At the start of the fifth inning Monday night, the Yankee Stadium scoreboard implored a quiet crowd in the Bronx.
“EVERYBODY GET LOUD,” it instructed.
“EVERYBODY SCREAM,” it begged.
The subdued 49,368 in attendance hardly reacted.
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As he’d done so many times before this time of year, Walker Buehler had already zapped them of any life.
For much of this season — his first back from a second career Tommy John surgery — Buehler looked nothing like his old self.