Yankee captain Judge Denver Plateau blasted the savior Yankees upset and lost to the historic fish belly

When the final whistle of the first game of the series between the Yankees and the Colorado Rockies blew on Friday night, US time, the NBA Pacers were on social media for their G2 victory over the Knicks in the Eastern Conference Finals. To everyone's surprise, the 8-42 loss set the worst 50 games in modern baseball (since 1900) Rocky defeated the Yankees, the top of the American League East Conference, 3-2, and simultaneously became a hot topic. According to Elias Data, the tournament set a record for the second-highest win percentage difference in the history of a team after at least 50 games in the expansion era (since 1961) - Rocky won 0.160 and Yankees 0.612 before the game. The New York giants, who just swept the Rangers in the Bronx and won 11 of their last 14 games, are on fire at Coors Field, the league's sharpest hitter.

Aaron Judge made his first hit at Coors Field with a left-field shot in five innings (tied for the top spot in the major leagues for 17th of the season) – missing the series in 2023 due to injury and only appearing in the All-Star Game in 2021. Paul Goldschmidt scored a first-inning three-run run, but the Yankees had only five first-run hits in the game other than those two. Tanner Gordon, a 27-year-old right-hand pitcher, was ordered to start in the first place, and the pitcher, who had a 6.23 self-ERA rating in Triple A Albuquerque before the game, conceded two points in five innings to suppress the giants' line.

"Their starters? Catcher Austin Wells was puzzled, "We hit a lot of strong balls, but we weren't lucky. Wells' 101 mph flat fly ball at full base in the fourth inning was doubled by second baseman Adael Amador, and the second base hit a weak fly ball again to end the game after nine innings. Clarke Schmidt, the starting pitcher, missed a 3-pointer in 4.2 innings and was knocked out by Ryan McMahon for a lead second run in five innings.

"Every defeat is infuriating," Schmidt said bluntly, "but there are always nights like this in 162 long seasons. Head coach Aaron Boone summed it up: "The batting strategy is correct, just missing a crucial shot. This cold night on the Denver Plateau has become another vivid footnote in baseball history that "anything can happen". And the Yankees, who swallowed the bitter fruit, could only set their sights on self-redemption in the follow-up of the series.