Yankees’ streak snapped as Will Warren gets roughed up by Rangers
NEW YORK — With a 2. 39 ERA and the seventh-highest strikeout rate in the majors, Will Warren had quietly been one of baseball’s better pitchers over his first seven starts of the season. Wednesday’s outing left a different impression, though, as Warren surrendered six earned runs over four innings in the Yankees’ 6-1 loss to the Texas Rangers.
The defeat snapped a five-game winning streak for the pinstripers. Warren, who also totaled seven hits, three walks and seven strikeouts over 90 pitches, ran into trouble right away, serving up a two-out solo shot to Corey Seager in the first frame. More damage came in the third, when Warren issued a leadoff walk before Ezequiel Duran drove an RBI double to the gap.
Duran then scored on a two-run homer from Evan Carter. Two more walks burned Warren in the fourth, as Duran followed with a sac fly before Seager knocked an RBI single. By the time Warren’s night ended, his ERA had inflated to 3.
46. The Yankees’ offense, meanwhile, didn’t have much of an answer for Nathan Eovaldi. Aaron Judge hit a solo homer, his 15th of the season, off the right-hander in the sixth inning.
However, that was the only run Eovaldi permitted over eight impressive innings of work. The ex-Yankee also limited his former employer to three hits, didn’t walk a batter and struck out eight over 101 pitches. Wednesday was the second time in as many starts that Eovaldi stifled the Yankees.