Minor League Report.

AAA: SWB (60-56) scored five in the top of the ninth to take a 9-8 lead, but coughed up two in the bottom of the ninth to lose 10-9. CF Mark Payton 2 hits. SS Abiatal Avelino 2 RBI. 1B Ryan McBroom 3 hits, HR, 4 RBI. DH Mike Ford 3 hits, RBI. C Francisco Diaz 2 hits.

Adams 3 1/3 IP, 7 R, 8 H, 4 W, 5 K. Gave up 2 HR. 4.97. Poor outing by Adams.
Tarpley 1 2/3 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 3 K.  2.52
Kahnle 1 2/3 IP, 1 R, 3 H, 1 W, 4 K.  4.01
Coshow (L, 1-3, 4.69) 2 IP, 2 R, 3 H, 1 W, 4 K. Gave up 1 HR.

AA: Trenton (65-52) lost 9-1. 2B Brandon Wagner 2 of Trenton’s 4 hits.

Foley (L, 2-4, 3.57) 3 IP, 3 R, 7 H, 0 W, 2 K.
Reeves 1 2/3 IP, 1 R, 1 H, 2 W, 0 K.  2.47
Lail 1 2/3 IP, 4 R, 4 H, 1 W, 3 K.   5.59
Diehl 2/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 W, 0 K.  1.80
Hodson 1 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 0 W, 0 K.  10.80

HIgh A: Tampa (58-61) won 5-2. RF Estevan Florial 2 hits. SS Diego Castillo 2 hits, 2 RBI. LF Dom Thompson-Williams 2 hits, HR, 2 RBI. DH Isiah Gilliam 3 hits.

Abreu 4 IP, 2 R, 5 H, 1 W, 4 k.  4.30
Whitlock (W, 5-3, 2.42) 5 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 W, 8 K.

Low A: Charleston (54-61) lost 4-3. They were up 3-2 but gave up runs in the eighth and ninth. CF Carlos Vidal 2 hits. SS Oswaldo Cabrera 2 hits. 3B Welfrin Mateo 3 hits.

Contreras 5 2/3 IP, 2 R, 4 H, 2 W, 1 K.  3.22
DeCarr 2 IP, 1 R, 0 H, 2 W, 1 K.  3.76
Alvarez (BS, 2; L, 0-2, 1.59) 1 1/3 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 1 W, 3 K.

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Game 109. Division title hopes dim after 4-1 loss pushes Yanks 8 1/2 back.

The Yanks have 53 games left,  but it would now take a 1978-type miracle to win the division after a 4-1 loss Saturday pushed the 68-35 Yanks 8 1/2 games behind Boston in the AL East.

Meanwhile, even the top wild-card spot is in peril because the hot Oakland A’s won again.

Chance Adams, making his MLB debut, didn’t do too badly considering the circumstances. He gave up 2 HR but in pitching 5 innings, gave up just 3 runs, keeping the Yanks in the game.

But until the ninth inning, the offense, just like on Friday night, was non-existent, and for the second straight day, the Yanks fell to Boston by a 4-1 score.

Adams gave up a 2-run HR in the first and a solo shot in the fourth. Boston got a run in the seventh off of A.J. Cole when a video review overturned a foul ball into a double.

In the ninth, the Yanks scored their only run when with two out, Stanton and Didi both doubled. They actually got the go-ahead run to the plate, when Hicks and Torres both walked. Bases loaded. Bird flied to center, though, to end the game.

Stanton had 2 of the Yanks’ 5 hits. Going into the ninth, they had just 3 hits, and no runs.

Adams (L, 0-1, 5.40) 5 IP, 3 R, 3 H, 1 W, 2 K. Gave up 2 HR. MLB DEBUT.
Green 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 2 K.  2.77
Cole 2 IP, 1 R, 3 H, 1 W, 4 K.  5.09  (Wash/NYY combined)

Tommy Kahnle, up for a day, was sent back so that Adams could come up and make the start.

After the game against Boston Sunday night, the Yanks’ schedule is relatively weak until Labor Day. They need to right the ship, and shave four or five games off of that lead between now and Labor Day.

The four game losing streak is the longest the Yanks have had all season.

As for the offseason, I don’t know if, after getting under the cap, Hal Steinbrenner will now go over it again, but there are a couple of moves I would do. These moves may not be popular among Yankees fans, because they would mean some options of aging Yankees players would not be picked up, in order to target two players via free agency.

