Punchless Yanks lose 9th straight for first time since ’82

NEW YORK — The items had been in place for the Yankees on Tuesday evening.

Yet the Yankees had been unable to tug themselves out of the rut, falling to the Nationals, 2-1, within the opener of a three-game sequence at Yankee Stadium. New York has dropped 9 straight contests, marking the membership’s longest dropping streak since September 1982.

Rodón twirled six robust innings of one-run ball, with Carter Kieboom’s solo residence run within the third the one injury in opposition to him. It was the longest outing of the southpaw’s pinstriped tenure, and he did it in simply 68 pitches (41 strikes). It was additionally tied for the fewest runs he has allowed amongst his seven begins, matching his Subway Series debut on July 26, when he earned his solely win.

But the Yankees’ bats remained chilly, managing just one hit in six frames off Washington starter Josiah Gray. That got here off the bat of catcher Ben Rortvedt, who answered Kieboom with a homer of his personal within the backside half of the inning. Even after Gray gave approach to the bullpen, the Yanks tallied just one extra hit. They didn’t rating one other run with it, although, permitting CJ Abrams’ eighth-inning solo shot to carry because the game-winner.