Yankees’ offense struggles once more as Sean Casey debut ends with loss to lowly Rockies

DENVER — The Sean Casey period bought off to a rousing begin Friday … nevertheless it solely lasted two batters.

The remainder of Friday night time, the Yankees’ offense appeared loads just like the one they’d within the first half.

After Giancarlo Stanton’s two-run dwelling run within the first inning, the Yankees went down quietly in a 7-2 loss to the Rockies at Coors Discipline, opening the second half with a fizzle.

The Yankees (49-43) led 2-0 after two batters, however scattered six hits the remainder of the way in which and drew only one stroll all night time in Casey’s first recreation as hitting coach.

As an alternative it was the Rockies (35-57), homeowners of the third-worst document within the majors, who delivered the increase, crushing three dwelling runs — one off Carlos Rodon in his second Yankees begin and two extra off the bullpen.

The loss, coupled with the Crimson Sox’s win over the Cubs, moved the Yankees right into a last-place tie within the AL East.

Moreover Gleyber Torres, who singled to steer off the sport and completed 3-for-4, and Stanton, who went 2-for-4, the Yankees struggled to get something going towards left-hander Austin Gomber, who went six innings, and the Rockies’ bullpen.

Rodon was not fairly as sharp as he was in his debut.

The $162 million left-hander, who threw 5 ¹/₃ innings of two-run ball on 69 pitches on July 7 towards the Cubs, constructed his pitch depend as much as 88 on Friday, however that solely bought him by means of the fifth inning.

The Rockies bought to Rodon for 4 runs on 4 hits and two walks throughout these 5 innings.

Essentially the most encouraging facet of Rodon’s outing had been his six strikeouts, 5 of which got here on his slider.

He stated after his season debut that he wished he had his secondary stuff working higher, and he appeared to have it happening Friday.

After a fast first inning, Rodon bought into hassle within the second.

With one out, he walked C.J. Cron on 5 pitches earlier than Randal Grichuk and Ezequiel Tovar delivered back-to-back singles — Tovar’s practically taking Rodon’s head off on a line drive again up the center — to chop the Yankees’ result in 2-1.

Then, after considered one of Rodon’s three wild pitches on the night time superior the runners to second and third, No. 9 hitter Brenton Doyle lifted a two-run double over Isiah Kiner-Falefa’s head in left discipline to place the Rockies up 3-2.

Grichuk led off the fourth inning with a solo dwelling run, turning on Rodon’s excessive fastball and crushing it 431 ft to left-center discipline for the 4-2 lead.

The Yankees had a major probability to trim the deficit within the sixth inning after Stanton led off by blooping a double down the right-field line.

He moved to 3rd on Anthony Rizzo’s groundout, however was stranded there when Harrison Bader and Josh Donaldson each flew out to left discipline.

Michael King changed Rodon within the sixth inning and he got here again out for the seventh, too, as supervisor Aaron Boone tried to maintain the Yankees inside placing distance within the hope of attending to the Rockies’ leaky bullpen.

As an alternative, the Rockies prolonged their lead towards King. He left a dangling breaking ball over the center of the plate, which Kris Bryant clubbed to the left-field seats for a two-run dwelling run that made it 6-2 within the seventh.

Nolan Jones later clobbered a solo shot off Albert Abreu within the eighth inning to account for the Rockies’ seventh run.