I watched last night’s game from the Todd Drew Memorial box high above home plate. It was a warm, muggy night. There was lightning and thunder before the game, which was delayed for thirty minutes, but just a few drops of rain. The Yanks were poised for a sweep but CC Sabathia offered up a stinker and the Yanks lost to the M’s 8-4. Sabathia just couldn’t put hitters away. He got to two strikes then then faltered. Franklyn Gutierrez, Kenji Johjima and Ryan Langerhans (5-6-7 in the order) hit the ball squarely against Sabathia each time up. Heck, even the lowly #8 hitter Chris Woodward had a couple of hits and a couple of RBI last night.

The Yanks scored four runs against Seattle’s starter, the slop-throwing Jason Vargas, who lasted all of four innings. But then Miguel Batista, Mark Lowe, and David Aardsma held them scoreless the rest of the way. Mark Teixeira made a throwing error and narrowly missed a line drive in the first inning off the bat of Ichiro, that wasn’t called an error, but from where we were sitting was a play he normally makes. Teix has been brilliant in the field this year but has made a few mistakes this week.

A game to forget for the Yankees. But at least I had the honor of watching them from Todd’s seats. This time I kept score and everything.