Bad news extends onto field as Yanks get outslugged again
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NEW YORK – It was a bad day all around for the Yankees on Saturday afternoon. First, they found that their leader, Aaron Judge, would miss his second game of the season with a flexor strain in his right elbow that will send him to the injured list.
There was a game after the news broke about Judge, and that didn't go any better as the Phillies beat New York, 9-4, at Yankee Stadium.
Right-hander Marcus Stroman started for New York, and he didn’t give the team any length, lasting 3 2/3 innings while allowing four runs on five hits and walking four. The problems started in the first inning when Trea Turner scored the first run of the game on a single by J.T. Realmuto.
Stroman’s only clean inning was in the second, but he allowed a solo homer to Bryce Harper the following inning to make it a two-run game. Suddenly, Stroman couldn’t find the plate in the fourth, as he walked four batters before he was taken out of the game in favor of right-hander Yerry De los Santos.
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“I have to throw more strikes. There are too many walks overall,” Stroman said.
“It just got long on him there,” manager Aaron Boone said about Stroman. “I thought he was doing a pretty good job attacking the zone early … and then he kind of lost it a little bit with the strike zone. The pitch count kind of ran up on him.”
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Like the previous night, the Yankees’ bullpen had a tough time getting outs. The relievers allowed five runs (four earned) in 5 1/3 innings. The worst inning was the seventh, when Philadelphia scored four runs (three earned) against right-hander Allan Winans. Edmundo Sosa highlighted the scoring with a two-run homer.
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As far as the Yankees’ offense was concerned, it was inconsistent for most of the day, with the lineup 1-for-10 with runners in scoring position and 11 left on base. Giancarlo Stanton’s two-run homer in the seventh inning off Daniel Robert provided the highlight for the sellout crowd of 46,621.