The Yankees lost 9-4 to the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday afternoon and have dropped four out of their last five games.
Here are the takeaways…
-In the absence of Aaron Judge, who was not in the starting lineup due to an elbow issue, New York's offense failed to come through until it was too late. Despite nine hits and five walks, the Yanks scored just four runs. They went 1-for-10 with RISP and left 11 men on base.
-Meanwhile, Marcus Stroman put his team behind the eight ball early, allowing a run in the first inning to put New York in an early hole. The right-hander did not have a successful outing and only managed to go 3.2 innings.
It was in that fourth inning when things really spiraled for Stroman. Down 2-0 at that point, Stroman walked the leadoff hitter — one of four walks in the inning — before a single and another walk loaded the bases. The third walk of the inning forced in a run and Trea Turner's force out brought home another. After a wild pitch and another walk loaded the bases once again, Stroman's day was done.
Yerry De los Santos came in and threw one pitch and got Bryce Harper to ground out to end the inning and save Stroman from further disaster. In all, Stroman allowed four runs on five hits and four walks while striking out four on 89 pitches (50 strikes). He also allowed a home run to Harper in the third and his ERA rose to 6.09 through eight starts.
-The Yankees got a run back in the bottom of the fourth thanks to Jasson Dominguez's RBI single, but with runners on the corners and two outs, Trent Grisham grounded out to end the threat.
-After scoring a run in the sixth, which was charged to De los Santos, Philadelphia went into the seventh inning up 5-1, where Allan Winans took the ball. In just his third appearance of the season and first since June 28, Winans wore it on the chin. He allowed four runs (three earned) in the seventh after Edmundo Sosa blasted a two-run shot and Kyle Schwarber hit a two-run double.
Winans went back out for the eighth and managed to strand a runner on second base (leadoff double) with two strikeouts and a groundout before pitching a clean ninth inning.
–Giancarlo Stanton's two-run homer in the seventh cut the deficit to 9-3. It was Stanton's seventh home run of the season. He also singled in the ninth and ended his day 2-for-5.
-New York scored another run in the eighth on a bases-loaded balk. With runners on second and third, Paul Goldschmidt had a chance to make things interesting but struck out. He finished 0-for-4 with a walk.
–Ryan McMahon made his team debut after getting traded from the Colorado Rockies on Friday and finished 1-for-3 with a walk and two strikeouts in the No. 8 spot in the lineup.
Game MVP: Ranger Suarez
The lefty struck out eight over 5.2 innings to grab his eighth win of the season.
What's next
The Yankees conclude their weekend series against the Phillies with a Sunday matinee starting at 1:35 p.m.
LHP Carlos Rodón (10-7, 3.10 ERA) takes on RHP Zack Wheeler (9-3, 2.39 ERA).
