Through the first six innings of the New York Yankees ' Tuesday night contest against the Detroit Tigers, they were actually holding their own against the AL Central leader. The Yankees actually scored the first two runs of the game before the Tigers tied it at 2-2 in the fifth, with the game looking like a gritty, low-scoring affair between two teams that are still jockeying for playoff positioning. But then everything went off the rails for the Yankees in the top of the seventh, with their bullpen allowing nine runs in a single inning.

There was a stretch in the seventh where the Yankees cannot get any outs, with Fernando Cruz and Mark Leiter Jr. seemingly forgetting how to pitch at a big-league level. Nonetheless, manager Aaron Boone still gave them a vote of confidence even th

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