The Giants jumped all over Marcus Stroman in the first inning and the Yankees could not recover in their 9-1 loss during a rain-shortened game on Friday night at Yankee Stadium.
The game started after a 30-minute delay, but the rain continued throughout. Couple that with strong winds, and it was a bear to deal with for both sides. The game would be delayed again in the sixth inning before it was finally called after another 26 minutes.
Here are the takeaways...
- Stroman probably wishes the game was rained out. He allowed the first five batters to reach base, as the Giants started the game with a double, walk and then a three-run shot by Jung Hoo Lee. Back-to-back walks forced the Yankees to get their bullpen up before Lamonte Wade Jr. drove a double down the line to score two more.
Stroman would get the next two batters out but Tyler Fitzgerald's single chased the veteran right-hander out of the game after getting just two outs.
Manager Aaron Boone called on Ryan Yarbrough to try and give the team length. The southpaw would get Mike Yastrzemski -- in his second at-bat of the inning -- to strike out and end the first.
Stroman's night was done after recording just two outs on 46 pitches (23 strikes), allowing five runs on four hits and three walks and striking out just one batter. The right-hander's ERA on this young season is now 11.57.
- Yarbrough did his job, pitching 2.2 scoreless innings while allowing just one hit and one walk and striking out three batters. However, the Giants broke the game open in the fifth.
Ian Hamilton walked the first two batters before striking out Heliot Ramos. Boone brought Tim Hill in to get out of the jam, but the sidearmer just couldn't find the zone. After walking the bases loaded, Hill took the out at first base after a Wilmer Flores chopper back to the mound. He then thew a wild pitch on the first pitch of the next at-bat that scored a run before giving up a run-scoring double to Patrick Bailey.
- Things went off the rails in the sixth with the Giants already up 8-1. Yoendrys Gomez could not grip the baseball and walked three straight batters to start the inning. Twelve of his first 13 pitches were balls.
The umpires all walked up to Gomez after the third walk to discuss with him before calling Boone and the groundskeeper to the mound. After a conversation, the officials let Gomez continue. To Gomez's credit, the right-hander struck out the next two batters but walked in the Giants' ninth run of the game.
Boone walked to the mound again and after some discussion, the umpires brought in the tarp.
- The Yankees' first and only run came in the second off the bat of Austin Wells. The left-handed catcher launched a pitch from LHP Robbie Ray that was projected to go 408 feet -- according to the YES Network broadcast -- but the wind, which was gusting in from right to left, had it go just 358 feet and off the top of the right-center field wall for a double that scored Anthony Volpe from second.
New York had chances to slowly cut into the Giants' lead but just couldn't get the hit. They were 1-for-5 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.
The Yankees had just two hits: the Wells double and Volpe's infield single. Aaron Judge went 0-for-1 but walked twice.
- The Yankees' bullpen was taxed on Friday but the Giants were on the verge of being in the same boat after starter Robbie Ray could ...
