The New York Yankees may have snapped their longest losing streak since 2007 on Wednesday night, but their seventh inning man Tyler Clippard continued to struggle after being put in an ever-so-low-leveraged situation in the top of the ninth inning against the Los Angeles Angels.
New York led 8-2 and as manager Joe Girardi attempted to right the ship by throwing Clippard in that spot, he got the opposite.
Clippard quickly surrendered a leadoff double to Andrelton Simmons on the first pitch he threw then the very next batter, Martin Maldonado, slapped a 3-2 changeup over the wall in right for a two-run home run.