Try it free <\/a><\/p>\nOver the next 153 pitches from Severino and four relievers, the Yankees recorded 27 outs and added just one hit \u2014 a fourth-inning single from Amed Rosario erased by a double play.<\/p>\n
In the early weeks of the season, the Yankees have so often found a way, typically producing a timely hit that would swing a game in their direction.<\/p>\n
On this night, that hit never arrived.<\/p>\n
The Yankees bats made like the weather and froze, applying too much pressure to a bullpen that eventually cracked when David Bednar allowed the go-ahead run in the ninth in what became a 3-2 loss to the A\u2019s in front of 38,147 shivering fans in The Bronx on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s just baseball,\u201d J.C. Escarra said. \u201cWe\u2019ve had a lot of good games offensively. Today wasn\u2019t one of them.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Yankees (8-3), who have fallen by one run in each of their losses, would have to take the rubber game Thursday afternoon to win a fourth series in as many tries this season.<\/p>\n
The losing pitcher was Bednar, who had thrown 14 pitches to record a save Tuesday and could not pitch his way out of danger as he has so often.<\/p>\n
After excellent, shutdown work from Tim Hill, Camilo Doval and Brent Headrick, the closer allowed hard contact to Nick Kurtz for a single and Shea Langeliers for a double before Brent Rooker lofted a sacrifice fly to score the go-ahead run.<\/p>\n
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Cody Bellinger reacts after he strikes out swinging to end the seventh inning of the Yankees\u2019 3-2 loss to the A\u2019s on April 8, 2026 at the Stadium.
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In the bitter cold and after plenty of work in the World Baseball Classic, Bednar\u2019s velocity has dipped a bit.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think once we get rolling into this, he\u2019ll be fine,\u201d manager Aaron Boone said of a closer who was not the problem.<\/p>\n
The problem was an offense that went silent. Nos. 4-9 in the order went 1-for-20.<\/p>\n
Of particular note were Ben Rice (0-for-4 with four strikeouts) and Ryan McMahon (0-for-3 with a walk, two strikeouts and a double play that drew boos).<\/p>\n
\u201cMac\u2019s a good major league hitter,\u201d Boone said of McMahon. \u201cWe\u2019re 10 games in. \u2026 He\u2019ll get it rolling.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Yankees got to old friend Severino immediately but never again.<\/p>\n
In a long bottom of the first, the Yankees strung three hits together and scored quickly, the seventh pitch a looper down the left field line from Cody Bellinger. Later in the frame, Jazz Chisholm Jr. walked to load the bases before Escarra drew his own walk to push a second run across.<\/p>\n
Rosario struck out with the bases loaded on Severino\u2019s 32nd pitch, and Yankees hitters were not heard from again.<\/p>\n
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Closer David Bednar reacts in frustration after giving up the go-ahead run in the ninth inning of the Yankees\u2019 loss to the A\u2019s at the Stadium., Robert Sabo for NY Post<\/p>\n
\u201cThe story was we just didn\u2019t score when we had a chance to throw a knockout punch early,\u201d Boone said after the Yankees went 1-for-6 with runners in scoring position against Severino and wasted their few chances, including inning-ending double plays in the second (off Aaron Judge\u2019s bat) and fourth (McMahon).<\/p>\n
Severino walked Trent Grisham to begin his fifth and final inning, but bounced back and struck out Judge and later Rice, roaring off the Yankee Stadium mound like it was 2017.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s got great stuff and he didn\u2019t flinch,\u201d Boone said of Severino.<\/p>\n
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Luis Severino reacts after giving up a run to the Yankees during the first inning. JASON SZENES FOR THE NEW YORK POST<\/p>\n
Will Warren (4 \u00b2\/\u2083 innings, two runs on five hits and three walks while striking out five) was not sharp but kept the Yankees around.<\/p>\n
Both runs the righty allowed came in the fourth, when the team that used to be from Oakland put together a two-out rally. Consecutive singles from Lawrence Butler, Max Muncy and Jeff McNeil \u2014 the last a shot through the left side of the infield that resulted in Butler diving home just ahead of a throw from Bellinger \u2014 scored one run. After Warren walked No. 9 hitter Carlos Cortes to load the bases, he dirted a curveball that bounced off Escarra, the wild pitch tying the game.<\/p>\n
The best potential Yankees rally late arrived in the seventh, when a pair of walks brought Bellinger to the plate with two outs. He swung through a curveball and spiked his bat into the dirt.<\/p>\n
\u201cCouldn\u2019t break through,\u201d Boone said, \u201cand then they held us down.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An image collage containing 3 images, Image 1 shows New York Yankees left fielder Cody Bellinger (35) reacts…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":671508,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2376],"tags":[1797,106,1348,5,731,14554,545,945,33519,1365,1100,1121,1363,1332,4810,1327,1532,4,1690,62,2548,2547,459,1494,3442,22139,4791,122,772,142],"class_list":{"0":"post-671507","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-yankees","8":"tag-aaron-boone","9":"tag-aaron-judge","10":"tag-amed-rosario","11":"tag-baseball","12":"tag-ben-rice","13":"tag-brent-headrick","14":"tag-brent-rooker","15":"tag-camilo-doval","16":"tag-carlos-cortes","17":"tag-cody-bellinger","18":"tag-david-bednar","19":"tag-j-c-escarra","20":"tag-jazz-chisholm-jr","21":"tag-jeff-mcneil","22":"tag-lawrence-butler","23":"tag-luis-severino","24":"tag-max-muncy","25":"tag-mlb","26":"tag-new-york","27":"tag-new-york-yankees","28":"tag-newyork","29":"tag-newyorkyankees","30":"tag-nick-kurtz","31":"tag-ryan-mcmahon","32":"tag-shea-langeliers","33":"tag-the-yankees","34":"tag-tim-hill","35":"tag-trent-grisham","36":"tag-will-warren","37":"tag-yankees"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116373775646350488","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=671507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671507\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/671508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=671507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=671507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=671507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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