![]() ![]() ET but will be pushed to Tuesday (or Wednesday in one scenario) if tiebreakers are needed. The wild-card game is currently scheduled for Monday at 8:08 p.m. The top two teams in the standings will face each other in the AL Wild Card Game, with the winner facing the Tampa Bay Rays in the AL Division Series starting Thursday. Los Angeles Angels at Seattle Mariners, 3:10 p.m. Joan Adon (WSH)īaltimore Orioles at Toronto Blue Jays, 3:07 p.m. Jameson Taillon (NYY)īoston Red Sox at Washington Nationals, 3:05 p.m. With Judge not looking likely to return any time soon from his sprained right big toe, the Yankees will have to find a way to turn things around without him before their current tailspin gets much worse.Tampa Bay Rays at New York Yankees, 3:05 p.m. It was a fitting turn of events on a weekend in which the Red Sox outscored the Yankees 25-8 and out-hit them 36-19.Īnd after the Yankees opened the series with some sloppy defense in a 15-5 clunker, the Red Sox finished it with a sterling night in the field, taking a few sacred hits away from Boone’s club. ![]() The Red Sox went ahead for good in the fourth inning when Reese McGuire reached on catcher’s interference by Kyle Higashioka with the bases loaded, forcing in Alex Verdugo from third. Anthony Volpe reacts after striking out during the Yankees’ Game 2 to loss to the Red Sox. Then in Game 2, Luis Severino turned in another mediocre start across five innings, giving up all four (three earned) of the runs he allowed with two outs. The Yankees scored in the first inning in each of the three games, though it hardly mattered much.Īfter Torres’ two-run homer put them ahead in Game 1, Clarke Schmidt lost the lead in the fifth inning before the Red Sox broke a tie against Michael King with three runs on four straight two-out hits in the sixth. And you’ve got to believe in the things that you do well.” “These types of stretches, they’ll beat you up. “I think usually these types of things do stem from trying to do a little bit extra when a guy like Judge is out,” hitting coach Dillon Lawson said. Jarren Duran of the Boston Red Sox catches a fly ball hit by Anthony Rizzo of the Yankees to end the third inning. And Josh Donaldson is 4-for-33 (.121) with three home runs since coming off the IL. Rizzo, after being robbed of extra bases by center-fielder Jarren Duran in the nightcap, is 4-for-48 (.083) since missing three games with a stiff neck. DJ LeMahieu is 15-for-90 (.167) over his last 24 games. Giancarlo Stanton is 5-for-41 (.122) since coming off the IL. The bats that the Yankees need to be their biggest have all gone cold at the worst time. The Yankees hit into some louder outs on Sunday night, but had little to show for it as they were swept in a doubleheader by the Red Sox (37-35) at Fenway Park for the first time since 1976. We just gotta get a little more consistent right now.” But we’ve got more than capable people to get it done. I know it’s going to be the story every day until we start banging away. We’ve got plenty of guys capable of putting up big runs. ![]() “That, to me, is just an excuse right now. Luis Serverino reacts to giving up a two-RBI double in the Yankees loss in Game 2 to the Red Sox on Sunday. You take the best player in the world out. And even more capable obviously with Judge. “The reality is that team we’re rolling out there is capable of doing damage offensively. “That’s the storyline, so we’re going to get beat over the head with that,” manager Aaron Boone said between games. With most of their big bats going dormant in unison over the last two weeks, the Yankees (39-33) have now lost eight of their last 11 games - all of them without Judge. “It’s definitely a low in the season, but this is part of the ups and downs of the big-league season.”Īcross 18 innings on Sunday, the Yankees mustered just nine hits - six of them from Jake Bauers and Gleyber Torres combined.Īfter being stifled by a Red Sox bullpen game in the afternoon, they were shut down by Brayan Bello in the nightcap, continuing to look punchless in Aaron Judge’s absence. The Red Sox claimed both games of the day-night doubleheader, 6-2 and 4-1, sending the reeling Yankees back home licking their wounds. Yankees ace strengthens case to get All-Star startĪfter Saturday’s washout followed Friday’s stinker, the Yankees’ miserable weekend at Fenway Park sank even lower on Sunday when they were swept out of town. Yankees’ touted prospect in similar mold as Aaron Judge Yankees’ batting crisis may force Brian Cashman to change this precedent Yankees veteran makes quirky baseball history in win ![]()
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