BALTIMORE — Not even the Yankees’ bullpen can overcome the hapless Yankee offense.
Jonathan Loaisiga gave up a go-ahead, two-run single to pinch-hitter Rougned Odor as a part of a five-run eighth inning, because the Yankees dropped a collection to the woeful Orioles because of Sunday’s 5-0 loss at Camden Yards.
The defeat got here two days after the Yankees managed only one run in an 11-inning loss in Baltimore, as they proceed to insist the lineup is on the cusp of discovering its footing.
However aside from a quick outburst within the fifth inning of Saturday’s win, once they scored 4 runs, the Yankee bats had been virtually fully silent for 3 video games in Baltimore and have largely disillusioned by means of the season’s first 10 video games.
This time, they had been blanked by Bruce Zimmerman for 5 innings, earlier than three Baltimore relievers completed the sport.
To make issues worse on Sunday, the shortage of run help wasted an amazing efficiency by Nestor Cortes, who tossed 5 shutout innings — together with a career-high 12 strikeouts — in his second sterling effort of the season.
After giving up a flare single to Ryan Mountcastle and a stroll to Trey Mancini with one out within the first, Cortes retired 12 of the subsequent 13.
He struck out the facet within the second and the fourth — needing simply 9 pitches to take action within the fourth. He whiffed eight of 9 till Austin Hays ended Cortes’ day with a line-drive single simply over a leaping Isiah Kiner-Falefa to steer off the underside of the sixth.
Chad Inexperienced got here on and bought Mountcastle to line out to middle earlier than Mancini laced one other shot to left-center.
Tim Locastro, recalled from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Sunday morning, made a incredible diving seize to rob Mancini.
After Inexperienced walked Anthony Santander to increase the inning, he struck out pinch-hitter Cedric Mullins to maintain the sport scoreless.
Within the seventh, the Yankees went to their left-handed bats that started the day on the bench, with Anthony Rizzo and Joey Gallo main off towards right-hander Dillon Tate. However Rizzo struck out and Gallo lined out into the shift.
Within the backside of the inning, Inexperienced gave up a grounder to Kelvin Gutierrez, however Torres — having changed Kiner-Falefa at brief — hurried his throw to first and it pulled Rizzo off the bag for an infield hit.
Jorge Mateo’s single to proper despatched Gutierrez to this and Jonathan Loaisiga got here in for Inexperienced to face Hays. Mateo stole second, however Loaisiga struck out Hays with a slider.
Baltimore broke by means of within the eighth towards Loaisiga, as Mountcastle led off with a single and Mancini walked. Santander popped to brief and Mullins flied to left, however Robinson Chirinos drew a 10-pitch stroll to load the bases for Odor, hitting for Chris Owings.
The Yankees left Loaisiga within the sport as an alternative of going to the lefty Lucas Luetge to take care of the left-handed bat of Odor — and it didn’t work, as Odor singled up the center to drive within the first runs of the sport.
Luetge then got here on and allowed a two-run double to Gutierrez and Mateo then singled to drive in one other run to make it 5-0.
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