From Bryan Hoch:
Every fifth day, the Yankees have developed an enjoyable habit: hand the ball to Will Warren, then shake hands to celebrate a victory.
As veteran Paul Goldschmidt put it: “I have no idea what his stats are, but it feels like we’ve got a chance to win every time he’s out there.”
He’s right – the Yankees entered Saturday with 12 wins in the right-hander’s 14 outings, the best winning percentage (.857) for a team in a pitcher’s games (min. 10 starts). But that formula didn’t translate in their 10-2 loss to the Reds at Yankee Stadium.
Instead, in the Yanks’ most lopsided defeat of the season thus far, rookie third baseman Sal Stewart tied a career high with six RBIs as Warren was saddled with his second loss of the year (and first since May 6 vs. Texas).
“It could have been better,” Warren said. “We’ve got to find a way to minimize the damage there. Especially with our offense and the amount of runs we put up, if I can get out of there in a 4-1 game, I have full confidence we’ll come back and win.”
Will Warren’s defense let him down, but at the end of the day, he still got ROCKED today, earned runs or not.
And the offense disappeared for the second time in three games.
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I suspect it will be three times in four games after today.