With the Yankees recent off a four-error night in Toronto, Aaron Boone insisted Wednesday night time that his membership’s defensive woes had largely occurred in opposition to the Blue Jays on the Rogers Centre.
“I think it’s here and it’s in this building we haven’t played well,” the supervisor stated, referring to 2 dropping sequence the Yankees endured north of the border this month.
Requested what made him assume that, Boone replied, “I don’t know if it’s just coming to the turf. That’s not really an excuse. It’s the same game, but obviously, I think in these two series, we’ve given them too many outs, and it’s cost us.”
On Friday, the Bombers returned to the grassy confines of Yankee Stadium. They didn’t depart their sloppiness in Canada, although, as they dedicated two errors in a 12-5 loss to the Phillies.
Essentially the most notable mishap got here within the seventh inning with runners on second and third with one out, Luke Weaver on the mound, Nick Castellanos on the plate and the Yankees up, 3-2. Castellanos, waving at an out of doors pitch, tapped a grounder to Paul Goldschmidt, who backhanded the ball earlier than crusing a throw towards residence plate.
A great throw doubtless wouldn’t have stopped the speedy Trea Turner from scoring the tying run, however Goldschmidt was charged with an error as Castellanos reached second.
J.T. Realmuto then adopted up with a three-run, go-ahead homer off Weaver.
Anthony Volpe responded with a solo residence run off Jordan Romano within the backside of the seventh, including to a barrage of bases-empty blasts after Cody Bellinger, Austin Wells and Giancarlo Stanton all went deep off Phillies starter Taijuan Walker.
Aaron Decide added a sac fly within the seventh, however the Yankees fell method brief ultimately after Kyle Schwarber clubbed his second two-run homer of the night time off Ian Hamilton within the eighth inning.
The bomb gave the Phillies a comfortable cushion. It additionally reminded onlookers that the Yankees want a couple of bullpen upgrades earlier than the July 31 commerce deadline, as their incumbent group entered play with a 4.07 ERA, twentieth within the majors. Then the pen surrendered 10 earned runs, with Tim Hill additionally being charged with two and Scott Effross permitting 4.
Schwarber’s first dinger of the night time got here within the fifth inning, as he took Will Warren yard for his 1,000th profession hit. It was Warren’s solely significant mistake of the night time, although he additionally threw away a possible double play ball within the second inning. Nevertheless, he overcame that error by hanging out Otto Kemp and Bryson Stott.
Warren totaled seven strikeouts on the night time, in addition to 5 hits, two earned runs, three walks and 89 pitches over 5.2 innings. The rookie right-hander now has a 4.83 ERA over 22 begins.
With one other untidy loss within the books, the second-place Yankees are actually 56-47 on the season and 5.5 video games behind the Blue Jays within the American League East.
Initially Revealed: July 25, 2025 at 9:51 PM EDT
