Yankees unravel in four-run sixth inning that sinks chance to sweep Padres
NY Post
SAN DIEGO — The Yankees spent most of the weekend suffocating the Padres’ offense.
Then Schmidt happened in the sixth inning Sunday, though Clarke Schmidt wasn’t exactly to blame.
Against Schmidt and two relievers, the Padres finally broke out for a four-run rally on an error, a fielder’s choice, two walks and three singles (one bunt and one swinging bunt) to avoid a sweep and hand the Yankees a 5-2 loss at Petco Park.
Schmidt had taken a shutout into the sixth inning, with the Yankees (37-18) giving him a 1-0 lead in the top of the frame on Juan Soto’s RBI double.
But the wheels fell off from there as the Padres (28-28) snapped the Yankees’ four-game winning streak heading into an off day on Memorial Day.
Schmidt allowed the first two batters to reach in the bottom of the sixth — Jake Cronenworth on a ground ball that went right under the backhanded glove of Gleyber Torres for his seventh error of the season and Manny Machado on a five-pitch walk.
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