After the 9-4 loss to the Yankees on Saturday many excuses were offered up for the loss varying from the pitching mound to the umpires to the stage of the moon not being condusive to play baseball in. The only excuse for the loss was overall poor play and lack of effort. Shotty play in the field (4 errors) and an inability to get ahead of hitters (only 6 first pitch strikes in first 20 hitters) were the reasons for the defeat. At the plate the same old story reared its ugly head. When a strike throwing pitcher takes the bump against the sox, they allow first pitch strikes to go by without nary lifting the bat off their shoulders. Max Golden threw 19 first pitch strikes of which only 7 were swung at. The Sox had a chance to take over first but instead fall to 6-2. The red hot Pirates are up next on Tuesday.