NEW YORK ā It was a foul day throughout for the Yankees on Saturday afternoon. First, they discovered that their chief, Aaron Decide, would miss his second recreation of the season with a flexor pressure in his proper elbow that may ship him to the injured checklist.
There was a recreation after the information broke about Decide, and that did not go any higher because the Phillies beat New York, 9-4, at Yankee Stadium.
Proper-hander Marcus Stroman began for New York, and he didnāt give the staff any size, lasting 3 2/3 innings whereas permitting 4 runs on 5 hits and strolling 4. The issues began within the first inning when Trea Turner scored the primary run of the sport on a single by J.T. Realmuto.
Stromanās solely clear inning was within the second, however he allowed a solo homer to Bryce Harper the next inning to make it a two-run recreation. All of a sudden, Stroman couldnāt discover the plate within the fourth, as he walked 4 batters earlier than he was taken out of the sport in favor of right-hander Yerry De los Santos.
āI’ve to throw extra strikes. There are too many walks general,ā Stroman mentioned.
āIt simply received lengthy on him there,ā supervisor Aaron Boone mentioned about Stroman. āI believed he was doing a fairly good job attacking the zone early ⦠after which he sort of misplaced it a little bit bit with the strike zone. The pitch rely sort of ran up on him.ā
Just like the earlier night time, the Yankeesā bullpen had a troublesome time getting outs. The relievers allowed 5 runs (4 earned) in 5 1/3 innings. The worst inning was the seventh, when Philadelphia scored 4 runs (three earned) in opposition to right-hander Allan Winans. Edmundo Sosa highlighted the scoring with a two-run homer.
So far as the Yankeesā offense was involved, it was inconsistent for many of the day, with the lineup 1-for-10 with runners in scoring place and 11 left on base. Giancarlo Stantonās two-run homer within the seventh inning off Daniel Robert supplied the spotlight for the sellout crowd of 46,621.