by One night when they took two hostages from Aaron Judge, Gerrit Cole at the embankment and the Oriol in the Bronx, the Yankees took something else: a dose of reality.
Their historically good start has been gone for a few days, with some major injuries on the pitch, a penalty for Josh Donaldson and now, the first in a three-game losing streak, thanks to a 6-4 loss to last place in Baltimore Stadium . .
“It’s a bit of an adversity,” Cole said. “It is a difficult phase, with the number of games, biceps and injuries burdening us. It could change tomorrow or next week. “As players, we have to stay in the middle.”
On Monday, no one but Judge hit, Cole abandoned five wins and the Orioles, who had won three of the four – all in failure – continued their stunning victory.
It seemed a very unlikely result when the Yankees gave Cole a 2-0 lead in the second inning.
Cole had a 4-0 to 1.67 ERA in his previous five starts – all Yankee wins.
She reached her 11th season and did not hit a single on Monday, but finished with five hits in the third of the Orioles’ four runs.
“It was a weird night,” Cole said of a dominating performance in eight innings, except for a fatal six-hit stretch. “This inning is a little difficult to digest. Many praises to them “.
The Baltimore outbreak came out of nowhere and just as quickly disintegrated, but the damage was done.
Cole retired from the first six batters he faced before Ramon Urias led the third with a double below the left field line.
After a wild pitch, Robinson Chirinos made a double RBI in the gap to the right center to reduce the Yankees’ lead to 2-1.
Cedric Mullins’s only single to the left sent Chirinos to third place. Mullins came in second and Austin Hays’ single with two scenarios in the center put Baltimore ahead, 3-2.
Trey Mancini’s single to the right was Baltimore’s fifth hit in the inning and prompted pitching coach Matt Blake to visit Cole. Ryan Mountcastle with a power out kick drove Hayes to make it 4-2.
Cole rebounded in the fourth, taking the sidelines.
The Judge continued to terrorize opponents’ pitchers, piercing a solo shot with one out at the bottom of the first by Jordan Liles – who made his fourth start against the Yankees this season.
It was an 112 mph laser that struck the back of the visitor bar in the center left.
The Yankees added a streak to the second, taking advantage of a mistake by Chris Owings as Jose Trevino’s single RBI made it 2-0.
But they could not add more, as after a failed attempt, Marwin Gonzalez – filling in the third base – hit and Anthony Rizzo landed in a double game.
Isiah Kiner-Falefa scored a hard grounder after the third to open the bottom of the fourth, but was fouled by third baseman Doug Eddings. The repetitions showed that it was a fair ball. Kiner-Falefa later hit the at-bat.
Judge’s second blast of the night, a two-shot with a shot in the fifth, leveled the game at 4-4. It was the fourth game with many players of the season.
But Cole allowed a Homer two outs, a cross from Urias in the sixth to put the Yankees back in a one-way hole.
Rizzo reached a flare single to the left with two outs in the seventh, ending Lyle’s night.
Facing right-hand man Felix Bautista, Judge walked away, but Giancarlo Stanton struck to end the threat.
Baltimore added a range of insurance to the ninth by Wandy Peralta.
At the bottom of the inning against Jorge Lopez, Florial walked in and the stingy DJ LeMahieu landed with force out. Gonzalez hit a double to finish.
