Thanks to the Cincinnati Reds, the New York Yankees’ season-long decline following an incredible start to the year hit a new low on Thursday. Trent Grisham, too.
By the ninth inning, the Reds were up 8-4 and about to become the first club this season to sweep the Yankees in a three-game series, so the bad times were well and truly upon them. Then, admirers who were fed up with New York’s hardships found Grisham to be an easy target.
Grisham bobbled the bouncing ball after Reds third baseman Jeimer Candelario nonchalantly held his glove down after he hit a line drive in center field with two outs. Seeing the bobble while still approaching first, Candelario sprinted to second for a double. The jeers for Grisham’s sloppy play came fast.
On the plus side, as the Yankees’ current right fielder is well aware, Grisham has made more expensive errors when misplaying a bouncing ball in the outfield.
The inning was terminated by Spencer Steer striking out, therefore the error proved to be insignificant. Regretfully, the Yankees were unable to mount a comeback in the bottom of the ninth, allowing the Reds to complete the sweep.
The biggest problem for the Yankees was from Marcus Stroman’s three home runs given up in five innings of work, which was his five earned runs allowed.
Following the sweep, the Yankees have now dropped 13 of their previous 17 games, going from being 2.5 games ahead of the Baltimore Orioles in the AL East to 2.0 games behind them. There have been six losses with a margin of six runs or more.
Even though Aaron Judge, the most unstoppable hitter on the planet, was 0-for-4 with two strikeouts on Thursday, the Yankees are still experiencing a losing streak. When the figures were brought up on YES Network, the former MVP’s personal hitting coach, Richard Schenck, had a comment to make.
