The Yankees stumbled into the All-Star break with a second straight loss to the Cubs, this one 4-1, on Sunday in The Bronx.
They had been shut down once more by one other Chicago lefty, Shota Imanaga, a day after Matthew Boyd dominated them, and the defeat meant the Yankees have misplaced three of their final 4 sequence, regardless of coming into the sport having received 5 of six following a six-game dropping streak.
All of that’s to say the Yankees completed the primary half roughly how they’ve spent a lot of it: inconsistent.
Or, as Aaron Boone stated previous to the sport, what he’d considered his group’s first half: “Incomplete.”
They’re 18-23 since being up by seven video games within the AL East on Could 28.
On Sunday, they acquired one other strong outing from rookie right-hander Will Warren, who — regardless of not having his stuff — restricted the Cubs’ highly effective offense to 1 run heading into the sixth.
The Yankees, although, had been carried out in by a foul pitch by Ian Hamilton, because the right-hander gave up a go-ahead, two-run homer to Dansby Swanson instantly upon coming into the sport with one out within the sixth, in addition to a lineup that couldn’t determine Imanaga.
They acquired a leadoff homer from Giancarlo Stanton within the backside of the second — and that was just about it.
Warren acquired off to a tough begin when he allowed a homer into the Yankees bullpen in right-center on the second pitch of the sport to Michael Busch.
The following two batters, Kyle Tucker and Seiya Suzuki, additionally reached earlier than Warren acquired Pete Crow-Armstrong to line out to left and Carson Kelly’s rocket in the direction of second became an inning-ending double play.
The correct-hander additionally pitched out of a jam within the second.
After the Yankees failed to show a double play on a hard-hit Nico Hoerner grounder to second, Vidal Brujan singled earlier than Cody Bellinger caught up with a Busch fly ball to the warning monitor in middle.
Stanton tied the sport with a leadoff homer within the backside of the inning, his fourth of the season — all in his final 9 video games.
Stanton’s blast was the Yankees’ solely hit off Imanaga till Austin Wells singled to proper to open the underside of the sixth. Imanaga had retired 11 in a row earlier than Wells reached.
Imanaga gave up simply the 2 hits and a run in seven innings.
Warren completed robust and left with one out within the sixth, with Kelly at third after a leadoff double.
However Hamilton, who’d pitched properly in his earlier dozen appearances, gave up the two-run homer to left to Swanson.
And a few shaky protection value the Yankees within the seventh.
Tim Hill struck out the primary two batters he confronted, however Suzuki doubled to right-center and Crow-Armstrong despatched a hard-hit grounder up the center. Anthony Volpe snagged the ball and fired to first, however not in time to get the speedy Crow-Armstrong, whereas Suzuki raced residence from second, simply beating Paul Goldschmidt’s throw from first to make it 4-1.
Extra sloppy protection may have damage them within the eighth, when Volpe was gradual to get the ball to Chisholm on a drive at second and Swanson beat the throw, however Luke Weaver escaped the inning with none harm.
