This game
In case you don't remember or can't follow it, Andy Pettitte pitched seven shutout innings. Jon Lester went toe-to-toe with him, but allowed a solo home run to A-Rod in the bottom of the seventh. In the top of the eighth, Girardi brought in Phil Coke as opposed to Phil Hughes, who's normally the eighth inning guy. I think Hughes had pitched the two games before this, so I can't really complain about Girardi not wanting to wear the kid out. Anyway, Coke, as he is wont to do, gives up a 2-run home run to Victor Martinez, giving the Red Sox a 2-1 lead and making them get all hilariously excited considering what came the next inning, when the Red Sox's 8th inning guy, Daniel Bard, got two quick outs then gloriously gave up back-to-back home runs to Damon and Teixeira, and then the rest of the inning just kind of fell apart for the Red Sox as the Yankees tacked on two more runs. Mo got the save and it's all good. I think this game is very very underrated as one of the best games of the year because everyone remembers the 15-inning game, but whatevs.
Anyway. In this situation, Coke got the win in this game. That is silly. If you look at who was the pitcher who, you know, kept his team in the game and didn't relinquish a lead that his offense thankfully took back, it was Pettitte. But you know.
