My Yankees Report 6/19/22

     Well it's confirmed, this team is human after all. The Yanks finally lose a game after they had previously won 9 in a row and won 16 of their last 17 as well. They ended up losing 10-9 because of an ugly pitching performance by the entire pitching staff which has been rare all season.

    The game started off in the Blue Jays favor as Vladdy Guerrero, after struggling the first two games, belted a two-run homer to left to put the Jays on top 2-0. Then the Yanks scored 6 unanswered thanks to a Josh Donaldson two-run homer and a Torres solo shot as well. It looked like the Yanks had the game locked up when they lead 6-2 early, but that was certainly not the case as the game was FAR from over.

    A rare homer from Martin Gonzalez and another one added by Kyle Higashioka made it 8-3. These runs looked like insurance runs at the time, but they only kept the Yanks in the game in the later innings. Lourdes Gurriel quickly answered back with a grand slam and then a Hernandez three-run shot made it 10-8 Toronto just like that. They scored 7 unanswered and did it in bunches. 

    But, the Yanks stayed in it as Anthony Rizzo came into the game and had a pinch-hit homer to make it 10-9 and the Yanks had multiple runners on in the 8th and 9th, but could not get the job done. 

    Wandy Peralta had arguably his worst appearance of the year as he gave up the game-winning runs and Miguel Castro also gave up some runs as well. Luis Severino didn't help them out either as he gave up 5 earned runs as well. Now while saying this, this game was the first time through 66 games the Yanks allowed 10 or more runs. The pitching has been so dominant that we are shocked when they implode sometimes like yesterday's game.

    Besides yesterday's game where the Yanks had multiple chances to win, if you had told me 6 days ago that  in the next 6 games the Yanks would go 5-1, I would be more than satisfied with that. And that's exactly what they did as they head back to Tampa. They face McClanahan tonight and hopefully the Yanks can have the same success as they did the last time these two teams faced off and start yet another winning streak. Gerrit Cole gets the ball for the Yanks as they start off a 3 game set in St. Pete.