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NEW YORK – Jazz Chisholm Jr.’s late homer and some gutsy relief combined to save the day at Yankee Stadium.
At least, the Dodgers wouldn’t leave the Bronx with a three-game sweep and a further claim on their pinstriped souls.
“Out of the break, we expect more out of ourselves,’’ said Cody Bellinger, after Sunday night’s 2-1 win provided the Yanks a split of Sunday’s grueling day-night doubleheader.
“We expect to be better.’’
Mostly, Bellinger referenced a lineup that has not found its way for a month without Aaron Judge.
The reigning AL MVP’s exact return from a first right rib fracture is as foggy as it was seven weeks ago, when Judge landed on the IL.
But “we’ve got to get ourselves right and rolling,’’ said manager Aaron Boone, still hoping to see “those heavy, tough at-bats’’ with consistency.
All day Sunday, there wasn’t much of that from the Yanks’ lineup.
In Sunday’s doubleheader opener, the brilliant Yoshinobu Yamamoto tossed a 102-pitch complete game, dominating with three types of fastballs in an 8-2 Dodgers win.
Meanwhile, the defending world champs drove up Cam Schlittler’s pitch count to 98, forcing the AL’s ERA leader out of the game before the fifth inning was over.
Sunday night was a battle of the bullpens, but it was still a struggle for runs – with Bellinger’s first-inning, RBI single providing a 1-0 lead into the eighth.
But the Yanks couldn’t score in the fourth, stranding runners at second and third with one out.
They loaded the bases in the fifth with none out and failed to score, as Brock Stewart entered and retired Jasson Dominguez, Chisholm and Anthony Volpe.
“We created some opportunities. But we’ve got to cash in,’’ said Boone. “We’ve got to do a better job.’’
Chisholm had fouled out on the first pitch during that lost opportunity in the fifth.
“I’ve (stunk) the whole season. The numbers speak for themselves,’’ said Chisholm, with a less-than-league-average .705 OPS in his free agent walk year.
“Keep on trusting each other. When we trust each other, we play a lot better,’’ Chisholm said of an underperforming lineup.
And yet, “I feel like we match up against any team in the league. I feel that we beat ourselves a lot,’’ said Chisholm, of the “stuff we’re going to clean up.’’
Lately, the Red Sox have been cleaning up, winning 13 straight and sweeping the Rays, now with a 1.5 game AL East lead over the Yanks.
Meanwhile, the Orioles have won seven straight and even the last-place defending AL champion Blue Jays can claim to be in the wild card hunt, two weeks shy of the MLB trade deadline.
“We’ve got to get ourselves right and rolling,’’ said Boone. “We’re an incomplete product at this point and we’ve got to go take it in the second half to give ourselves a chance.’’
Sunday’s nightcap pitching of Ryan Yarbrough, Paul Blackburn and Brent Headrick gave the Yanks a chance, leading to David Bednar’s five-out finish.
Fernando Cruz hung a splitter over the plate, and pinch-hitter Tommy Edman opened the eighth with a game-tying homer.
One out, and two walks later, Bednar was called to save Cruz.
Yankees pitching kept Shohei Ohtani in the park all weekend, and Bednar struck him out with two aboard in the eighth, to maintain a 1-1 game.
And then Chisholm came through with his third homer this year that either tied a game or gave the Yanks a lead in the eighth inning, or later.
“Just a really good win,’’ said Bellinger, with a need to build on that as the AL East becomes a more interesting landscape by the day.
This article originally appeared on NorthJersey.com: Yankees save the weekend vs. Dodgers, but their lineup is still in a stall
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At least, the Dodgers wouldn’t leave the Bronx with a three-game sweep and a further claim on their pinstriped souls.
“Out of the break, we expect more out of ourselves,’’ said Cody Bellinger, after Sunday night’s 2-1 win provided the Yanks a split of Sunday’s grueling day-night doubleheader.
“We expect to be better.’’
Mostly, Bellinger referenced a lineup that has not found its way for a month without Aaron Judge.
The reigning AL MVP’s exact return from a first right rib fracture is as foggy as it was seven weeks ago, when Judge landed on the IL.
But “we’ve got to get ourselves right and rolling,’’ said manager Aaron Boone, still hoping to see “those heavy, tough at-bats’’ with consistency.
All day Sunday, there wasn’t much of that from the Yanks’ lineup.
Yankees' lineup still in a stall
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In Sunday’s doubleheader opener, the brilliant Yoshinobu Yamamoto tossed a 102-pitch complete game, dominating with three types of fastballs in an 8-2 Dodgers win.
Meanwhile, the defending world champs drove up Cam Schlittler’s pitch count to 98, forcing the AL’s ERA leader out of the game before the fifth inning was over.
Sunday night was a battle of the bullpens, but it was still a struggle for runs – with Bellinger’s first-inning, RBI single providing a 1-0 lead into the eighth.
But the Yanks couldn’t score in the fourth, stranding runners at second and third with one out.
They loaded the bases in the fifth with none out and failed to score, as Brock Stewart entered and retired Jasson Dominguez, Chisholm and Anthony Volpe.
“We created some opportunities. But we’ve got to cash in,’’ said Boone. “We’ve got to do a better job.’’
Chisholm had fouled out on the first pitch during that lost opportunity in the fifth.
“I’ve (stunk) the whole season. The numbers speak for themselves,’’ said Chisholm, with a less-than-league-average .705 OPS in his free agent walk year.
“Keep on trusting each other. When we trust each other, we play a lot better,’’ Chisholm said of an underperforming lineup.
And yet, “I feel like we match up against any team in the league. I feel that we beat ourselves a lot,’’ said Chisholm, of the “stuff we’re going to clean up.’’
Yankees "an incomplete product''
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Lately, the Red Sox have been cleaning up, winning 13 straight and sweeping the Rays, now with a 1.5 game AL East lead over the Yanks.
Meanwhile, the Orioles have won seven straight and even the last-place defending AL champion Blue Jays can claim to be in the wild card hunt, two weeks shy of the MLB trade deadline.
“We’ve got to get ourselves right and rolling,’’ said Boone. “We’re an incomplete product at this point and we’ve got to go take it in the second half to give ourselves a chance.’’
Sunday’s nightcap pitching of Ryan Yarbrough, Paul Blackburn and Brent Headrick gave the Yanks a chance, leading to David Bednar’s five-out finish.
Fernando Cruz hung a splitter over the plate, and pinch-hitter Tommy Edman opened the eighth with a game-tying homer.
One out, and two walks later, Bednar was called to save Cruz.
Yankees pitching kept Shohei Ohtani in the park all weekend, and Bednar struck him out with two aboard in the eighth, to maintain a 1-1 game.
And then Chisholm came through with his third homer this year that either tied a game or gave the Yanks a lead in the eighth inning, or later.
“Just a really good win,’’ said Bellinger, with a need to build on that as the AL East becomes a more interesting landscape by the day.
This article originally appeared on NorthJersey.com: Yankees save the weekend vs. Dodgers, but their lineup is still in a stall
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