HOUSTON — The Yankees have performed 14 groups and have a successful report towards all however one.
It shouldn’t be exhausting to provide you with the exception, because the Yankees misplaced to the Astros, 2-1, on Thursday — and have misplaced three of the crew’s 5 conferences up to now this 12 months.
They’ve additionally been held to at least one runs or fewer in three of these video games, together with final week’s no-hitter in The Bronx.
“They’re good,’’ Aaron Boone stated of why Houston’s pitchers have been so efficient towards his crew. “They’re the most effective groups at retaining you from scoring as there may be.”
This one snapped the Yankees’ four-game successful streak, because the guests opened a 10-game, four-city journey in entrance of a sellout crowd of 40,674 at Minute Maid Park in a make-up of a recreation that was scheduled for the primary week of the common season, however pushed again as a result of MLB lockout.
However Boone is assured one thing constructive will come out of the outcomes.
“They’ve executed job, for probably the most half, of holding us down,’’ the supervisor stated of the first-place Astros. “That’s gonna occur typically towards good groups. We’ve bought to study from all this and hopefully acquire vital data from going through their guys.”
The loss dropped the Yankees’ MLB-best report to 56-21, as Luis Severino — going through a lineup with out Yordan Alvarez and Jeremy Pena, injured once they collided into one another attempting to make a play on Wednesday at Citi Area — was outdueled by Luis Garcia.
Severino allowed only a pair of runs in six innings — due to a two-run double by Alex Bregman within the third — however the Yankees solely got here up with an Anthony Rizzo homer within the sixth.
The Yankees managed only a stroll towards Garcia till the third, when Joey Gallo walked and DJ LeMahieu singled with one out.
However Aaron Decide flied to heart and Rizzo struck out to finish their first menace of the night time.
The Astros — who've gained 5 of six — loaded the bases within the backside of the inning, as Severino allowed a leadoff double to Jake Meyers and two-out walks to Aledmys Diaz and Kyle Tucker.
After strolling Tucker in a nine-pitch at-bat, Severino gave up a two-run double off the left-field wall to Bregman.
The inning resulted in wild trend, as Severino was having issues with PitchCom and took the gadget out of his hat, which led Tucker to interrupt for dwelling, however Severino recovered in time to get the ball to Jose Trevino for the ultimate out and hold it a two-run recreation.
Severino then retired the ultimate 9 batters he confronted.
The Yankees lastly bought to Garcia within the high of the sixth.
After the right-hander whiffed Decide to begin the inning, Rizzo fell behind, 0-2, earlier than ripping a homer to proper to chop the deficit to 2-1.
It snapped a 1-for-34 skid for Rizzo and ended Garcia’s night time.
Giancarlo Stanton singled off Ryne Stanek and Gleyber Torres drew a two-out stroll, however Trevino grounded out and the Yankees dropped to 0-for-3 with runners in scoring place.
Hector Neris and Rafael Montero pitched scoreless innings out of the Houston bullpen earlier than Ryan Pressly, who had a blown save towards the Yankees final week, bought by means of the ninth to protect the win.
It was a one-day cease in Houston for the Yankees, within the midst of 20 video games in 20 days, sandwiched between Wednesday’s win in The Bronx over the A’s and Friday’s sequence opener towards the Guardians in Cleveland.
And as a lot of a problem because the schedule may be, it’s clear the Astros shall be robust to beat, whatever the circumstances. The Yankees will return to Houston later in July — and maybe in October.
“That’s nonetheless a good distance away, nevertheless it wouldn’t shock me if that was the case,’’ Josh Donaldson stated of taking part in the Astros within the postseason. “However we are able to’t give it some thought at this second.”
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