![]() “I was in a lot of hitters’ counts in that second inning and they made me pay for that,” said Rodon, who found his slider late and used it for five of his six strikeouts. The Rockies got to Rodon for four runs on four hits and two walks across five innings, with most of the damage coming in a three-run second inning. The $162 million left-hander, who threw 5 ¹/₃ innings of two-run ball on 69 pitches on July 7 against the Cubs, built his pitch count up to 88 on Friday, but that only got him through the fifth inning. Rodon was not quite as sharp in his second start of the season as he was in his Yankees debut last week. LeMahieu accounted for the only hits from the Yankees hitting fourth through ninth in the order. The Yankees struggled to get anything going against left-hander Austin Gomber, who entered with a 6.40 ERA, and the Rockies’ bullpen. Gleyber Torres, who singled to lead off the game and finished 3-for-4, Stanton, who went 2-for-4, and DJ LeMahieu, who was 2-for-4, accounted for almost all of the offense. “But at the same time, there’s a sense of urgency here that we gotta get it going pretty quickly.” ![]() “To be honest, I don’t really look at that and panic, because we’re not so far out of it that playoffs are out of reach,” catcher Kyle Higashioka said. Carlos Rodon took the loss for the Yankees on Friday. With 70 games to go, the Yankees (and Boston) also sit two games behind the Astros for the final wild-card spot. ![]() We obviously gotta get the offense going.” But we all know we gotta play better than we’re playing. We don’t have to go on some incredible run. “So I’m not worried about where we are - it’s all there in front of us. “Look, we gotta be better, plain and simple,” manager Aaron Boone said. ![]() Kris Bryant watches his home run in the Rockies’ victory against the Yankees. It’s the first time since 1992 that the Yankees have been tied for last place this late in a season, according to Stathead. The loss, coupled with the Red Sox’s win over the Cubs, moved the Yankees into a last-place tie in the AL East. Their offense, led by former Yankees assistant hitting coach Hensley Meulens, crushed three home runs - one off starter Carlos Rodon and two more off the bullpen. Instead it was the Rockies (35-57), owners of the third-worst record in the majors, who delivered the boom. The Yankees (49-43) led 2-0 after two batters, but managed only six hits the rest of the way and drew just one walk all night in Casey’s first game as hitting coach. The rest of the night, the Yankees’ offense looked a lot like the one they had in the first half of the season.Īfter Giancarlo Stanton’s two-run home run in the first inning, the Yankees went down quietly in a 7-2 loss to the Rockies at Coors Field, opening the second half with a fizzle. Yankees mulling options to help slumping sluggerĭENVER - The Sean Casey era got off to a rousing start Friday … but it only lasted two batters. Yankees starter getting another chance after latest clunker Yankees’ anemic offense finally comes through in win over rival Rays Nice job by MetsFan4Decades her effort in the GameThread embiggens us all.Gerrit Cole has been one of few big deals Brian Cashman has gotten right Seth Lugo proceeded to show the Yankees relievers how to end a game, going one, two, three for the win. Francisco Lindor put an exclamation point on the rally with an RBI single, making it 10-5. Jose Peraza came off the bench and hit a ball that ended up in, you guessed it, fan interference (!!!) that plated two runs, making it 7-5. He exited after hitting Michael Conforto and walking Jeff McNeil, and a pinch hitting Kevin Pillar fisted a single off of Lucas Luetge. ![]() The Yankees bullpen was mostly good, until the seventh inning, when the struggling Aroldis Chapman surrendered a leadoff, game tying solo home run to Pete Alonso. Cole struck out six in 3.1 innings, but struggled outside of that, surrendering four runs in his short start. Neither Marcus Stroman or the Spider Tack-less Gerrit Cole saw much success, with the former limping through five innings and surrendering all five Yankees runs, as the Mets likely wanted to get as many innings out of him with an uneven rotation behind him. The Mets and the Yankees had an entertaining back to back game, as both teams jumped on ineffective starters to begin and the Mets got to the Yankees bullpen late. ![]()
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