Mariano Rivera has still not consistently found his location. His velocity is steady at 92 to 94, but his pitches have found too much of the plate and he is getting hit hard.
On Friday night with the Yankees losing 7-4, Rivera entered to get work and he started off okay by catching J.D. Drew looking for the first out. After that, it was a disaster! Mike Lowell lined a single to right, Jason Varitek followed with a hard smash up the middle and Coco Crisp singled to make it 8-4. Dustin Pedroia was then walked and after 21 pitches the unthinkable happened and Mo was pulled from the game.
Mike Myers wasn't any better and allowed three of the inherited runners to score as the Yankees lost 11-4.
Mariano is 1-2 on the season with 0 saves and two blown save opportunities and pitches to a season ERA of 12.15.
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