The Yankees suffered their most humilating loss of the season last night against the Mariners at Yankee Stadium, 15-11. The offense scored five runs in the first, eleven runs total, and still lost by four. The trioka of Kei Igawa, Colter Bean and Luis Vizcaino were beyond bad, they were horsesh** awful. Bean and Vizcaino looked as if they were scared to pitch. Watching Vizcaino, who took for-ev-er between each pitch, was being like part of some horrible ring from Dante’s Inferno. It wasn’t even much fun for the Mariners. According to The Seattle Times:

“It’s like somebody sticking bamboo shoots under your fingernails,” Hargrove said. “It wasn’t even fun when we were ahead 15-8.”

With two rookie pitchers set to go in this series, Igawa could not get an out in the fifth inning. Absolutely unacceptable. But so it goes for the bonfire that is the Yankee pitching staff. Remember in the mid-90s when teams like the Indians and Mariners used to score a trillion runs but couldn’t get anyone out? That’s what the 2007 Yankees have become.

Of course, the Yanks did manage to bring the tying run to the plate in the ninth inning. But with the bases juiced, Seattle’s closer J.J. Putz got Johnny Damon to pop out and Derek Jeter to ground out to end the game. Damon tweaked his calf on his last swing and Jeter’s ground out officially put an end to his hitting streak.