One of Those Games, All In One Inning

Last night, at home to the Baltimore Orioles, the Yankees had one of those games. And it all happened in 1 inning.

Nestor Cortés started, and over the 1st 6 inning, he was fine, allowing 1 run on 3 hits and a walk.

And the Yankees staked him to a lead. Gleyber Torres hit a 2-run home run in the 3rd inning. In the 6th, Isiah Kiner-Falefa hit a 2-run homer, and Torres added a solo homer. It was 5-1 Yankees.

Then came the 7th, and the roof caved in. Cliché Alert: Walks can kill you, especially the leadoff variety. Cortés allowed walk, single, home run. That brought the Birds to within 5-4.

Aaron Boone brought in Jimmy Cordero, who has been very inconsistent. He allowed single, single, double, to make it 6-5 Baltimore. After a strikeout, there was a walk, an error by Aaron Judge, an error by Harrison Bader -- back-to-back errors by different outfielders, mind you, a rare occurrence -- and a single. That made it 9-5.

If Judge and Bader are making errors, it's not going to be the Yankees' night. 

Rizzo singled a run home in the bottom of the 7th, but that would be it. Orioles 9, Yankees 6. WP: Mike Baumann (4-0). SV: Felix Bautista (12). LP: Cordero (3-2).

The series concludes tonight. Clarke Schmidt starts against Kyle Gibson.