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After suffering a third-straight shutout loss on Tuesday, the New York Yankees have witnessed a low that would have been unthinkable just a week ago.
Even as franchise slugger Aaron Judge enjoys a career-best, historic season at the plate, the offensive slump pushed some fans at Yankee Stadium to boo him.
“Three shutout losses in a row is a first for the Yankees since September 2016 when they went 33 innings without a run over five games,” Randy Miller wrote for NJ Advance Media. “This was so bad that even Judge received a few boos from the crowd of 35,278 after his second, third and fourth at-bats while he was going 0-4 with three strikeouts.”
Judge is leading Major League Baseball in hits, is tied for the lead in homers and is first in the American League for RBIs. He has a .372/.469/.740 slash line and the Yankees sit in first place in the AL East division.
But he’s now gone 3-for-24 with 16 strikeouts in his last seven games and concerns are growing around the Yankees’ ability to turn things around.
“These last few days for us have been a struggle for a handful of guys,” manager Aaron Boone said, per Miller. “We’ve got to focus on the bat and get back on the track.”
The Yankees held a players’ only meeting after the latest loss in hopes that some soul searching might help them turn things around collectively at the plate. The team has a chance to score a run for the first time since a weekend matchup with the Boston Red Sox as they take on the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday.
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Peter Chawaga is a veteran journalist covering Major League Baseball for The Sporting News. His MLB reporting has included feature interviews with commissioner Rob Manfred and Hall of Fame slugger David Ortiz, salary analysis, player rankings and more. He has covered baseball for Forbes, Yardbarker, Pitcher List, Athlon and other outlets.
With over ten years of newsroom experience, he has previously covered finance, technology, arts, and culture for newspapers, magazines, and websites nationwide. He graduated from Wake Forest University with a degree in English and journalism.
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