Truth be told, there should have been a lot more games like Wednesday night’s blowout loss to the Mariners this year for the Yankees.
The Yankees have played above their heads for a while, and all that is a testament to the willingness of the Accidental Yankees to play a team-oriented game and make adjustments along the way that produced a 13-4 run heading into Wednesday night’s encounter against left-hander Yusei Kikuchi and ended with the Yankees losing, 10-1, to the Mariners at Yankee Stadium.
This was a textbook example how to beat the Yankees, with a left-hander throwing a lot of off-speed stuff early and then turning up the heat with a fastball in the mid-90s.