Morning Bits

Good morning everyone!

The Yankees lost their second straight game to the A's last night by a score of 5-2.

Phil Hughes had a bad outing, allowing 3 earned runs on four hits and five walks, lasting only 4 1/3 innings.

Joba Chamberlain struggled in relief, allowing 2 earned runs on 3 hits in 1 1/3 innings.

The heart of the Yankees order was dreadful, with Mark Teixeira, Travis Hafner, Vernon Wells and Kevin Youkilis going a combined 0-13 in the 3-6 spots in the order.

The Yankees managed only four hits.

Brandon Moss homered twice to lead the A's.

The Yankees fell to .500(3-3) on their brutal ten game West Coast trip and also fell three games behind the division leading Red Sox.

Hiroki Kuroda(6-5, 2.84 ERA) will face Jarrod Parker(5-6, 4.68 ERA) today in a game that starts at 3:35 ET.  The game will be broadcast by YES.

Now on to today's news links:

George King III of the New York Post has this article about Derek Jeter getting closer to resuming baseball activities.

Scott Miller of CBSSPORTS.com points out the inability of the Yankees to come from behind in games.

Mark Feinsand of the New York Daily News reports that Mariano Rivera has gotten into the pizza delivery business!

Have a great day everyone!