A lot for beginning September on a excessive notice.
The Yankees opened the ultimate month of the common season with an unsightly, sloppy, ugly loss to the Cardinals, 14-7, on Sunday in The Bronx.
Worse, they’ve misplaced 4 of 5 as they attempt to dangle onto their lead over Baltimore within the AL East, as they dropped a second straight collection to a Nationwide League crew that’s now not in playoff competition.
Sunday’s loss featured a little bit of every little thing: Dangerous beginning pitching by Nestor Cortes, a horrible displaying from the bullpen and a few shaky protection and baserunning.
And even with the Cardinals spending many of the afternoon making errors within the subject, they nonetheless had been capable of put the Yankees away, because the Yankees gave up a season-high 21 hits.
After falling behind 7-2 within the high of the fifth, the Yankees got here again to tie the sport with three runs within the backside of the fifth and two extra within the sixth, however the effort was wasted because of a five-run inning within the high of the seventh by St. Louis, who knocked round Jake Cousins and Tommy Kahnle for 5 runs.
The large blow was a three-run double by Lars Nootbar off Kahnle.
The distress started with Cortes, who’d allowed only one run in 20 2/3 innings in his earlier three begins, however was knocked round for 5 runs on 9 hits in 4 innings Sunday.
He wasn’t helped by Juan Soto, who was thrown out making an attempt to steal second within the first inning after which misplayed Brendan Donovan’s fly ball to deep right-center to open the second right into a double.
Donovan scored on Jordan Walker’s single to proper to offer St. Louis a 1-0 lead.
After Cortes gave up three straight hits to begin the second to place runners on first and second and nobody out, Victor Scott tried a sacrifice bunt, however Anthony Rizzo, in his first recreation since June 16, pounced on the ball and made a robust throw to 3rd for the power.
Cortes then picked off Nootbar at second and stored it a one-run deficit.
Giancarlo Stanton’s 112-MPH rocket into the seats in left tied the sport within the backside of the inning and Walker’s second dangerous play in proper led to a Jazz Chisholm Jr. floor rule double.
Chisholm scored from second when he took off to 3rd with Nolan Arenado not close to the bottom after which scored when Mikolas’ throw to 3rd obtained away from Arenado to offer the Yankees a 2-1.
However St. Louis went forward once more within the fourth.
Because the skies opened briefly within the high of the inning, Cortes gave up a pair of singles, however whiffed the following two batters earlier than Masyn Winn snuck a two-run double down the left subject line.
Luken Baker adopted with a two-run shot to left to make it 5-2.
Scott Effross, in his first look since 2022 Tommy John surgical procedure, was terrible within the fifth.
All 4 batters he confronted hit balls clocked over 100 MPH, together with Jordan Walker’s two-run homer.
The Yankees stormed again towards right-hander Miles Mikolas within the backside of the fifth.
Chisholm led off with a single and scored on Rizzo’s double down the left subject line.
Anthony Volpe adopted with a comebacker and Mikolas had Rizzo hung up between second and third, however inexplicably threw to first as a substitute, the place Goldschmidt dropped it for an error.
With runners on the corners, Alex Verdugo had an RBI single and Gleyber Torres adopted with a run-scoring hit to finish Mikolas’ afternoon.
Dealing with lefty John King, Soto grounded right into a double play.
After King fell behind Aaron Choose 2-0, the Cardinals walked him deliberately and Austin Wells grounded out.
The Yankees had runners on first and third when Riley O’Brien entered to face Volpe.
Volpe knocked in a run when Winn misplayed his one-hopper into a success and Verdugo adopted with a single that loaded the bases for Torres, who drilled a sacrifice fly to right-center that tied the sport.
Soto then despatched one to the fence in left, however Nootbar managed to make the catch.
The sport fell aside for the Yankees within the seventh.
