If this long-prophesized turnaround is going to happen, it kinda needs to start today. The Yankees have lost seven games in a row, and haven’t actually won a series since playing the Royals in late July. They can’t win this series against the Red Sox, but they can at least get into the right side of the W/L column for the first time in a week.
Clarke Schmidt had gotten himself on a nice little run for about eight weeks or so, before the Atlanta Braves kicked his teeth in on Monday night.