THE SEPTEMBER SKID

Source: New York Post

The Yankees—Sigh. The game at the Stadium on Saturday afternoon was painful to watch. I was predicting the outcomes of at bats throughout the game to the point of calling balls and strikes accurately.  The writing was on the wall. It actually was on the wall Friday too, but somehow the Yankees erased it with a "walkoff" win. But not Saturday. The September Skid seems to be in full swing. And the Orioles are the top offenders.

"Joey Gallo snapped an 0-for-17 skid with a game-tying home run in the eighth, but Chapman loaded the bases and coughed up the go-ahead run in the ninth for a costly 4-3 loss to the last-place Orioles at the Stadium," reported the New York Post.

Source: The Daily News

The real coverage of the game was on Twitter where I saw the word "garbage" being thrown around a lot as fans just were filled with disgust over the Yankees inability to even hit off of a team that has 6.19 ERA for the season. "Twenty-five New York batters were held hitless until Gleyber Torres delivered a pinch-hit, seventh-inning RBI single, one kicked around by second baseman Jahmai Jones. An inning later, DJ LeMahieu reached on a dribbler before Gallo launched a 375-foot drive to right field, the slugger’s 31st homer of the year and his sixth with the Yankees," reported MLB.com.

Yankee Skipper Aaron Boone stated the obvious, “Look, these games are super important,” Boone said. “And we’re trying to win them. We got held down today, so that’s frustrating and unfortunate. We’ve got a big one tomorrow that we’ve got to grab," reported MLB.com. I would say so, Aaron. The Yankees actually needed to win this series and the next one in Baltimore to pick up six wins against a team that is so far out of the hunt for the pennant that in soccer they would be relegated. 

The Yankees are feeling the September Skid but they better get over it quickly because time is running out for these 2021 Bombers. Just a few more weeks and MLB will be ushering in the postseason. This Yankee team needs to ask themselves what side of that they want to be on. 

--Suzie Pinstripe
BYB Managing Editor
Twitter: @suzieprof