With their offense still missing, Yankees lose another one

You know that thing where the Yankees stop scoring runs for an extended period of time? Well, they’re doing that again. Didi Gregorius went deep this afternoon, but that was extent of the Yankees’ scoring in a 6-2 loss to the Astros. The Yankees were outscored 21-4 this series. They managed to sneak a win on Friday only because Nathan Eovaldi and Andrew Miller combined for a shutout on the same night the Astros allowed a run without allowing a hit in the ninth inning. The Yankees have averaged barely more than three runs per game in their past seven, and Alex Rodriguez is now 11-for-80 in the month of August.

In his first game back from a forearm strain, Yankees’ starter Michael Pineda allowed a second-inning home run then ran into real trouble in the fifth. The first four Astros reached base, setting up a four-run inning for a 5-0 Astros lead. Pineda failed to get out of the inning, matching his second-shortest start of the year at 4.1 innings. Pineda was charged with the first five Astros runs. The sixth came against Adam Warren in the eighth when Evan Gattis hit his second home run of the game.

The Yankees scored their only runs in the seventh when Gregorius hit a two-run home run, his sixth of the season. With that one swing, the Yankees scored as many runs as they’d scored in their previous 26 innings combined. The home run snapped a season-high three-game home run drought for the Yankees. Mark Teixeira pinch hit in the ninth and made the game’s final out.

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