{"id":84396,"date":"2020-10-08T09:06:23","date_gmt":"2020-10-08T06:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/yankees-doomed-by-lack-of-clutch-hitting-questionable-calls\/"},"modified":"2020-10-08T09:06:23","modified_gmt":"2020-10-08T06:06:23","slug":"yankees-doomed-by-lack-of-clutch-hitting-questionable-calls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/yankees-doomed-by-lack-of-clutch-hitting-questionable-calls\/","title":{"rendered":"#Yankees doomed by lack of clutch hitting, questionable calls"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Yankees doomed by lack of clutch hitting, questionable calls<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n As the Rays continue to hit home runs like they\u2019re the Bronx Bombers, the Yankees had plenty of chances in Wednesday\u2019s 8-4 loss in Game<\/a> 3 of the ALDS.<\/p>\n

But with some poor clutch hitting \u2014 and another shaky performance from a home plate umpire \u2014 the Yankees failed to knock out the Rays when they had the chance and now they head into Thursday\u2019s Game 4 facing elimination.<\/p>\n

They loaded the bases with one out in the bottom of the third \u2014 the Yankees were the home team Wednesday and will be again Thursday \u2014 but scored just once.<\/p>\n

Aaron Judge could muster just a sacrifice fly to right to score Brett Gardner to tie the game at 1-1. After Aaron Hicks walked to load the bases again, the Yankees caught at least one tough break, as a night after home plate umpire CB Bucknor butchered the strike zone, Mark Carlson made his own unenviable impact behind the plate in Game 3.<\/p>\n

After Rays starter Charlie Morton loaded the bases \u2014 with the help of a pair of walks \u2014 the right-hander fell behind Luke Voit 3-0 following a visit from Tampa Bay pitching coach Kyle Snyder.<\/p>\n

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Luke Voit reacts angrily after grounding out to short with the bases loaded in the third inning of the Yankees\u2019 8-4 Game 3 loss to the Rays.<\/span>AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Morton then threw a ball that app<\/a>eared to be low that should have been ball four and a run-scoring walk to give the Yankees a lead, but Carlson, the crew chief, called it a strike. Morton\u2019s next pitch looked outside, but Carlson gave him the call again to make it a full count. <\/p>\n

Voit then grounded to short to end the threat with the game still tied.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had a great opportunity there,\u2019\u2019 Aaron Boone said. \u201cMorton, the first two innings, kind of cruised and then we got to him a little and created some traffic. He made some pitches when he had to.\u201d<\/p>\n

Though Voit didn\u2019t come through, Boone is confident the first baseman isn\u2019t far off, pointing to that patient at-bat versus Morton and then just getting under a pitch with Hicks on second base against Morton in the fifth.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe just missed that breaking ball,\u2019\u2019 Boone said. \u201cI feel like Luke\u2019s not far off at all.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Yankees also caught a tough break an inning later.<\/p>\n

In the top of the fourth, with Willy Adames at the plate and Joey Wendle on the run from first on a 3-2 pitch, Masahiro Tanaka threw one near the bottom of the strike zone. Kyle Higashioka\u2019s throw to second was in time to get Wendle, but Carlson called the pitch a ball, so Adames walked. Kevin Kiermaier followed with a go-ahead three-run homer.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought it was borderline, the pitch,\u201d Higashioka said. \u201cIt was definitely a turning point in the game.\u201d<\/p>\n

Boone called it \u201ca real close pitch,\u201d but Higashioka noted the Yankees shouldn\u2019t have let that call lead to more damage.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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