- The Yankees began the season with six straight wins, 32 years ago today.
- tThey failed to capitalize on their good start that year with a 76-88 record.
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The New York Yankees have failed to extend their undefeated streak of five straight wins, as the Arizona Diamondbacks are off to their best start to an MLB season since 1992, when they still finished with a losing record.
After sweeping the Houston Astros in a four-game series earlier this week, and a 5-2 road win against the Diamondbacks on Monday, the Yankees are now 5-1 following the tough loss Tuesday 7-0 at Arizona, although this season marked the first time in franchise history that the pinstripes won all five of their season road games.
What’s more, this season marks the fifth time in franchise history that the Yankees are off to a 5-0 start.
The last time the Yankees began a season with five straight wins was 32 years ago, when they began the season with a 6-0 record.
However, they failed to capitalize on their strong start to that campaign, as they finished with a 76-88 record, or a 70-88 mark after their impressive first week of action.
Starting pitcher Néstor Cortés allowed three runs, eight hits and two walks in five innings.
D’Backs first baseman Christian Walker runs the bases after hitting a three-run home run while facing Yankees relief pitcher Jake Cousins.
Arizona, the defending National League champions, are now off to a 4-2 start after Tuesday night’s home win.
In Tuesday night’s game, Christian Walker hit a three-run home run while Zac Gallen pitched six scoreless innings to help the D’Backs limit the Yankees to just three hits in the entire game. Defending National League champion Arizona is now off to a 4-2 start.
The D-backs took a 3-0 lead in the first after five of the first six batters reached base on Néstor Cortés. Blaze Alexander, Eugenio Suárez and Gabriel Moreno had producer singles.
That was a big boost for Gallen (2-0), who allowed three hits as well as three walks and struck out six. The right-hander finished third in NL Cy Young Award voting last season after going 17-9 with a 3.47 ERA.
He’s off to another good start, allowing just one run in 11 innings.
Walker made it 6-0 in the seventh with a majestic drive off Jake Cousins, bringing home Ketel Marte and Alexander with a ball that traveled 424 feet and landed well beyond the left field wall.
The Yankees’ five-game winning streak hid an uneven offense, but they couldn’t hide it Tuesday, as Aaron Judge went 0 for 3 with a walk, and his average now fell to .125.
Yankees star slugger Aaron Judge went 0-for-3 with a walk, and his average now drops to .125.
Anthony Rizzo is hitting just .190, Giancarlo Stanton is at .150 while Alex Verdugo is hitting .143. Cortés (0-1) allowed three runs, eight hits and two walks in five innings.
For the D-backs, Walker, Alexander, Marte, Jake McCarthy and Geraldo Perdomo had two hits.
Arizona held the Yankees scoreless for the second time in franchise history. The other was in Game 2 of the 2001 World Series.
The Yankees traded left-hander Nick Ramirez to the Dodgers for cash. Ramirez was designated for assignment on Saturday.
New York also agreed to a minor league contract with RHP Phil Bickford. The D-backs traded infielder Emmanuel Rivera to the Marlins. He was designated for assignment on opening day.
The Yankees and D-backs finish the three-game series on Wednesday. Arizona sends RHP Merrill Kelly (1-0, 1.35 ERA) to the mound while New York counters with LHP Carlos Rodón (0-0, 2.08)
