Offense goes back to sleep while Tanaka struggles again in loss
Coming off a great
offensive effort on Monday night, the Yankees threw up a dud on Tuesday in the
batter’s box and on the mound. In his last start out, Masahiro Tanaka started
strong before fading badly in the fifth inning. Well this time out he didn’t even
start strong before putting the Yankees in a bind. Couple that with an evening
full of stranded base runners for the offense and you have exactly what tonight
was, a very frustrating game that felt like one the Yankees played themselves
out of from the start.
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The Yankees were down in
this game before they even came to the plate in the bottom of the first. The
first five batters reached base thanks to three hits, a walk and a rare error
by Didi Gregorius. Tanaka was able to get a double play and limit the damage to
just three in the inning. The Marlins would add another run in the top of the
second inning when Cameron Maybin bunted for a hit and made it to second thanks
to another error, this time by Tyler Austin. He would come around to score to
make it 4-0.
While the Marlins would stretch
their lead as the game went on, the Yankee offense had plenty of opportunities
to strike back and make this a ballgame and they failed over and over. With talented
but inexperienced rookie Jarlin Garcia on the mound, the Yankees employed the
right approach in the first inning. Garcia struggled with his command from the
jump but despite three walks in the inning, a double play killed their momentum
and they squandered the opportunity. They would put two more runners on in the
third inning as well, but the opportunity was wasted. Despite issuing five
walks to the Yankees, Garcia allowed no runs and just one hit which came with
one out in the fifth inning. Giancarlo Stanton continued to struggle, going 0-4
and squandering two separate scoring chances with men on base. Overall the team
went 0-10 with runners in scoring position on Tuesday.
While the Yankees failed
to get back into the game early, Tanaka held the Marlins at four until the
fifth inning when the wheels came off and the game was put out of reach. With two
outs in the inning, Miguel Andujar couldn’t make a play on slow dribbler to third.
A few batters later JT Realmuto put one over the right field fence and the
deficit was 7-0. Tanaka was relieved by Luis Cessa to start the next inning.
Cessa, who was just called up today, would pitch two innings before departing in
his third inning of work with an injury. The injury bug has been a big problem
for this Yankee team so far and it struck again on Tuesday. Aaron Boone and Brian Cashman both said Cessa's injury was to his oblique. With CC Sabathia set to return from the DL later this week, Cessa could be headed there.
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The Marlins would
tack on a few more runs in the later innings while the Yankees would strand a
few more baserunners in scoring position. Miguel Andujar hit his first career
major league home run in the bottom of the ninth for the Yankees only run of
the evening. All of that adds up to a 9-1 Marlins win.
Winning
Pitcher: Jarlin Garcia (1-0, 0.86 ERA): 5 IP, H, 5 BB, 2 K
Losing Pitcher: Masahiro Tanaka (2-2, 6.45 ERA): 5 IP, 8 H, 7 R, 6 ER, 2 BB, 5 K
Losing Pitcher: Masahiro Tanaka (2-2, 6.45 ERA): 5 IP, 8 H, 7 R, 6 ER, 2 BB, 5 K
Notables:
Miguel
Andujar: 2-4, HR (1), RBI, R
Aaron
Judge: 0-2, 2 BB
Brett
Gardner: 0-2 2 BB
Giancarlo
Stanton: 0-4, 2 K
JT
Realmuto: 2-4, 4 RBI, 2 R
The Yankees will be will
be off on Wednesday before squaring off against the Toronto Blue Jays in the
Bronx on Thursday. The game will be broadcast on the YES Network, with the
start time at 6:35 pm. The probable starters are Aaron Sanchez (1-1, 3.66 ERA)
and the returning CC Sabathia (0-0, 4.00 ERA).
Article by Matt Graziano
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