Despite Aaron Judge‘s two home runs, the Yankees’ pitching staff just didn’t have it, falling to the Dodgers, 18-2, on Saturday night in Los Angeles.
The Yankees had just seven hits on the day, with Judge providing three of them.
Here are the takeaways…
-It was a first inning to forget for Will Warren. The young right-hander had to throw 39 pitches in the first frame, giving up four runs on five hits and two walks. It was a death by a thousand cuts for Warren, as the Dodgers hit single after single to keep pushing runs across. Warren struck out Shohei Ohtani with two outs and the bases loaded to get out of the inning and save his outing.
But Warren’s start wouldn’t last much longer. After two walks to lead off the second and a grounder, Max Muncy knocked Warren out of the game with a three-run shot to put the Dodgers up 7-0. It was Muncy’s 200th career homer and the Dodgers’ 13th unanswered run dating back to Friday’s comeback win. Warren finished throwing 57 pitches (29 strikes) across 1.1 innings. He allowed seven runs on six hits and four walks while striking out two. It’s the most runs allowed by Warren this season, and the first time he’s allowed more than three runs since April 28. The outing raised his ERA from 4.09 to 5.19.
-The Yankees’ bullpen did not fare much better against the Dodgers. The combination of Brent Headrick, Ian Hamilton, Mark Leiter Jr., Yerry De los Santos, Devin Williams and Luke Weaver — yes, the top relievers in the pen — and position player Pablo Reyes were tasked with getting the final 20 outs. Headrick allowed three runs in his 0.2 innings, while Leiter Jr. gave up four runs in his 0.2 innings of work. Weaver allowed a solo shot to Andy Pages in the seventh before Reyes allowed three in his inning of work.
-Tommy Edman doubled to drive in a run and then Hyeseong Kim homered to put the Dodgers up 10-0 after two. Muncy launched his second three-run shot of the day in the fifth to put LA up 14-1.
-On the offensive side, the Yankees didn’t have much to hang their hats on. Judge blasted his 20th homer in the fourth, his second in as many games, to put the Yankees on the board. Other than that, the Yanks could not figure out Landon Knack, who allowed just one run on five hits and three walks in six innings while striking out six. Judge would get a hold of another one in the eighth, his 21st longball of the year, this one going 425 feet.
Game MVP: Max Muncy
The utility infielder had himself a day, going 3-for-5 with his two homers and driving in seven runs.
Highlights
Number 20 for Aaron Judge!
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Aaron Judge’s second home run of the night and 21st of the season!
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What’s next
The Yankees and Dodgers complete their three-game set on Sunday night. First pitch is set for 7:10 p.m.
Ryan Yarbrough (2-0, 3.06 ERA) will be on the mound as the Yanks take on Yoshinobu Yamamoto (6-3, 1.97 ERA)
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