The New York Yankees lost to the Houston Astors on Thursday by a score of 4-3. Despite Arron Judge’s viral moonshot home run, a three-run top of the first by the Astros proved to be too much for New York to overcome.
Marcus Stroman, the pitcher of record, went 5.2 innings while giving up four runs on nine hits with a pair of walks. After the game, Stroman had nobody but himself to blame for the loss, per Gary Phillips of the New York Daily News.
“Definitely a lot of adversity in there. I wasn’t good enough early on, just kind of put our team in a little bit of a hole. Just gotta be better. Can’t let up three in the first. Just feel like I don’t give my team a chance when I do that.”
Stroman’s start to his Yankees run has been up and down. Prior to this start, he went 5.1 innings giving up just one run and three hits against the Detroit Tigers. In that start, he ran into trouble but was able to avoid giving up a big number, in which Arron Boone said that”there never was that backbreaking blow.”
This time, there was. Yordan Alvarez homered and Jon Singleton had a two-run homer, both coming in the first inning. Ultimately, that was the difference in a close game.
Yankees lose out on sweep in series vs. Astros
The Yankees had taken the previous two games, winning 10-3 on Tuesday and 9-4 on Wednesday. So, unfortunately, the chance to sweep the Astros failed with Stroman’s outing coming up short.
The Yankees had taken the previous two games, winning 10-3 on Tuesday and 9-4 on Wednesday. So, unfortunately, the chance to sweep the Astros failed with Stroman’s outing coming up short.
