Schadenfreude 363 (A Continuing Series)

Ouch.

Friday

Yankees - 000 330 312 - 12 15  2
Marlins - 000 040 603 - 13 12  1

Saturday

Yankees - 000 000 000 - 0  2  0
Marlins - 100 100 00x - 2  4  0

Sunday

Yankees - 100 000 200 - 3  6  0
Marlins - 030 300 10x - 7  9  0

Never-Say-Die Marlins Storm Back For Stunning Walk-Off Win vs. Yankees

Christina De Nicola, mlb.com

The Marlins handed the Yankees their first loss on the road when scoring 12 runs or more since July 24, 1940, vs. the St. Louis Browns at Sportsman's Park. It was the first time the Yankees lost a nine-inning game when scoring 12 runs or more since Aug. 12, 1973, vs. the A's.

Am I going to share those old linescores? . . . You're Fuckin A right I am!

July 24, 1940

Yankees - 602 200 002 - 12 11  3
Browns  - 210 322 202 - 14 17  1

August 12, 1973

Athletics - 200 201 620 - 13 12  2
Yankees   - 302 402 001 - 12 18  5

Michael Kay Was Incredulous After Yankees' Choke Against Marlins: 'Worst Loss Of The Year'
Matt Ehalt, Post

The Yankees held leads of six, five and two runs against Miami on Friday, yet surrendered each in a devastating 13-12 loss Friday night at loanDepot Park.

The Bronx Bombers' pen has had its fair share of blowups this year, but even YES announcer Michael Kay could not believe what he watched — especially after the three new touted relievers acquired at the trade deadline each had forgettable first impressions.

"It is hard to believe what we just watched. Oh, my goodness. What a loss for the Yankees," Kay said . . . "All three relievers that the Yankees acquired, that were so touted, that the Yankees acquired, they all did not do their job tonight. And then it ends this way, in a game that the Yankees led 6-0. And we keep digging new holes … and this one goes under the worst loss of the year."

If the Yankees miss out on the postseason, it will be easy to point at Friday's game as the "Well, that's the game that cost them" moment of the season.

All-Star Carlos Rodon received a 6-0 lead and couldn't complete five innings, and reliever Jonathan Loaisiga allowed two inherited runners to score to turn a 6-2 game into 6-4 contest.

New reliever Jake Bird took the field in the seventh with a 9-4 lead, but allowed a grand slam while tallying just one out.

Ex-Pirates closer David Bednar replaced him and surrendered a game-tying homer and a go-ahead RBI single in the disastrous seventh that turned the five-run edge into a 10-9 deficit.

The Yankees rallied to give Doval a 12-10 lead in the ninth but he could not get the job done, with Jose Caballero's costly error putting the game-winning run at third with one out.

Marlins Announcer Dunks On Sad Yankees Fan During Shocking Comeback

Ethan Sears, Post

While the YES Network broadcast was in full misery mode watching the Yankees melt down Friday night, the Marlins' broadcast crew one booth over was taking a victory lap.

Tommy Hutton, the analyst on the FanDuel Sports Marlins telecast, perhaps took some exception to the amount of Yankees fans who showed up in South Beach and let it be known after Jose Caballero's error tied the game at 12-12 in the ninth inning.

"Give me a couple of more looks like that!" Hutton said, as the broadcast cut to a Yankees fan doing a full surrender cobra. "Come on, give 'em to me. Thanks for coming, though!"

The Marlins won the game, 13-12, shortly thereafter on Agustin Ramirez's swinging bunt, which scored Xavier Edwards from third.

It was the first time since 1940 that the Yankees scored 12 runs on the road and lost, as they blew leads of 6-0, 9-4 and 12-10, respectively.

Making it even worse was that four different trade deadline acquisitions played central roles in the disaster.

Pitchers Jake Bird, David Bednar and Camilo Doval combined to give up nine runs (seven earned) in 2.1 innings, while Caballero allowed a base hit in the ninth inning to go under his glove and all the way to the wall, with two runs scoring and Edwards getting to third. . . .

Jazz Chisholm Commits Inexcusable Yankees Baserunning Blunder

Greg Joyce, Post

The Yankees have a new candidate for the most unforgivable baserunning play of the season.

Jazz Chisholm Jr. was doubled off at first base on a high popout to second base in the top of the second inning Saturday afternoon, inexplicably dancing off the base before trying to dive back too late. . . .

Chisholm remained out on the field after the blunder because it was the third out of the inning, but then, when he returned to the dugout after the bottom of the second, manager Aaron Boone pulled him underneath for what looked like a conversation. . . .

Boone was also seen expressing his frustrations with first base coach Travis Chapman in the dugout, likely for not making an over-concerted effort to get Chisholm back to the bag.

Chisholm's mental gaffe was just the latest in a line of many by the Yankees this season. The last one was Austin Wells getting tagged out in the bottom of the ninth inning Wednesday after thinking there were three outs.

