There’s not much more to say about the rest of this game because the Yankees’ lineup simply continued to go through the motions. Five innings of six-hit ball with three runs allowed doesn’t look good, but it sure looks better than four or five-run ball. It was honestly terrific work to keep it a three-run ballgame and save Taillon from an ugly pitching line. Unlike on Monday night, the former Athletic brought the goods and bailed Taillon out of further trouble with a Hernández popup, a Bo Bichette strikeout, and a force out from Matt Chapman. and Kirk began the sixth with a double and single respectively, and the call went out to Lou Trivino. Taillon threw a perfect fifth but would not survive the next inning. Very helpful! Glad he’s around and not Oswald Peraza or Anthony Volpe. Even the minor hope sparked by a leadoff single from Gleyber Torres in the fifth was oh-so-fleeting, as Isiah Kiner-Falefa immediately banged into a double play. That was just a terrible pitch, and the score was 3-0 with the Yankees’ offense showing no signs of life. The Apple TV+ broadcast might have mostly missed it because they were airing an Aaron Boone interview, but it sure counted. Teoscar Hernández was the next batter and he walloped a fat offering that ended up right down the middle. The real problem for Taillon came in the fourth, when he again allowed the leadoff man to hurt him with a single to left (this time by Alejandro Kirk). Whit Merrifield led off with a single, Cavan Biggio doubled him to third, and while Jamo did a decent job of limiting the damage, a Gurriel grounder scored the game’s first run. From there, the 2021 All-Star had no problems turning the lineup over, and Taillon instead allowed Toronto to take the opening lead in the third. An Aaron Judge walk and Josh Donaldson single gave Andrew Benintendi a chance to put them on the board with two outs in the first, but Gausman retired him on a grounder. The 23-year-old is making a terrific first impression on the fans in his debut homestand. ![]() As a reminder, Cabrera had never played the outfield before 2022, and this was only his fourth professional start out there (and first in the majors). and robbed Gurriel of a homer to start the ballgame. Let's go, Oswaldo /3cd0ic2xh3- New York Yankees August 19, 2022 got the nod at leadoff for Toronto with George Springer battling knee soreness, but he did a good Springer impression by lifting Jameson Taillon’s first pitch to the limits of the Yankee Stadium outfield.Ĭabrera went back to the wall, jumped. The fans at Yankee Stadium had hardly settled into their seats when rookie Oswaldo Cabrera gave them their one real highlight of the night. They’ve scored just 14 runs in the past 7 contests, and 8 of them came during the improbably win on Wednesday - a true outlier. The Yankees were completely blanked for the fifth time in in 13 games. The offense never got a man past second base, and Kevin Gausman hardly broke a sweat while twirling seven shutout innings in a 4-0 Blue Jays win. But those have been rare, and New York is now 4-13 in August and 12-24 since their high-water mark on July 8th after another awful effort on Friday night. It’s just the same crap day after day with the only reprieve being minor miracles leading to narrow wins. They entered August with a middling record over the previous six weeks or so, and somehow, they’ve made that seem good in comparison to their current play. ![]() One can’t say enough about how bad the Yankees look right now.
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