Yankees fall below .500 after offense flops again in loss to Braves

ATLANTA — The Yankees are underwater, and sinking decrease every day.

What number of rock bottoms can one group hit in a season?

For the second straight sport, the Yankees had been shut out by the Braves, this time in a 2-0 loss on Wednesday evening that plunged them underneath .500 for the primary time this season and accomplished a three-game sweep at Truist Park.

Capping off a depressing 2-7 street journey in becoming trend — they had been outscored 18-3 by the Braves (78-42) on this collection — the Yankees (60-61) headed again residence as a sub .500 group for the primary time since Could 1, 2021.

With their playoff probabilities persevering with to dwindle, the Yankees’ greatest combat over their last 41 video games could also be making an attempt to keep away from their first dropping season since 1992.

It marked the primary time the Yankees have been shut out in back-to-back video games since Aug. 14-15 of final season towards the Purple Sox and Rays.

After they had been one-hit by Bryce Elder on Tuesday, the Yankees mustered 4 singles towards Charlie Morton and the Braves’ bullpen on Wednesday.

Morton cruised via six innings whereas hanging out 10 and strolling just one earlier than three relievers mixed for 3 good innings and added three extra strikeouts.

The ultimate 12 Yankees had been retired to be able to finish the evening with none sort of a combat.

The Yankees gave Randy Vasquez the chance to start out Wednesday as a substitute of pitching behind an opener, as he did on Friday towards the Marlins. Vasquez was nice in one other abbreviated outing, giving up two runs over 3 ¹/₃ innings.

After he struck out Ronald Acuña Jr. and Matt Olson in a scoreless first inning, Vasquez received into hassle within the second. He was forward 1-2 within the rely when Marcell Ozuna roped a double over the top of Giancarlo Stanton in proper subject. Eddie Rosario got here up subsequent and crushed the primary pitch the opposite approach for a two-run residence run.

Vasquez settled down from there and retired seven straight earlier than strolling back-to-back hitters with one out within the fourth inning.

Supervisor Aaron Boone then pulled Vasquez for Michael King — who had been in consideration to open the sport — and the reliever rapidly put out the fireplace. King went on to throw 3 ²/₃ dominant innings whereas persevering with to stretch out to 44 pitches.

However the truth King saved the deficit at two runs hardly mattered as a result of the Yankees couldn’t muster any sort of offense for the second straight evening.