Yanks Drubbed By Brew Crew, 6-0

By Andy Singer

May 9th, 2026

Sometimes, you just get beat fair and square. The Yankees came into Friday night playing fantastic baseball. Even teams on a roll like the Yankees have been on can get smacked around, and the Brewers handed the Yankees their most lopsided loss in weeks. As a New York icon used to say, "That's baseball, Suzyn."

Have A Day, Jacob Misiorowski

The Yankees could have walked up to the plate with a 30 oz. cricket bat (if such a thing existed), and they still would have struggled to make contact against Misiorowski last night. Quite simply, "Miz" had one of the more incredible starts I've ever seen from a starting pitcher from a pure stuff perspective.

Miz became the first starting pitcher ever to hit 103.6 MPH in a start, breaking the previous record held by Jordan Hicks, who was a converted reliever, in 2022. He also became the only pitcher other than Aroldis Chapman to throw 10+ pitches over 103 MPH in a single inning. His fastball averaged 101.1 MPH, and he spotted it at the edges of the zone. While the Yankees tried to do anything they could with the fastball, Miz would drop sliders and curves in the mid-high 80s that would twist Yankee hitters up. Honestly, I don't know of a lineup that would have hit Miz last night. Miz struck out 11 Yankees in 6 innings of work. It felt like even more.

Sometimes, you just have to tip your cap - that was impressive.

Fried Had Another Clunker

Max Fried has been far from dominant since the season started, struggling mightily with his delivery and command. Those battles continued on Friday night, thrashing fans' hopes for an old fashioned pitchers' duel.

The 2nd and 3rd innings undid Fried. In the 2nd inning, the Brewers loaded the bases. In a bit of divine justice, former Yankee farmhand Brandon Lockridge (a personal favorite, if not a guy I ranked particularly high in the Yankee farm system way back when) hit a soft single through the right side of the infield to open up the scoring, sending none other than former Yankee catcher Gary Sanchez home. Sal Frelick followed with an even softer liner that just got by Jazz Chisholm to score two more to open the floodgates in what was a 4-run 2nd inning.

All told, Fried gave up 5 runs in 5 innings, allowing 6 hits and 3 walks. The command needs to improve, but Fried also got a bit unlucky last night. Much of the scoring came on the back of seeing eye singles, an annoying (though endearing to some) feature on this year's Brewers team. Fried gave up just 3 hard hit balls in his 5 innings of work, and that will play over the long haul.

Welcome To The Bigs, Spencer Jones

Highly anticipated prospect Spencer Jones made his big league debut. The quintisential 3-true outcomes player went 0-2, with 2 strikeouts and a walk. That's not a knock on Jones; no one could hit Miz last night.

Welcome To The Bigs, Kervin Castro

Yankee reliever Kervin Castro made his big league debut, allowing 1 run in 2 innings, with 2 strikeouts. It was a solid debut, though he really didn't generate many swings and misses with his stuff. He also missed high with his collection of fastballs a fair amount, though he certainly had some adrenaline in his first big league outing.

All-in-all, a solid first outing for Castro.

Anemic Offense

There wasn't much they could do about it last night, but the Yankees' offense was just awful even with the return of Ben Rice, who went 0-4. Jose Caballero continued to grip the SS job tighter as the only Yankee with 2 hits.

Get Well Soon, Brandon Lockridge

I mentioned the former Yankee farmhand earlier. He's been putting together a nice season with the Brewers, and he kicked in 2 more hits to start last night's game before tragedy struck. Lockridge chased a ball into foul territory and went knee first on a full speed slide into the unpadded concrete wall along the LF line. Lockridge had to be carted off and was clearly in severe pain.

That's never what you want to see. We here at SSTN wish Lockridge well - I hope the injury is less severe than it looked.

Looking To Today

The Yankees will look to shake off last night's loss tonight in game 2 of their series with the Brewers. Cam Schlittler goes for the Yanks against Kyle Harrison. Let's see if Schlittler can match the Miz tonight.