by The Yankees got one-hit in their own building, lost 1-0 to the Athletics, and dropped their first series of the season. Let’s be real, this was not about the pitching. This was about an offense that completely disappeared.
The Yankees just got punched in the mouth by a team they should have handled at home.
That is the story here.
Not because Ryan Weathers was bad. He was not. Not because the bullpen cracked. It really did not. This game was lost because the Yankees managed one hit all afternoon and made Jeffrey Springs look like he was about to write history in the Bronx.
One hit.
At Yankee Stadium.
Against an Athletics team that came in under .500.
Ryan Weathers Deserved Better
Here is the part that is going to get lost if people just look at the final score and rage.
Ryan Weathers was good. Really good.
He gave the Yankees 8 innings, allowed 1 run, struck out 7, walked nobody, and threw a career-high 101 pitches. That is a winning start almost every single time. He attacked hitters, stayed under control, and kept the game exactly where the Yankees needed it.
And what did he get for it?
Nothing.
No cushion. No support. No margin for error. Just pressure to be perfect.
The only damage came in the 7th, when Max Muncy tripled off the center-field fence and Tyler Soderstrom brought him home with a single to right. That was it. One sequence. One run. Game basically over, because the Yankees lineup gave Weathers absolutely no help.
Jeffrey Springs Completely Owned This Lineup
Let’s talk about the bigger embarrassment here.
Jeffrey Springs took a no-hitter into the 7th inning.
The Yankees did not break it up until Ben Rice singled to right on Springs’ 84th pitch, right after Giancarlo Stanton drew a walk. That was the one real opening, and even there, the Yankees could not cash it in. Randal Grichuk struck out. Austin Wells could not deliver. In a 1-0 game, that was the moment, and it went nowhere.
Springs finished with 7 shutout innings, 1 hit allowed, 2 walks, and 6 strikeouts. Then Justin Sterner got Aaron Judge to ground out in the 8th with a runner on first, and Hogan Harris closed it in the 9th.
That is a one-hitter. At home. In front of your crowd. In a game your starter absolutely kept under control.
The Offense Is Ice Cold Right Now
This is where the concern actually starts.
The Yankees have just 2 hits in their last 17 innings. They have not scored since the first inning of Wednesday’s 3-2 loss. So this is not just one bad afternoon where a pitcher got hot. This is now a real offensive freeze.
Aaron Judge went 0-for-4 and left 3 runners on base.
Cody Bellinger went 0-for-4.
Randal Grichuk went 0-for-3 with 3 strikeouts.
Austin Wells went 0-for-3.
Ryan McMahon went 0-for-3 and is now sitting at .069.
That is brutal. There is no sugarcoating that number. The Yankees spent the spring trying to help him become a better hitter, trying to clean things up mechanically, trying to get more out of the bat. Right now, none of it is showing up in games.
And when the bottom of the lineup gives you nothing, the pressure climbs even more on the big names at the top. That is how you end up with games like this, where one run feels impossible to overcome.
Ben Rice Was The Only Spark
Ben Rice was the only Yankee who put a hit on the board, finishing 1-for-4 with the lone single that broke up the no-hit bid.
That was it.
That was the entire hit column for the Yankees.
He continues to look like one of the few guys in this lineup consistently seeing the ball well, but baseball does not care if one guy shows up. Not in a game like this. Not against a starter dealing the way Springs was.
This Was A Wasted Pitching Performance
That is what makes this one sting.
The Yankees got another strong start. In fact, this was their 12th start to open the season allowing 3 runs or fewer. That is a ridiculous foundation. A contender should be stacking wins behind that kind of pitching.
Instead, the Yankees lost their first series of the season because the offense went silent for basically two straight days.
And listen, every team has ugly games. That part is not the issue.
The issue is when the bats vanish, the at-bats get flatter, and every big moment starts to feel like it is ending with a weak grounder, a strikeout, or a pop-up. That is exactly what this looked like Thursday afternoon.
The Yankees did not get blown out. They did not get overpowered by some unstoppable force. They just did not hit. At all.
That is why this one feels worse than a normal 1-0 loss.
Because the game was right there.
And the Yankees never touched it.
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