4 on a Bernie Williams three-run homer, but a Wade Boggs throwing error lead to an unearned run for the Brewers in the seventh to push their lead to 7-4.
Jeter added a run on a sac fly in the ninth, but it was too little too late. The Yankees hoped to come away with some wins during this four game series against a .500 Brewers team, but will now try to avoid losing four straight going back to the Boston series.
Mark Hutton will start in place of the struggling Ramiro Mendoza against the Brewers’ Tim Van Egmond tomorrow afternoon.
Box score and current stats
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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Yankees 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 5 12 1
Brewers 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 7 10 0
Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG
Boggs 3B 5 1 3 0 0 0 .325 .396 .407
B.Williams CF 4 1 1 4 0 0 .318 .397 .551
ONeill RF 5 0 1 1 0 2 .320 .440 .475
Strawberry DH 5 0 0 0 0 1 .237 .370 .474
Martinez 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 .285 .341 .458
Sierra LF 3 0 2 0 1 1 .265 .336 .411
Duncan 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 .317 .336 .460
Leyritz C 2 0 0 0 1 1 .238 .330 .341
Aldrete PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .244 .341 .487
Girardi C 0 0 0 0 0 0 .298 .364 .367
Jeter SS 4 3 3 0 0 1 .284 .357 .400
2B:Jeter (16, off Eldred). HR:Williams (18, off Miranda, 7th inn, 2 on, 0 outs to Deep LF). RBI: RBI Williams 4 (64);O'Neill (57) Fielding DP: 1.Boggs-Duncan-Martinez. PB:Leyritz (5). E:Boggs (6) Outfield Assists:Sierra (Nilsson at 3rd base).
Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Pettitte L (14-5) 7 10 7 6 5 3 0 3.89
Wickman 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.82
