A full-blown panic is happening in the Bronx after the New York Yankees blew a ninth-inning lead in a 5-3 loss to the Boston Red Sox on Friday night that dropped their record to 5-15 in their last 20 games.
Speaking to reporters after the game, Yankees shortstop Anthony Volpe described the loss as "brutal."
If it's possible to assign one loss in a 162-game schedule as the worst of the season, the Yankees might have had theirs in the series opener against their biggest rival.
Carrying a 3-1 lead into the ninth inning, Yankees closer Clay Holmes gave up the game-tying two-run homer with two outs to Masataka Yoshida.