After Sweeping Baltimore, Yankees Put Up Dud Against Chicago

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August 28, 2018

By Anthony Rieber, Newsday

The Yankees were probably tired after playing a day-night doubleheader on Saturday and a Sunday night game in Baltimore before starting a seven-game homestand against the White Sox on Monday night. That’s understandable.

But manager Aaron Boone was not pleased about what he called “sluggish” play in a 6-2 loss before 41,456 at Yankee Stadium.

The Yankees managed only three hits and committed three errors, including two in an ugly top of the ninth inning that Boone used a mild expletive to describe.

“[Bad] ninth inning there where we just didn’t play well,” Boone said. “Overall, I didn’t think we caught the ball well . . . All and all, we didn’t play a very clean brand of baseball tonight.”

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