Yanks Lose In Extras

by Andrew Hefner

May 10, 2026

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The Big Story

With the loss last night, the New York Yankees have lost two nights in a row and their first series since the start of April. The loss was mostly thanks to a relief pitching “disaster-class” following yet another incredible Cam Schlittler start. Quiet bats, aside from Paul Goldschmidt, coupled with the inability to shut down the Milwaukee Brewers late, led to a poor extra-innings loss 4-3 on the road. 

Cam Schlittler took the mound as one of the hottest starters in all of baseball and did not disappoint, tossing six innings of zero-run ball with six strikeouts and just two hits allowed. The nightmare night did begin a bit early for the Yankees, though, as a 105-mile-per-hour comebacker caught Schlittler’s calf in the bottom of the first and left the young flamethrower in clear discomfort. The setback did not slow him down, though, as he went on to pitch six quality innings.

Kyle Harrison, another young pitcher, took the mound for the Brewers and was immediately met with a Paul Goldschmidt leadoff home run to open up scoring in the first inning. Aside from the early blemish, Harrison pitched well and only surrendered one more run in the fourth, again off of a Goldschmidt infield hit that scored Amed Rosario. Harrison was pulled at the end of the fourth. 

Spencer Jones made his debut in the field last night and flashed the leather with a smooth sliding grab early on, but remained silent on the offensive end. The power-hitting prospect made his debut Friday and is yet to pick up his first big league knock after going 0-3 and being pinch hit for late on Saturday. 

The game remained 2-0 in favor of New York until the seventh, when Brent Headricks, fresh out of the bullpen, was welcomed into the game with a towering solo home run by Jake Bauers to cut the Yankees' lead in half. Headricks only worked through 1.1 innings before being replaced by Camilo Doval in the next frame. 

Doval did not fare much better as he gave up the tying run as the Brewers manufactured a hit-and-run that scored Bryce Turang in the eighth. On the other side of the ball, the Brewers bullpen was on fire, with Chad Patrick spinning three innings of shutout baseball and later Aaron Ashby coming on to send the game to extras and pick up the win over two innings of work.  

In extra innings, the hot Ryan McMahon came on as a pinch hitter with two outs and worked his magic to score the “Manfred Man” from second on a grounder up the middle. Earlier in the inning, the heart of the Yankees order was unable to get it done themselves, and Rice struck out to cap a poor night, followed by a Judge intentional walk, his third walk of the night, and a Bellinger lineout. Judge was caught in a pickle on McMahon’s hit and was out on the bases to end the top of the tenth.

Unfortunately, one run was simply not enough for the Yankees to hold for the win as Fernando Cruz was wild immediately to start the innings, walking the first batter in Luis Rengifo and allowing the runner to move to third on a wild pitch. Familiar face Gary Sanchez then came on to pinch hit and flew out to Judge, who was able to hold the runner at third. Unfortunately, Jackson Chourio picked up an infield single a batter later, and the tying run scored. With the lefty Bryce Turang, Team USA’s second baseman, coming up, Aaron Boone went to the pen and called in fellow lefty Tim Hill to finish the job. And finish the job he did… well, it seemed. Turang tapped one to the pitcher, and Hill, seemingly not knowing the situation, attempted to pick up a force out at third and hit the runner in Rengifo, allowing all runners to be safe. Now with just one out and the bases loaded, William Contreras, one of the best catchers in baseball, came up to the plate and knocked a lazy fly ball to right to win the game on a sacrifice fly. 

That’s baseball, Suzyn. 

Player of the Game

William Contreras drove in two runs, including the winning run, for the Brewers and was also amazing on defense, getting Bellinger out on a steal attempt.  

Final Line: 2-4, 2 RBIs, Throw out

Yankees Player of the Game 

Cam Schlittler had another great outing in his young career and shut down a great Brewers team for much of the night. His control has been fantastic as well, with zero walks.

Final Line: 6.0 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K

Notable Performances 

Paul Goldschmidt: 3-5, HR, 2 RBI 

Amed Rosario: 1-3, BB, R 

Ryan McMahon: 1-1, RBI

David Bednar: 1.0 IP, 1 K

Better to Forget

Brent Headrick: 1.1 IP, 1 HR, 1 ER

Camilo Doval: 0.2 IP, 2 H, 1 ER

Fernando Cruz: 0.1 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, Loss

Tim Hill: 0.1 IP + Whatever the play was 

Ben Rice: 0-5, 2 K

Spencer Jones: 0-3, 2 K

Austin Wells: 0-4, 2 K

My Take 

I have not seen a meltdown like that in a little while. The bullpen has been great as of late, and despite quiet bats all around, the hope is that a two-run lead and all of the best relievers available would result in a win. That could have been the case Saturday, and there were plenty of opportunities to do so, and yet the Brewers still walked away with the walk-off and the series win. 

I am dumbfounded by the play in the bottom of the tenth by Tim Hill, and if the truth is that he did not know the number of outs like the broadcast theorized, that is not only on him but also on the coaches for not making him fully aware of the situation before he went out there. That out gets made at first, and suddenly the fly ball that won the game is the final out of the tenth. 

Bringing McMahon in to hit in the tenth was actually a great substitution, and I loved that from Boone, but unfortunately, the bullpen execution on his part was not great last night. 

My hope is that this was a learning game, but avoiding the sweep on Sunday is really a must at this point. It is going to matter a ton how they rebound from a bad loss Friday and a downright ugly one on Saturday. 

Next Up

The Yankees will close out the series in Milwaukee on Mother’s Day (Sunday) afternoon with Carlos Rodon making his season debut following injury. Logan Henderson (0-1, 4.50 ERA) will be on the bump for the Brewers as the first pitch is at 2:10 EST on the YES Network.