With Aaron Decide out of the lineup in one other ominous signal for the crashing Yankees, they didn’t do almost sufficient to choose up their all of the sudden banged-up captain and offensive linchpin.
Whereas Decide underwent an MRI for an elbow situation Saturday, the Yankee bats largely had been throttled with out him till a late Giancarlo Stanton homer in a 9-4 loss to the Phillies on the Stadium to fall to 3-5 for the reason that All-Star break and 14-23 since June 13.
Imported third baseman Ryan McMahon went 1-for-3 with two strikeouts and a stroll in his pinstriped debut after he was acquired Friday from the MLB-worst Rockies.
“They brought me in to play third base and to play baseball. That’s something I feel confident in,” McMahon mentioned earlier than the sport. “So I’m gonna go on the market and attempt to do one of the best that I can and do regardless of the crew asks me to do to attempt to assist.
“I think I’m more excited to just be a part of this lineup. From the other side, you look over at the Yankee lineup and it’s intimidating.”
The Bombers’ offense appears to be like far much less intimidating, in fact, with out Decide’s presence. Phillies lefty Ranger Suarez shut them down over 5 2/3 innings of one-run ball.
Yanks starter Marcus Stroman had pitched to a 3.00 ERA over his earlier 4 outings, however he coughed up 4 runs over the primary 3 2/3 innings, starting with an RBI single by J.T. Realmuto within the first and a solo homer to proper by Bryce Harper within the third for an early 2-0 gap.
Stroman then misplaced the strike zone and walked 4 batters within the fourth, together with one to No.9 hitter Johan Rojas with the bases loaded to power in a run. Trea Turner made it 4-0 on an infield out, and Stroman was pulled for righty Yerry de los Santos earlier than he may full the body.
McMahon, who led the Nationwide League with 127 strikeouts earlier than the commerce, got here up with two runners on within the backside half. He was whiffed by Suarez for a second straight at-bat to begin his Yankee profession, however Jasson Dominguez acquired them on the board with an RBI single to middle.
Turner drove in one other run for the Phils with a double to proper in opposition to de los Santos within the sixth.
The Phillies tacked on 4 extra runs in opposition to Allan Winans one inning later for a 9-1 sport, together with a two-run blast by Edmundo Sosa.
