Tommy Kahnle was supposed to add some needed depth to an overworked Yankees bullpen.
On Saturday, making his first appearance since being shelved for more than a month with shoulder tendinitis, Kahnle didn’t provide any help in an ugly 11-4 loss to the Angels at Yankee Stadium.
While Kahnle was able to hit the mid-90s after seeing his velocity dip early in the season, he was hardly effective.
Kahnle started the sixth inning with the Yankees trailing by just a run and immediately walked Jose Briceno, the No. 9 hitter. Kahnle wasn’t helped by a Gleyber Torres error on a routine play at second, but he then gave up a run-scoring double to Mike Trout — although Kahnle was hardly alone there.