it would have been scored a first-round knockdown by the
Phillies. Jameson Taillon gave up four runs while only recording a single out,
and this deficit proved almost too steep to overcome. However, the Yankees were
able to get up after a nine-count only to see Aroldis Chapman blow it in extras.
Let’s see how it unfolded.The Yankees came out swinging, and went down in order
on six pitches in the top of the first. Things couldn’t have been different for
Taillon in the bottom half, as he was on the ropes from the first pitch he
threw. The Phillies loaded the bases with three straight leadoff singles. Bryce
Harper knocked in two with a single up the middle to put the Yankees in a first
inning two-run hole. Taillon then reloaded the bases with a walk to Rhys
Hoskins, only for Andrew McCutchen to drive in the Phillies’ third run with a
sac fly to the warning track. They then added a fourth on an RBI single from
Alec Bohm, which knocked Taillon from the game.This was by far the worst we have
seen from Taillon this season. He pushed most of the counts to two-strikes, but
proved utterly incapable of putting guys away. Phillies hitters had no issue
fouling off pitches until Taillon made a mistake, and they made him pay every
time. Courtesy of StatcastThat’s 14 two-strike pitches without recording a
single out. Yikes. Taillon’s final line: 0.1 innings, five hits, four runs, one
walk, no strikeouts
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34 pitches. Nestor Cortes came on in relief and promptly loaded the bases once
more on a Ronald Torreyes single. He did escape the inning with strikeouts of
Vince Velasquez and Odubel Herrera to limit the deficit to 4-0.Gary Sánchez took
a bite out of the Phillies’ lead with his solo home run to deep left-center in
the top of the second off Velasquez, as he continued to make his case to regain
the permanent starting catcher role. EL GARY (via @TalkinYanks)
pic.twitter.com/bzmyhIgEoY— Yankees Videos June 12, 2021After Miguel Andújar
muscled a single to left, Brett Gardner reduced the arrears to two with an RBI
triple to right. Gardy comes through pic.twitter.com/zixJZsph6i— New York
Yankees June 12, 2021Cortes worked into and out of trouble in the home half,
walking Realmuto and surrendering a Harper single, but escaped with the score
still at 4-2. DJ LeMahieu led off the third with a double down the right field
line but was left stranded. Nothing much happened until the bottom of the fourth
when Herrera doubled to lead off, took third on a wild pitch, and scored on a
Jean Segura single to make it 5-2 Phils.The Yankees created some traffic in the
fifth with a leadoff Gardner single and pinch-hit walk by Chris Gittens, but
Velasquez retired the next three in order. The Phillies tacked on two more in
the bottom half, with Luis Cessa looking like the Cessa of old. He walked
Hoskins, and then gave up two straight singles and a double to Torreyes before
recording a single out in the inning. He settled down the rest of the frame, but
not before the Phillies extended their lead to 7-2.Rougned Odor clawed back a
consolation run in the sixth with a 428-foot solo shot off the facing of the
upper deck in right. Odor with the moonshot pic.twitter.com/QPW1Q5roUi— New York
Yankees June 12, 2021There was one positive on the pitching side for the
Yankees, with Zack Britton making his season debut after working back from
offseason surgery to remove bone chips from his throwing elbow. Even though the
velocity sat between 92 and 94 mph, his sinker displayed its trademark bowling
ball action as he retired the side in order on eleven pitches
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Sánchez collected his second RBI of the night with an eighth inning single. The
bloop to right field scored Aaron Judge, who led off the inning with a single of
his own and advanced to second on a Gio Urshela groundout. Just when all hope
seemed lost, the Yankees mounted a ninth-inning rally. Gardner and Tyler Wade
each drew one-out walks, bringing LeMahieu to the plate. He drilled a 2-2 Hector
Neris splitter into the seats in left center. The 109.1 mph, 397 foot three-run
shot brought the Yankees all the way back to tie it all up at 7-7.DJ’s Greatest
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pic.twitter.com/6E8HqrEk9k— New York Yankees June 12, 2021Chad Green looked
poised to spoil the comeback after giving up a leadoff double to Harper in the
bottom of the ninth. However, he buckled down and retired the next three
hitters, including a game-saving diving play by Gleyber Torres, to send this one
to extras.Torres with the tough defense. pic.twitter.com/JWuV0X0gQR— New York
Yankees June 12, 2021The Yankees wasted their chance to grab a lead in the
tenth. Torres started on second, but misread an Urshela grounder and failed to
advance. Sánchez and a pinch-hitting Higashioka both struck out, and you could
feel this one slip away. Indeed, Aroldis Chapman came on in the bottom of the
tenth, and sailed a throw to first on a Travis Jankowski sac bunt attempt,
allowing Torreyes to go to third. He scored the winning run on a Segura infield
single that Urshela gloved on a diving play, but could not throw fast enough to
home.Alexa: play High Hopes. #RingTheBell pic.twitter.com/W5qtae3877—
Philadelphia Phillies June 13, 2021It wasn’t as immediately devastating as
Chapman’s recent blown save against the Twins and didn’t exactly have a lot of
hard contact, but the result was the same: a Yankees loss. They now sit just two
games over .500, or exactly where they were after the Red Sox swept them last
weekend.The Yankees will try to split this series tomorrow, with Domingo Germán
taking on Aaron Nola. First pitch is scheduled for 1:05 p.m. ET, so join us in
the game thread.Box Score
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