The Yankees didn’t do anything to put to bed the “they can’t hit with runners in scoring position” narrative Tuesday night.
In fact, they only furthered it in a 3-2 loss in 11 innings to the equally offensively challenged A’s in front of an announced crowd of 31,952 at the Stadium.
The Yankees (5-7) came in off a series against Seattle in which they went 1-for-35 with runners in scoring position and 4 for their last 57 overall. Tuesday night they went 1-for-7.
The A’s (7-7), who came in 5 for their last 40 with RISP, got the big hit in the 11th when Mark Canha slapped Johnny Barbato’s two-out, 0-and-2 fastball to left to bring in Jed Lowrie from third.