Two walks and a bloop single. Two additional walks, an errant throw to first on a pickoff and a swinging bunt. A walk and a pair of two-out, soft singles.
That was what the Yankees’ hitters delivered Thursday night against the A’s at Yankee Stadium where the “Dead Bat Society’’ slipped deeper into the abyss.
While Luis Severino produced a quality start, relievers Chasen Shreve and Johnny Barbato combined to give up three of the four A’s homers en route to an unsightly 7-3 loss that turned an announced crowd of 33,818 edgy in the later innings and allowed the light-hitting A’s to split The Bronx with a three-game sweep.