After a demoralizing few days, the Yankees limp into a Saturday matinee searching for something to build momentum. Last night, in a morale crusher, the lineup couldn’t crack ex-Yankee Jameson Taillon, who has struggled against pretty much everybody else. Same story with former Yankee Jordan Montgomery in St. Louis — the Yankees bats have made some non-spectacular pitchers look untouchable lately. Yankees’ fans intimate knowledge of Taillon and Montgomery’s imperfections makes these anemic offensive performances against them all the more frustrating.
Taillon spun a gem, credit where credit is due. At the end of a bleary, punchless nine innings in the series opener, the home scoreboard showed a conspicuous goose egg and an equally conspicuous “2” in the hit column.