SAN DIEGO — The Yankees spent many of the weekend suffocating the Padres’ offense.
Then Schmidt occurred within the sixth inning Sunday, although Clarke Schmidt wasn’t precisely guilty.
In opposition to Schmidt and two relievers, the Padres lastly broke out for a four-run rally on an error, a fielder’s alternative, two walks and three singles (one bunt and one swinging bunt) to keep away from a sweep and hand the Yankees a 5-2 loss at Petco Park.
Schmidt had taken a shutout into the sixth inning, with the Yankees (37-18) giving him a 1-0 lead within the high of the body on Juan Soto’s RBI double.
However the wheels fell off from there because the Padres (28-28) snapped the Yankees’ four-game successful streak heading into an off day on Memorial Day.
Schmidt allowed the primary two batters to succeed in within the backside of the sixth — Jake Cronenworth on a floor ball that went proper underneath the backhanded glove of Gleyber Torres for his seventh error of the season and Manny Machado on a five-pitch stroll.
That marked the tip of Schmidt’s day, although he nonetheless grew to become the 14th straight Yankees starter to throw no less than 5 innings and permit two runs or fewer — tying the MLB report since 1893.
However the Yankees bullpen didn’t present a lot reduction. Lefty Victor Gonzalez entered and walked pinch-hitter Donovan Solano on 5 pitches to load the bases.
Jackson Merrill then hit a one-hopper to Anthony Rizzo that he snared and threw to second for the pressure out, however Cronenworth scored from third to tie the sport.
Ha-Seong Kim got here up subsequent and laid down a well-placed bunt between the mound and first base. Rizzo tried to barehand it to have a play on the plate, however he couldn’t decide it cleanly and the Padres took a 2-1 lead.
Then with two outs, Luis Arraez lined a single again up the center off Gonzalez for the 3-1 lead earlier than Fernando Tatis Jr. acquired off a check-swing dribbler down the third-base line off Dennis Santana to make it 4-1.
Alex Verdugo hit a solo dwelling run to guide off the ninth inning, however that was as shut because the Yankees would get.
Schmidt and Joe Musgrove spent the primary 5 innings buying and selling zeroes whereas working round site visitors earlier than the Yankees lastly scored first within the high of the sixth.
Anthony Volpe prolonged his career-high hitting streak to 19 video games with a single lined up the center after which stole second base, his eleventh swipe of the 12 months. That set him as much as rating when Soto roped a line drive previous the attain of Tatis to place the Yankees up 1-0.
With Schmidt being charged for a pair of runs within the backside of the inning — solely considered one of them earned — the Yankees starters’ scoreless streak got here to an finish at 30 ¹/₃ innings.
The Padres later padded their lead within the seventh when Cronenworth and Machado hit back-to-back doubles off Caleb Ferguson.
