Clarke Schmidt was utterly dominant against the Pirates, giving the Yankees five innings without allowing a single baserunner. On offense, the big boppers at the top of the lineup did their damage early before subbing out for the final innings. Unfortunately, the bullpen had an off day, yielding nine runs to sink the Yankees, 9-6.
Johan Oviedo faced quite the gauntlet of hitters in the first inning, and they were happy to provide him with a rude awakening to the game. DJ LeMahieu got things started with a groundball single back up the middle. That brought Aaron Judge to the plate, with the reigning MVP sending a booming flyball to dead-center that appeared to hit off the batter’s eye for a two-run blast.