The New York Yankees are 5-9 and as Jared Diamond wrote in the Wall Street Journal they're struggling in the clutch, having been in the midst of a 2-for-50 stretch with runners in scoring position. That did change Thursday as they went 3-for-11, although they still lost 7-3 to the A's. It was a painful sweep as the A's took all three games even though the Yankees missed Sonny Gray.
The Yankees have scored more than three runs just once in their past nine games -- and that once was four runs, the Yankees' only victory in this stretch.