The Yankees’ starting rotation has seemed to have righted itself after a rough stretch, but the offense has fallen into an even greater swoon that is wasting strong outings from those starting pitchers.
The latest example came on Tuesday night, when Nestor Cortes rebounded from surrendering a three-run first-inning home run to turn in six innings of three-run ball. But the offense managed just one run in a 3-1 loss, marking the sixth straight time the Yanks have lost despite their pitcher turning in a quality start (pitching at least six innings while surrendering three runs or less).
According to James Smyth of the YES Network, that six-game streak is the longest by a Yankee team since 1979, when the offense was failing to help out starters like Ron Guidry, Tommy John, and Ed Figueroa.
So far in this streak, the Yanks have wasted two quality starts from Cortes, and two from Gerrit Cole, most recently spoiling the ace’s six innings of one-run ball on Monday night, the one run coming as a result of Aaron Hicks badly misplaying a ball out in center field.
“Pitchers are throwing really good right now,” Jose Trevino said. “We want to help them out.”
So far, the lineup is not helping out at all.
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