 

Game 108. Yanks get just 1 hit in 4-1 loss. Fall 7 1/2 back.

Miguel Andujar homered (14), but that was the only hit in the Yanks’ 4-1 loss to Boston on Friday night.

The loss drops the Yanks to 68-40, and at the 2/3rd mark, they are on course to go 102-60, a heck of a record.

The problem is, Boston is 7 1/2 games ahead of the Yanks right now, and on pace to go 112-50, a historic year.

The loss, the Yanks’ third in a row, means that for the second time this year, the Yanks have suffered a three-game losing streak. Boston has suffered it once. (Maybe Boston can suffer another one in say, October…).

Rick Porcello was masterful for Boston, a complete game one-hitter and he threw just 86 pitches, 68 for strikes. You got to tip your cap to that. About as good as it gets. He retired the last 21 Yanks in a row.

Luis Severino, who has struggled lately, gave up three runs in the first before settling down. The last few innings he looked once again like the dominant Severino of earlier this season. But that three-run first doomed the Yanks.

And who hit a 2-run HR in that three-run first for Boston? Steve Pearce, who had 3 HR against the Yanks the night before (see my report on Game 107 for a story regarding Pearce when the Yanks briefly had him).

So the Yanks find the division slipping away. They have to right the ship or else home-field advantage in that sudden-death wild card game could be gone too.

Today doesn’t look encouraging. With Happ on the DL due to foot-hand-and mouth disease, and with Cessa having to be used in relief Thursday night, the Yanks turn to Chance Adams to start today. The youngster will be making his MLB debut. Talk about being thrown into the fire.

The Yanks started the year 9-9, then went a scorching 41-13. But since that hot streak, they are just 18-18. They need to be more consistent, and not a .500 team.

They need a hot streak.

Of course, it’d help if Boston ever starts losing.

One thing more…. the Yanks’ pitchers have to do a better job holding runners on base. Boston has been running wild on them, and there is nothing Romine can do when runners are getting three or four step jumps. He could have a cannon and not be able to gun them down.

A test for Boone and the Yanks. How do they respond?

Severino (L, 14-5, 3.08) 5 2/3 IP, 4 R, 7 H, 3 W, 2 K. Gave up 1 HR. CYA slipping away.
Robertson 1 1/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 W, 0 K.   3.51
Kahnle 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 1 K. 6.30.  Just recalled from SWB.

P.S. In case you didn’t notice, Oakland is hot and has passed Seattle for that other wild-card spot.

Minor League Report.

AAA: SWB won the completion of a suspended game from 6/24, 4-3. Tyler Austin, traded to the Twins today, had hit a 3-run HR in that game. To show you how much things could change, Brandon Drury (since traded to Toronto) started that game as the DH, and Billy McKinney (traded to Toronto with Drury) started that game in CF. Ronald Torreyes started that game at 3B, took leave because of a family situation and returned today, and played 3 different positions as a result. Kyle Higashioka had started that game at C.  Tyler Wade had started at SS. I won’t get into more details. of course, Higashioka and Wade are with the big club at present.

Crazy.

Regular Game: SWB (56-49) lost 1-0. They got just 3 hits, one by DH Ronald Torreyes.

Adams (L, 3-5, 4.50) 7 1/3 IP, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 H, 4 W, 8 K.

AA: Trenton off.

High A: Tampa off

Low A: Charleston (50-54) lost 7-3. 2 hits, solo HR Dermis Garcia (who the Yanks are trying to turn into an Ohtani 2-way player). RF Frederick Cuevas 3 hits, 2 doubles, RBI. DH Welfrin Mateo 2 hits, RBI.

Sanmartin (L, 1-4, 4.67) 6 1/3 IP, 6 R, 11 H, 0 W, 5 K. Gave up 2 HR
Bristo 1 2/3 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 3 W, 2 K. Gave up 1 HR. 2.06

Minor League Report.

AAA: SWB (50-43) won 8-4. 2B L.J. Mazzilli 2 hits, 2 RBI. SS Abiatal Avelino 2 hits, RBI. RF Billy McKinney 2 hits, RBI. CF Shane Robinson 3 hits. LF Mark Payton 2 hits. C Francisco Diaz 2 hits, RBI.

