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of New York Yankees offense The issue, which has been so feared throughout the 2022 MLB regular season, has hit a wall and manager Aaron Boone hopes to light a fire under his team before it’s too late.
5th time in August, Yankees blankedlost 4-0 to the Toronto Blue Jays at Yankee Stadium on Friday night.
Yankees infielder DJ LeMahieu said, “I feel a little bit of pressure. ‘Ticking, frustration, all that.'”
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Boone agreed after the loss as the Yankees’ lead in the League East had dwindled to eight games.
“We have to pick ourselves up now and start playing better, plain and simple,” Boone said, according to ESPN.
“You put a lot into trying to shake hands at the end of the day. So we have to dig in. Get ourselves out,” Boone said. “We can sit here and keep answering questions and talking about it…but we have to do it. I know it happens, but it really sucks to go through it.
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After starting the season at breakneck pace, New York It’s been a tough fight since the All-Star break, going 9-19 to start the second half of the regular season. This is his third shutout in the last six games for New York and his fifth loss in the same period.
New York’s only win of the week came against the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday, when Josh Donaldson hit a walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the 10th, allowing the Yankees to give up three runs.
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‘I don’t give crap [divisional] Boone said. we will handle it. You can talk about it – 8, 9, 7, 10 – we need to play better. We handle business. we are in a great place. we understand that. But we have to handle our own business. “
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New York and Toronto will play the second game of a three-game series on Saturday at 1:05 PM ET.
The Associated Press contributed to this report