YES Network Team Cannot Believe How Yankees Collapsed Against Marlins: 'Like A Little League Game'

Bryan Fonseca, Post

The YES Network broadcast crew watched in disbelief as the Bombers surrendered 6-0, 9-4 and 12-10 leads on Friday to the Marlins. Miami pulled off a nearly improbable three-run ninth-inning rally to give the Yankees a 13-12 defeat.

As Marlins infielder Xavier Edwards tied the score in the ninth with a hit, assisted by an error in right field from new Yankee José Caballero, the YES broadcast of Michael Kay and Paul O'Neill voiced their shock.

"Michael, you get to a point where you just can't make this up … it's like a Little League game going on out here," O'Neill said.

"This whole game, Paul, kind of has the feel of you're having a bad dream and you cannot wake up," Kay replied.

The game was especially rough for many of the new acquisitions that the Yankees added leading up to the deadline.

Reliever Camilo Doval blew the save and was tagged with the loss in the bottom of the ninth.

Jake Bird only recorded one out and allowed four earned runs.

David Bednar allowed two earned runs.

And Caballero's blunder was effectively the nail in the coffin, as the Marlins won on an infield dribbler moments later.

Yankees Staring Down 'Real Gut-Check Time' After Getting Embarrassingly Swept By Marlins

Greg Joyce, Post

The Yankees arrived [in Miami] Thursday night having won four of their past five games and with some extra juice from a strong trade deadline.

By the end of the weekend, though, they had essentially tripped and spilled the juice all over themselves.

A miserable series came to a fitting end Sunday when Luis Gil sputtered in his season debut, putting the Yankees in a hole they could not climb out of in a 7-3 loss as the Marlins swept them . . . the first time in franchise history the Yankees were swept by the Marlins . . .

And then the offense was quiet again Sunday as the excitement over Gil's return quickly fizzled.

The end result was the Yankees (60-52) falling further into third place in the AL East, 1.5 games behind the Red Sox and 4.5 behind the Blue Jays.

"It's getting to be real gut check time," manager Aaron Boone said. . . .

The Yankees . . . hope to get Aaron Judge back from the injured list Tuesday. But they will need more than the likely AL MVP alone to right the ship, as their struggles have lasted nearly two months, long before Judge got hurt.

Since . . . May 28, the Yankees have gone 25-32, a stretch that accounts for over a third of their season.

They were still a season-high 17 games above .500 on June 12 before going 18-27 through Sunday. . . .

For the second straight day, the Yankees were shut down by a Marlins starter, this time Edward Cabrera, who allowed just two hits and one walk over six innings of one-run ball . . .

Meanwhile, Gil failed to make it out of the fourth inning as he walked four and gave up five runs in 3.1 innings. . . .[He] struggled with his command, falling behind often and driving up his pitch count to 77 before he was pulled.

A Healthy Luis Gil Leaves A Lot To Be Desired Out Of Yankees Return

Dave Blezow, Post

"I felt really, really good, and that's what's important," Gil said through an interpreter Sunday after giving up five runs in 3.1 innings of a 7-3 loss to the Marlins that chased the Yankees away from south Florida as sweep victims. . . .

Gil was pitching for the Yankees for the first time since he started Game 4 of the World Series against the Dodgers on Oct. 29 at Yankee Stadium. . . .

Gil threw 77 pitches . . . 44 were strikes and 33 were balls. Gil threw a first-pitch strike to only eight of the 19 batters he faced. . . .

"That wasn't commanding the way I wanted it," Gil said.

Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez Eviscerate Reeling Yankees: 'Can't Make This Up'
Thomas Gamba-Ellis, Post

During the [Saturday] FOX Sports pregame show . . . Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez bluntly criticized their former team.

When asked about the Yankees' back-to-back losses against the Marlins on Friday and Saturday, Rodriguez wasted no time calling out the pitching performances.

"You can't make this up," Rodriguez said. "I mean, look, you can bring in nine relievers, it's not going to make a difference. I don't care if you bring back their '98 bullpen with Mariano [Rivera], Mike Stanton, and Jeff Nelson, if your pitchers are going 3.1, 4.1, it's not going to work." . . .

"Here is my biggest concern," Rodriguez said. "You bring in seven guys and you're still miles away from winning a world title. … You've got to restructure this roster. . . . I'm not sure where you go from here." he concluded.

Jeter . . . pointed out the amount of mistakes the team has had in recent games.

"They make way too many mistakes," Jeter said. "And you can't get away with making that number of mistakes against great teams. . . . They had base running mistakes today — you saw the guy getting thrown out at home plate. You can't continue to do it. You have to clean it up."

Additionally, Yankees second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. had a base running blunder during Saturday's loss, getting doubled off at first base following a caught pop fly to Miami's second baseman.

Jeter then said that the solution for the Yankees was simple — they just have to play better.

Holy shit! Brilliant analysis, Jetes! But I wish I could hear the Large Father's thought . . .

"Glub. Glub."