The Yankees’ worst habit this season is when their offense goes missing for stretches and games at a time. Unfortunately for them, that habit showed back up at a bad time. After taking an early 2-0 lead on a Giancarlo Stanton home run, the Yankees then spent the next nine innings being unable to take advantage of any other chances they had. Aaron Judge went 0-for-5 with four strikeouts, and the rest of the lineup was only marginally better. While Yankees’ pitching wasn’t bad, they had to be perfect, and eventually, they faltered.
The Guardians answered back with two runs off Nestor Cortes, with the game then turning into a battle of the bullpens.