Fasten Your Seatbelts

The Yankees began the official, if not numerical, 2nd half of the regular season pretty much the way they played much of the 1st. And now, you're thinking, "Oh boy, here we go again."

Yeah. It was like that.

They began a 3-game Interleague series with the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field in Denver. They started Carlos Rodón, now back from injury, and much-hyped. Austin Gomber started for the Rockies. He came in with an ERA of 6.42.

The result was the opposite of what was being set up. The Yankees started off all right, with Gleyber Torres leading off the game with a single and Giancarlo Stanton hitting a home run. But the rest of the way, the Yankees only got a double (also by Stanton), 3 singles and a walk.

And Rodón didn't waste much time in giving up the lead. After getting the 1st out in the bottom of the 2nd, he gave up walk, single, RBI single, flyout, wild pitch, 2-RBI double, followed by another wild pitch that ended up not meaning anything, because he struck the next batter out, too late.

He gave up a home run to start the bottom of the 4th, and the rest of the game was pretty much a formality. Michael King was shaky in the 6th, and gave up a home run in the 7th. Albert Abreu faced only 4 batters, all in the 8th, but one of them hit a home run.

Rockies 7, Yankees 2. WP: Gomber (8-7). No save. LP: Rodón (0-2).

The series continues tonight. Clarke Schmidt starts against Connor Seabold. To paraphrase Bette Davis, Fasten your seatbelts. It could be another bumpy night.