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It’s been a less-than-stellar year for baseball in New York. On Sunday, the New York Yankees put a rotten cherry on the top of their season so far.
Like most years, the Bronx Bombers came in with World Series aspirations. But, the way they’ve played this year makes that seem very unlikely.
Coming into Sunday’s rubber match in Miami against the Marlins, the Yankees were sitting at 60-57, four games back in the AL Wild Card race. And, with ace Gerrit Cole on the mound, it was a good chance to win their first series not against the terrible duo of the Royals and Athletics since June 25.
For most of the game, it looked like the Yankees would indeed get the win on Sunday. They led 7-2 heading to the bottom of the 8th, before a Bryan De La Cruz double scored Josh Bell to make it 7-3. Still, taking a 4-run lead into the 9th inning is usually a win over 99% of the time. And, the Yanks do have a great bullpen, so they were in great shape.
Nope. They gave up five runs in the bottom of the ninth to lose 8-7, a truly terrible loss.
A nightmare pic.twitter.com/UDW5cosfXt
— Talkin' Yanks (@TalkinYanks) August 13, 2023
WE ARE NOT GIVING UP!!! pic.twitter.com/s8oQSpdPpy
— Miami Marlins (@Marlins) August 13, 2023
YOU GOT TO TRUST US! pic.twitter.com/N0D6zncwrb
— Miami Marlins (@Marlins) August 13, 2023
It was the team’s first loss when leading by 4 runs or more in the 9th inning since 2011.
Not great!
This is the worst Yankees team I’ve seen since the early 90’s and I was a kid then. They’re terrible. They have a “worst loss of the season” loss every other week.
— Randy Wilkins (@pamsson) August 13, 2023
Bad teams find ways to lose. Simple as that. The worst Yankee season of my lifetime cannot end soon enough!!!
— John Jastremski (@john_jastremski) August 13, 2023
Terrible. The Yankees haven't won a road series since beating the worst team in baseball on June 29th. This season is worth nothing at this point. They find new lows. Seek out the next rock bottom. No one will be held accountable for this. We are all embarrassed by this franchise
— Keith McPherson (@Keith_McPherson) August 13, 2023
I was utterly unaffected by the loss today and it felt amazing. You are fooling yourself if you’re still caring and thinking these games matter
— Tommy Smokes (@TomScibelli) August 13, 2023
Every single person in and around Baseball : Yankees stink
Yankee fans : We agree
Hal Steinbrenner : I don't understand why fans are mad
— fan of the Yankees (@realboshek) August 14, 2023
Things don’t get any easier for the Yankees. They travel to Atlanta to take on the best-in-baseball Braves for three games before returning home to the Bronx and playing the Red Sox.