Rodriguez was 3-for-4 with two RBIs, the homer and two doubles. He should have had two home runs, but the umpiring crew incorrectly ruled that his sixth-inning drive off Lance Cormier was a double. Replays clearly showed that the ball had gotten over the wall and hit a set of yellow stairs in front of the right bleachers and then bounced back on the field.
By then, the game had long ago turned into a rout. The Yankees, who had scored two runs or fewer in six of their previous seven games and entered the game 4-9 against left-handed pitchers, scored three in the second inning and three more in the third. Olson, who allowed eight hits, was finally removed after Johnny Damon's two-run single in the third gave New York a 6-0 lead.
"It makes you realize that it's a long season," said Olson, who was facing the Yankees for the first time. "You're going to have your bad days where you just don't find your pitches and you're not making the quality pitches you need to make. I'm just going to go back, stick with my routine, keep working to improve and go out for my next one."
