With few exceptions like Domingo Germán’s perfect game pitching in June, New York Yankees fans have had little to celebrate this season.
Accustomed to excellence, the Big Apple organization is not only 17 games away from the divisional lead, but it is going through one of its worst streaks in recent memory.
It’s not just about their eight straight losses, something that hadn’t happened since 1995 or their losing record after 123 games, No! The Yankees’ crisis is something deeper.
Despite struggling and coming back four times in Sunday’s game against the Boston Red Red Sox, the Yankees haven’t managed to take a lead in 52 innings, yes, in 52 innings the broadcast’s current announcer has never said: the Yankees lead the game.
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You have to go back to Monday of last week when the Yankees went ahead against the Atlanta Braves on Kinner-Falefa’s RBI single that sent Osvaldo Cabrera home. At the time the Yankees led 2-1, but an inning later they gave up four runs to fade.
The Braves finished sweeping the New Yorkers. Later the Red Sox did the same.
Boston’s team won for the eighth time in 11 games and remained three games behind Seattle.
New York, in danger of ending its streak of 30 consecutive winning seasons, is 24-39 since June 4, the day after slugger Aaron Judge tore a ligament in his right big toe in Dodger Stadium.
How many runs have the Yankees conceded during that span?
Aaron Boone’s ninth has allowed 36 runs since the third inning last Monday against the Braves. The Yankees have only put up 10 touchdowns and five were on Sunday.
2023-08-21 23:33:29
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