Gerrit Cole tagged early, Yankees' offensive skid continues in third straight loss to Red Sox
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The Yankees suffered their third straight loss to the Red Sox, 4-1, on Saturday afternoon at Fenway Park.
Here are some takeaways...
-- Gerrit Cole's career-long struggles against the Sox continued in this one. The right-hander came into the day with a 6.53 ERA against the division rival and they jumped him right out of the gate, as a pair of homers and a Willson Contreras two-run double gave them a 4-0 lead in the first three innings.
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-- One of those homers came off the bat of 2B Anthony Seigler, it was the first off the bat of the 27-year-old former Yankee prospect who was playing in his 10th career game.
-- Cole put together his first clean frame in the fourth, then worked around a hit in the fifth. He gave up another knock in the sixth before turning things over to Bent Headrick, who escaped a jam to close his line with just the four runs allowed on seven hits and a walk over 5.1 innings.
-- Unfortunately for Cole and the Yanks, it was much of the same for their struggling offense. After managing just one hit on Friday, Jake Bennett held them without a hit for the first five innings in this one, before Max Schuemann lifted his first homer of the season to dead-center.
-- New York was able to bring the tying run to the plate after back-to-back singles from Amed Rosario and Cody Bellinger leading off the top of the seventh, but Bennett and a relieving Justin Slaten struck out the next three batters in order to strand the pair and end the threat.
-- Both teams combined to throw just 11 pitches in a six-up, six-down eighth inning.
-- Ben Rice was blown away by a 100 mph Aroldis Chapman fastball leading off the ninth, snapping a stretch of eight consecutive groundouts. The slugging infielder finished the day 0-for-4 and now has just four hits in his last 25 at-bats over his last seven games.
-- Bellinger worked a terrific 11-pitch at-bat with two outs to keep this one alive, but Jasson Dominguez popped out on the very next pitch to close out the third consecutive loss. New York managed just three hits and three walks, and they've scored just five runs over the first three games of this series.
-- Game time was 2:22, just one minute longer than Friday's contest (2:21).
Game MVP: Jake Bennett
The righty kept the struggling Yanks offense in check across 6.1 strong innings
What's next
The Yanks look to get things going in the series finale on Sunday Night Baseball.
Carlos Rodon faces off with former Yankee Sonny Gray in the nationally televised matchup.