Yankees drop home opener to Blue Jays as offense is stifled again in 3-0 loss

Today wasn’t the best day for this Yankees’ offense, who have seemed to hit a lull in their recent games as this is the second time they’ve been shut out in the last three days. Marcus Stroman was brilliant, doing everything he could to give the Yankees a fighting chance, as he allowed just three hits and one walk across his six innings of scoreless baseball. In his two starts with the Bronx Bombers thus far, he’s yet to allow an earned run.

Pitching has not been an issue for the Yankees, but eerily similar to last year, the offense completely laid an egg, as they struggled to do much of anything when they made contact. It’s hard to call a team with Aaron Judge, Juan Soto, and Giancarlo Stanton incapable of doing damage on contact, but they’ve somehow had the power seeped out of them. It’s an odd sentence to write, but somehow the Bronx Bombers are…not hitting for enough power?

The Toronto Blue Jays needed just one swing to give them a lead they wouldn’t relinquish, as Ernie Clement drove a ball into the left-field seats for a solo blast on the first pitch from Caleb Ferguson. They’d exchange more zeroes until the ninth inning, where the Blue Jays would add two insurance runs after Nick Burdi lost control of the strike zone and sailed two balls past Jose Trevino to allow to runners to cross home plate.

As an offense, they had six hits and three walks, but they were unable to get anyone into scoring position until the ninth and didn’t have a single extra base hit.

Now, the Yankees fall to 6-2 on the season, losing their first series opener of the year, but they’ll have a chance to bounce back tomorrow. The Yankees are throwing Clarke Schmidt as he goes up against Kevin Gausman for a Saturday night contest in the Bronx.