A rough outing from Will Warren put the New York Yankees in an early hole they couldn’t escape as they fell 11-4 to the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday night at Citizens Bank Park. The loss dropped the Yankees to 59-46, while the Phillies improved to 57-49.
Philadelphia wasted little time against Warren, scoring in each of the first three innings. Trea Turner tripled to open the game and scored on Kyle Schwarber’s sacrifice fly before Bryson Stott added a solo homer in the second. The game unraveled in the third after Warren retired the first two batters. An intentional walk to Brandon Marsh loaded the bases for Alec Bohm, who answered with a three-run double following a nine-pitch at-bat. Stott followed with an RBI single to cap the six-run start. Warren exited after allowing six earned runs on six hits over three innings while striking out five.
The Yankees briefly made things interesting in the fifth. An errant pickoff throw by Phillies starter Cristopher Sanchez allowed Ali Sanchez to score before Jasson Dominguez added a sacrifice groundout. Anthony Volpe lined an RBI double down the left-field line to trim the deficit to 6-3. Ben Rice later connected for a solo homer, but New York couldn’t generate another rally.
After Tim Hill and Camilo Doval combined to stabilize the game, Ryan Yarbrough ran into trouble in the sixth. Four consecutive singles, a bases-loaded hit batter and Stott’s bases-clearing double broke the game open. Stott finished with three hits and five RBIs, falling a triple short of the cycle, while every Phillies hitter except J.T. Realmuto recorded at least one hit.
The Yankees continue their road trip Monday when they open a four-game series against the Chicago White Sox. First pitch is scheduled for 7:40 p.m., with Max Fried (4-3, 2.97 ERA) set to face fellow left-hander Noah Schultz (3-7, 6.04 ERA).
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