It turned out to be, in every sense, the exact opposite of the narrative the Yankees wanted to create on Friday night.

One young pitcher’s encore falls short of his debut. The debut of the second pitcher takes place in about the same difficult situation as for his worst enemy. The two bands of dominance cease.

The season remains in danger.

A long day in Baltimore is over 6: 3 defeat to Orioles on Friday night, completing the Yankees’ overall streak of 19 wins over O, as well as Ivolga Park 18-0 at Camden Yards. Both rolls have reached their peak. 6-5, winning the 9th inning in Game 1 this doubleheader, a rollercoaster competition that spoke not only of their successes, but also of the hardships of these Yankees.

With a total score of 21-17 and 5-11 in the last 16 games, the Yankees have swallowed the moral that even the emergence of promising young hands cannot effectively cure their concerns. Instead of enthusiastic talks about the long-awaited entry of Clark Schmidt into the big leagues, we began to discuss the circumstances of this entry.

Bottom Line: Yeah, Aaron Boone put his rookie on one tricky spot by asking starter Schmidt to help his fellow prodigy, Davey Garcia, with two outs: runners in the first and second inning and one lead in the fifth inning. And while the Orioles had a hard time welcoming Schmidt in prime time, crushing his passes, they posted their hits – Ryan Mountcastle’s single, Rio Ruiz single and Pat Valaiki’s double – four rounds before the 24-year-old recorded third defeat. …

I was ready to go to ruin the city on Buna because of the bad timing. Nevertheless, hearing who else is from the Yankees, their bullpen in tatters from the schedule and the club’s struggle, was available – Albert Abreu and Miguel Yajure – it is rather difficult to overdo it with the manager. Staying with Garcia, whose 95th serve has just been leveled to the left for Pedro Severino’s single, would be a terrible idea too. With no good options, Boone ended up, which is not shocking, with poor results.

“Not an ideal situation to bring him in,” Boone admitted, “but out of necessity. I’m glad he got out now to get one under his belt. “

“To get into the big leagues, I am very happy and very, very grateful,” Schmidt said. “Obviously I have a lot of work to do and I have to get better next time.”

The Yankees remained tied in second place in the AL East with the Blue Jays, who shared their doubleheader with the Red Sox, and overall they continued clumsily. If their victory in the first game spoke of their determination, as Miguel Andujar did, it just remembered replace injured Gio Urshel – staged a good single scored by Jonathan Holder (not a typo) from third base – this also reflected their mediocrity as they repeatedly missed chances early in the game and were forced to replay 4-3, the fifth inning leads to Ben Heller, who quickly served the ball with a gopher to Renato Nunez and after the game chose an alternative location to make room for Schimdt.

It was the first player in the first game, Michael King, to admit (between games), “There’s definitely a little pressure on us. We talk a lot about this in the bullpen. ”

How could it not be? Immediately after signing a $ 324 million contract with Gerrit Cole (which fell to $ 301.3 million due to the close of the pandemic), the Yankees entered this shortened season as the American League favorites and instead went 2-8 against their rivals. with low wages. Race, crushed by injuries for the second year in a row, they were unable to replicate their 2019 masterpiece Next Man Up. Urschela (right ulna spur) and Jonathan Loisiga (unidentified health) finished 14th and 15th. Players will be on the Injured List this season.

“I feel like we’re having a hard time right now,” Boone said after Game 1, and Game 2 confirmed that he was a fortuneteller. The Yankees can’t create a functional story right now. Even at a level that inspired them like no other.