Thursday night was close to a worst-case scenario for the Yankees’ pitching staff, as starter Jhony Brito got absolutely clobbered by the Twins in an 11-2 defeat. The rookie recorded only two outs while coughing up seven of those runs, and manager Aaron Boone was forced to rely on two relatively unknown names to eat up the majority of the innings. Colten Brewer tossed 3.1 frames and Ian Hamilton covered three. Even utility man Isiah Kiner-Falefa tossed 12 pitches in a scoreless ninth.
Brito’s short outing meant that the relief corps would probably need a boost before the Yankees began the next three games against Minnesota.