Ryan Weathers pitches 4-plus innings in loss to Twins
NEW YORK – The Yankees could do little right in a 6-1 loss to the Twins on Sunday afternoon at Yankee Stadium.
For starters, the Yankees needed length from left-hander Ryan Weathers. The last time New York received a quality start was June 24 against the Tigers, and it was Weathers who gave the Yankees that start by allowing two runs (one earned) in six innings.
On Sunday, Weathers pitched four-plus innings against Minnesota and allowed four runs.
After four frames, Weathers had thrown 77 pitches. Minnesota made him work from the start. In the first inning, Austin Martin scored the first run of the game on a single by Josh Bell. In the fourth, Royce Lewis scored the second run of the game on a single by Brooks Lee.
In the fifth frame, the Twins had runners on first and second and nobody out when Weathers left the game in favor of Paul Blackburn. The Twins didn’t let up on Blackburn, loading the bases on a two-out walk to Bell and scoring two on a single by Lewis.
On offense, the Yankees struggled against Twins right-hander Joe Ryan, who pitched seven scoreless innings, allowed three hits and one walk and struck out nine. New York didn’t make any serious threat against Ryan until the seventh. It had runners on first and second with two outs, but Amed Rosario struck out to end the threat.
The Yankees have lost 12 of their past 15 games, getting outscored 86-40 in that span.