Adams 3 1/3 IP, 4 R, 5 H, 3 W, 3 K.  4.89
Tarpley 2 2/3 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 W, 3 K.  2.00
Joe Harvey (W, 2-2, 1.87) 2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 3 K.  1.87
Carroll 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 2 K.  2.50

AA: Trenton’s game was rained out.

High A: Tampa (47-48) lost 9-3. DH Diego Castillo 2 hits, RBI. 1B Brandon Wagner 2 RBI. 2 hits 3B Angel Aguilar.

Nelson (L, 5-3, 3.45) 4 2/3 IP, 6 R, 8 H, 3 W, 5 K.
Lane 1 1/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 2 W, 3 K.  3.92
Frawley 1 2/3 IP, 3 R, 4 H, 2 W, 2 K.  4.38
Schwaab 1/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 1 K.  6.32

Low A: Charleston (46-46) won 5-2. SS Oswaldo Cabrera 2 hits. 1B Dermis Garcia 2 hits RBI. C Eduardo Navas 2 RBI.

Deivi Garcia 4 1/3 IP 0 R, 2 H, 2 W, 7 K.  3.77
Higgins (W, 5-2, 1.26) 2 2/3 IP, 1 R, 1 H, 2 W, 0 K.
Bristo 2 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 0 W, 3 K.  2.08

Minor League Report.

AAA: SWB (46-42) lost 2-1, getting just 4 hits.

Adams (L, 3-4, 4.65) 6 2/3 IP, 2 R, 5 H, 3 W, 5 K.
Tarpley 1 1/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 W, 0 K.  2.84
Coshow 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 1 K.  4.54

AA: Trenton (50-39) won 2-1, with a 10th inning walkoff win on a WP. RF Devyn Bolasky 2 hits. LF Trey Amburgey 2 hits, RBI. DH Billy Fleming 2 hits. C Jorge Saez 2 hits.

Keller 5 1/3 IP, 0 R, 3 H, 3 W, 7 K.  3.95
Koerner (H, 1) 2 1/3 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 1 K.  3.57
Lail (BS, 2; W, 1-0, 4.15)  2 1/3 IP, 1 R, 1 H, 1 W, 3 K. Gave up 1 HR.

High A: Tampa (47-43) won 5-1. DH Isiah Gilliam HR, 2 RBI. LF Dom Thompson-Williams 2 hits, 2 RBI. 1B Brandon Wagner 2 hits.

Nelson (W, 5-2, 2.79) 6 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 4 W, 5 K.
Ort 1 1/3 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 1 W, 1 K.  0.00
Weissert 1 2/3 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 0 W, 0 K.  2.70

Low A: Charleston (45-42) lost 11-6. CF Matt McPhearson 2 hits, RBI.

Orozco (L, 1-2, 4.17) 4 IP, 7 R, 8 H, 2 W, 2 K. Gave up 1 HR.
Higgins 1 IP, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 H, 0 W, 0 K.  1.20
Vargas 4 IP, 3 R, 6 H, 2 W, 0 K.  4.56

Minor League Report. King at AA strikes out 10, but loses.

AAA: SWB (45-40) won 3-2. SS Abiatal Avelino 2 hits, RBI. 1B Billy McKinney 2-run HR. LF Zack Zehner 2 hits.

Adams 4 IP, 1 R, 3 H, 4 W, 3 K.   4.82
Feyereisen (W, 5-2, 1.69)  2 IP, 1 R, 1 H, 0 W, 1 K.
Gallegos (H, 4) 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 1 K.  4.35
J. Harvey (S, 4) 2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 W, 3 K.  2.12

AA: Trenton (49-37) lost 3-1, getting just four hits.

King (L, 2-2, 2.17)  7 IP, 3 R, 6 H, 0 W, 10 K.
Frare 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 2 W, 2 K.  0.69

High A: Tampa (42-42) lost 4-1, getting just three hits. RF Steven Sensley HR. The game was completed early due to rain.

Whitlock (L, 3-2, 2.01) 4 1/3 IP, 4 R, 1 ER, 6 H, 0 W, 4 K.

Low A: Charleston (43-39) won 4-2. 2B Wilkerman Garcia 2 hits. 1B Dermis Garcia 2 RBI. RF Leonardo Molina 2 hits.

Yajure 4 IP, 2 R, 3 H, 2 W, 5 K.  2.74
Ramos (W, 6-2, 3.82) 3 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 2 W, 1 K.
Bristo (S, 6) 2 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 3 K.  1.31