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Yankees Get Shut Down in Milwaukee as Brewers Blank New York 6-0

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Yankees Get Shut Down in Milwaukee as Brewers Blank New York 6-0

This one was ugly. No sugarcoating it.

There are losses, and then there are games where you just tip your cap, close the laptop, and move on.

This was one of those.

The Yankees opened their road trip with a flat 6-0 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers, and offensively, there was almost nothing to grab onto. Three hits. Fourteen strikeouts. Zero runs. That is the whole story right there.

Jacob Misiorowski came out throwing absolute gas for Milwaukee, and the Yankees had no answer. The guy was touching 103 mph, struck out 11 over six shutout innings, and made a good lineup look late all night.

Ben Rice returned to the lineup and went 0-for-4. Aaron Judge had one of the Yankees’ three hits but struck out twice. Cody Bellinger, Jazz Chisholm, Austin Wells, Ryan McMahon — nobody got anything going.

The only Yankee with a multi-hit game was José Caballero, who had two singles. That’s it. That was the offense.

Fried’s Second Inning Changed Everything

Max Fried started clean in the first, but the second inning got away from him fast. Gary Sánchez singled, then Fried walked Andrew Vaughn and Luis Rengifo on eight straight balls. From there, Milwaukee started finding grass.

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Brandon Lockridge drove in the first run with a single. Sal Frelick followed with another RBI single. Joey Ortiz brought in a run on a fielder’s choice, and Jackson Chourio added another RBI knock.

Just like that, it was 4-0 Brewers.

And with the way Misiorowski was throwing, that felt like 10-0.

Milwaukee added another run in the third and one more in the seventh, while the Yankees never really threatened. Fried finished with six innings, five earned runs, three walks, and five strikeouts. Not a disaster, but not good enough on a night where the bats disappeared.

Spencer Jones Makes His Debut

Spencer Jones made his major league debut, and yeah, it was a tough assignment. Facing 103 mph in your first big-league game is not exactly a welcome basket.

Jones walked once and struck out twice. Nothing to panic about. The kid got his first taste. Now the real work starts.

The Yankees are still 26-13, so nobody needs to act like the sky is falling. But this was a reminder. You can be hot, you can be talented, you can be one of the best teams in baseball — and still get punched in the mouth.

Tonight, Milwaukee did the punching.

The Yankees need to flush this one quickly and come back better Saturday.

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