Sloppy

Errors didn't cost the Yankees on Opening Day but they cost them last night in a 7-6 loss to the Devil Rays. How ugly was it? Three errors, three wild pitches and a passed ball. The Yankees in two games have committed six errors, three of them by Captain Derek Jeter.

"We played sloppy. We've got to tighten it up a little bit," Jeter said. "You're not going to win too many games like that."

The winning run was scored on one of those wild pitches.

A-Rod had a chance in the 8th inning with the bases loaded and a chance to be the hero--he popped out against reliever Brian Stokes and as usual a chorus of boo's serenaded throughout the Stadium.

Andy Pettitte made his much anticipated Yankee re-debut on what was a bitterly cold night in the Bronx. The line--four runs, two of them earned, six hits in four plus innings.

"It was definitely not what you wanted to get out of your first outing being back," Pettitte said. "Extremely disappointing."

I don't have much to add to this game since I saw very little of it but in a nutshell two games in the defense has been horrendous. Not a cause for concern yet but something to really keep a eye on.

The Yankees start a three game set with the Orioles tonight in New York.

Devils Rays 7 Yankees 6