The age-old saying in baseball is that momentum lasts solely so long as the subsequent day’s beginning pitcher. Unfortunately for the Yankees, lower than 24 hours after a dramatic, extra-inning walk-off grand slam, Frankie Montas got here up brief.
The Blue Jays killed any momentum the Bombers had from Wednesday evening’s dramatic win and hit Montas for a season-high runs allowed and beat the Yankees 9-2 on the Stadium on Thursday evening.
The Yankees (73-46) have misplaced 4 out of their final 5 video games and 12 of their final 15. Since the All-Star break, the Bombers are 9-18. The Blue Jays (63-54), whose personal struggles didn’t permit them to achieve floor through the Yankees slide, made up some floor within the American League East race. They and the Rays are tied at 9 video games behind the Yankees, who held a 15.5-game lead on July 7.
Montas allowed a season high-tying six runs on eight hits over six innings. He walked one and struck out two. He generated six swings-and-misses, two on his splitter.
“I mean, to be honest, I just feel like the second inning was the inning that kind of got me off the game,” Montas stated, “but besides that, I felt like I threw the ball pretty good.”
Montas gave up a lead off single to Teoscar Hernandez within the second. Matt Chapman hit a one-out double, however was tagged out on Santiago Espinal’s floor ball to shortstop, which allowed Hernandez to attain the Blue Jays’ first run. Montas walked Whit Merrifield and gave up an RBI-single to George Springer, who completed 5-for-5 on the evening.
Montas hung a fastball flat over the plate for Vladimir Guerrero Jr., who hammered it for a three-run dwelling run. It was Guerrero’s fifth dwelling run and thirteenth RBI towards the Bombers in 13 video games this season. The 362-foot shot to proper subject was a Yankee Stadium particular, which means it might solely be a house run within the Bronx.
Montas retired the subsequent six batters he confronted, earlier than Guerrero reached on a fielder’s selection, superior to 3rd on a Lourdes Gurriel Jr. single and scored on Alejandro Kirk’s double.
The Yankees acquired Montas on the commerce deadline to be a No.2 starter behind Gerrit Cole within the playoffs. It’s a small pattern dimension, however thus far, it’s onerous to think about that. He has given up six runs in two out of his three begins as a Yankee. Since coming over to the Bombers, Montas has allowed 14 earned runs over 14 innings pitched.
Montas’ arrival to the Yankees was delayed by a loss of life within the household and he arrived in St. Louis the evening earlier than making his Bombers debut in a day recreation. He was additionally nonetheless getting back from a shoulder challenge.
“Just some fastballs in the center of the plate,” Yankees supervisor Aaron Boone stated. “Just not quite the put-away, splitter-fastball combo that he’s had in the past.”
Albert Abreu took over within the seventh and promptly gave up three runs, two earned. Springer received his fourth single of the evening to steer off the inning and Vladimir Guerrero reached on a fielder’s selection, however LeMahieu missed the throw at second, so Springer superior to 3rd. Abreu walked Gurriel, Jr. and Kirk introduced in Springer on a sacrifice fly. Teoscar Hernandez doubled in two extra runs.
Montas may need shortly killed the momentum, however the Yankees offense was simply as flat. In reality, the eight runs they scored Wednesday evening was double their mixed offensive manufacturing of their 4 earlier video games.
Jose Berrios and the Blue Jays held them in examine Thursday evening. The Bombers had been 1-for-10 with runners in scoring place and stranded eight.
“The long ball hasn’t been there and that’s a big scoring component (of the offense),” Boone stated. “But I thought tonight was better than say what we saw in that seven game stretch where it was really tough. But we need to be better.”
He walked Jose Trevino and hit Estevan Florial with a pitch to steer off the third. DJ LeMahieu, making his first begin since lacking 4 with an infected proper large toe, singled in Trevino and Florial scored Judge’s floor out.
Oswaldo Cabrera singled to steer off the seventh and superior to 3rd on LeMahieu’s two-out single, however Anthony Bass got here in to strike out Judge and strand the runners.
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