Source: FanGraphs
One run in 20 innings. The Yankees played 20 innings in hitter friendly Camden Yards on Friday, and they scored just one run. That was a solo homer by Chris Young in the first game of the doubleheader. Pretty gross. The Yankees dropped the nightcap by the score of 5-0. Let’s recap the second loss of the day:
- Mitchell’s First Start: Rookie right-hander Bryan Mitchell held his own in his first career MLB start, limiting the Orioles to two runs on six hits and two walks in five innings. He struck out two, got six ground ball outs, six fly ball outs, and threw 48 of 84 pitches for strikes (57%). That includes seven swings and misses. Mitchell was on an 80-90 pitch limit. Considering he hadn’t pitched in a real game in close to two weeks and had to deal with the usual first career start jitters, he did a fine job.
- Death By Bullpen: David Phelps made his first appearance since since early-August after being activated off the disabled list Friday morning. He got two quick outs, walked the next three batters, then allowed a two-run single to Delmon Young to make it 4-0 O’s. The ball ate up Stephen Drew, who should have made a play on it, but hey, Phelps shouldn’t have walked three straight batters with two outs either. Chaz Roe allowed another insurance run because he’s Chaz Roe. The two lefties (Josh Outman and Rich Hill) combined to retire all four batters they faced.
- Four Singles: The Yankees’ offense was held to four singles — one an infield bunt single — in the shutout loss. Young, Jacoby Ellsbury, Brett Gardner, and Antoan Richardson had the hits. Gardner and Ichiro Suzuki drew the only walks. Pretty pathetic display by the offense in a season full of them. The Yankees were shut out for the third time in the last eight games, the fourth time in the last 13 games, and the ninth time this season overall.
- Leftovers: I don’t think there’s anything else left to cover from this game. Not a whole lot of action aside from everything above. The Yankees have now dropped five straight games to the Orioles and are 3-10 against them on the season. They’ve been outscored 67-32. The division elimination number is down to four, meaning any combination of Orioles wins and Yankees losses totaling four will mathematically eliminate New York from the AL East race. Could happen this series.
MLB.com has the box score and video highlights while ESPN has the updated standings. There are some other stats at FanGraphs. The Yankees are currently five games back of the second wildcard spot and could be 5.5 games back by the end of the night. Their elimination number in the wildcard race is 13. FanGraphs has their postseason odds at 1.5%. Shane Greene and Miguel Gonzalez will be the pitching matchup on Saturday afternoon.
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