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He yankees They were defeated by the Pittsburgh Pirates 9-4 on Saturday afternoon in the Bronx.
Here are some conclusions…
– Saturday’s pitching showdown featured two of the Rookie of the Year candidates in each league, and even though we only saw Pittsburgh Pablo Skenes For two innings, he was dominant as always. The right-hander retired all six batters he faced and struck out the star-studded trio of juan soto, Aaron judgeand Jazz Chisholm to give him 170 for the season. He had Judge throw a nasty sweeper, painted a pair of 100 mph fastballs for Soto and Chisholm to watch, and used his heat to explode. Giancarlo StantonThe bat over a weakly hit returner.
– luis gilOn the other hand, he had trouble closing out the regular season, as the Pirates reached him a career-high four times that afternoon. The young right-hander allowed six runs on six hits, walked one and struck out five in 5.2 innings of work. After three strong starts in a row, he finishes the year allowing 10 earned runs in his final two outings against the Pirates and A’s, leading to a 3.50 ERA.
– Chisholm delivered the big blow to the Yankees’ offense in the first innings, putting them on the board with a solo shot in the bottom of the fifth. He had another big opportunity two innings later when he came on as the tying run with the bases loaded and two outs, but David Bednar he took it down easily in three throws.
Chisholm came through a few innings later with an RBI double, helping the Yankees further increase the Pirates’ lead, but in the end it wasn’t enough. The slugger has been struggling a bit lately, but finished a good day at the plate 2 for 4 with two RBIs.
– Judge has been very hot lately, but Pittsburgh’s pitching staff completely shut him down that afternoon, as he went 0-for-5 with five strikeouts. The last of them came in the bottom of the ninth with the bases loaded and one out in a five-run game against a hard-throwing former teammate. Aroldis Chapman.
MVP of the match: Yasmani Grandal
The veteran catcher was right in the thick of things for the Pirates, as he hit a home run and finished 3-for-4 with three RBIs on the afternoon.
Highlights
Next calendar
Clarke Schmidt take the mound against Bailey Missing as the Yankees and Pirates close out the regular season on Sunday at 3:05 p.m.