When the Yankees left The Bronx after their first homestand of the season, their offense — and their torpedo bats — were the talk of the game.
And their first two games in Pittsburgh did nothing to vary that, because the Yankees put up 19 runs to open that series, giving them 72 runs of their first eight games.
But since then, the lineup has been much less intimidating, scoring 10 runs over the ultimate 4 games of their road trip.
A return to the Stadium didn’t assistance on Friday, because the Yankees’ offense was quiet again against the Giants in a 9-1 loss that was cut short within the sixth inning was their fourth defeat in five games.
Definitely, the cold and wet conditions on Friday night didn’t help, because the weather played a job in keeping Austin Wells’ shot to right within the park — barely — in the underside of the second.
But besides that, the Yankees didn’t threaten much against left-hander Robbie Ray.
The Yankee hitters that entered the sport slumping mostly kept slumping, like Jazz Chisholm Jr, who was hitless in his previous 16 at-bats coming in and looked very uncomfortable on the frigid night.
Cody Bellinger’s struggles continued, as he took a 3-for-18 streak into the sport and went 0-for-3.
Perhaps on the encouraging side, Anthony Volpe reached base two times and Wells had his blast within the second.
Overall, though, a Yankee team that hammered 24 homers of their first eight games, now has only one home run in its last five games.
And after compiling a team OPS of 1.011 through eight games, it was just .541 over the previous 4 games prior to Friday.
Just as suddenly, the questions surrounding the torpedo bats that caught everyone’s attention barely per week ago appear to have disappeared.
Their offensive struggles were masked by Marcus Stroman’s disastrous start on Friday, when the right-hander did not get out of the primary inning and put the Yankees in an early five-run hole they weren’t capable of get out of.
When the Yankees left The Bronx after their first homestand of the season, their offense — and their torpedo bats — were the talk of the game.
And their first two games in Pittsburgh did nothing to vary that, because the Yankees put up 19 runs to open that series, giving them 72 runs of their first eight games.
But since then, the lineup has been much less intimidating, scoring 10 runs over the ultimate 4 games of their road trip.
A return to the Stadium didn’t assistance on Friday, because the Yankees’ offense was quiet again against the Giants in a 9-1 loss that was cut short within the sixth inning was their fourth defeat in five games.
Definitely, the cold and wet conditions on Friday night didn’t help, because the weather played a job in keeping Austin Wells’ shot to right within the park — barely — in the underside of the second.
But besides that, the Yankees didn’t threaten much against left-hander Robbie Ray.
The Yankee hitters that entered the sport slumping mostly kept slumping, like Jazz Chisholm Jr, who was hitless in his previous 16 at-bats coming in and looked very uncomfortable on the frigid night.
Cody Bellinger’s struggles continued, as he took a 3-for-18 streak into the sport and went 0-for-3.
Perhaps on the encouraging side, Anthony Volpe reached base two times and Wells had his blast within the second.
Overall, though, a Yankee team that hammered 24 homers of their first eight games, now has only one home run in its last five games.
And after compiling a team OPS of 1.011 through eight games, it was just .541 over the previous 4 games prior to Friday.
Just as suddenly, the questions surrounding the torpedo bats that caught everyone’s attention barely per week ago appear to have disappeared.
Their offensive struggles were masked by Marcus Stroman’s disastrous start on Friday, when the right-hander did not get out of the primary inning and put the Yankees in an early five-run hole they weren’t capable of get out of.
