The Yankees are smack dab in the middle of a nightmare California road trip. As if losing three out of four games wasn’t bad enough, both Gary Sanchez (abductor muscle) and Aaron Hicks (Achilles) exited in the ninth inning of Thursday night’s heartbreaking 8-7 defeat.
On the pitching front, reliever Adam Warren was unavailable to pitch in the contest due to a strained trap muscle in his right shoulder — in addition to CC Sabathia hitting the 10-day DL with a Grade 2 left hamstring strain. He’ll likely miss the next month.