After blowing a 6-0 lead, 9-4 lead, and 12-10 lead the night before in a nightmare of a game — the Yankee bullpen — including newbie Doug Bird — did great, but NY only got 2 hits all afternoon and lost 2-0 to the Marlins in Miami on a late Saturday afternoon.
Dark Forces were still at work — both Miami runs came on solo HR’s by Agustin Ramirez, one of the prospects the Yankees traded to Miami last summer for Jazz Chisholm Jr. Agustin is now Miami’s starting catcher/DH and #3 hitter in their lineup.
Chisholm, meanwhile, roamed off 1st base and was doubled off on a pop up in the 2nd inning — an egregious error that had Aaron Boone barking at him in the dugout. But Chisholm explained afterwards he thought Miami was going to purposely let the popup drop to exchange him on the basepaths for Paul Goldschmidt — a common play at LoanDepot Park when Jazz played there.
“I saw something that I thought they were going to do,” said Jazz afterwards about getting caught off 1st. “He deked it like he was going to do it but he didn’t do it. Still trying to be aggressive because I’ve played here before and I know how the field plays.”
In any case it was another Yankee loss and worse they fall out of 2nd place, as the Red Sox leapfrog them.
NY falls to 60-51, 4.5 behind Toronto and a half game behind Boston. Miami improves to 54-55.
1. Schlittler Good — Ramirez Kills Him
Cam Schlittler started for NY and pitched well — 5 innings of 4-hit ball, striking out 6 and walking 2.
Cam Schlittler ⛽️
3Ks in the 1st. pic.twitter.com/zMbfC1JSIA
— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) August 2, 2025
But former Yankee prospect Agustin Ramirez got to him twice — a solo HR in the bottom of the 1st and the bottom of the 4th. The only 2 runs of the game.
Schlittler and Ramirez were briefly battery mates for 1 start in AAA at Scranton last year. Schlittler felt that had no bearing on the HR’s.
“First time through, 3-1 count, tried to get the fastball up and in, missed middle with it,” said Schlittler afterwards. “He’s a good fastball hitter. Just a mistake there. Second time through, I think I attacked him well with the sinker in. Just tried to get the sweeper away and he was still able to pull it. Really, just two mistakes there.”
Ramirez was part of the package of prospects the Yanks sent to Miami for Jazz Chisholm Jr. on July 27, 2024. The others were Abrahan Ramírez and Jared Serna, still in the minors.
“He was a coveted guy,” said Aaron Boone afterwards about Ramírez. “It’s big-time power. He put a charge into a couple balls today.”
“I want to be a star, and I want to have a long career in MLB,” said Agustín afterwards through an interpreter.
2. Yanks Had One Chance to Score vs Perez
The Yanks were up against Miami’s 22-year-old, 6’8 righty phenom Eury Perez, and he shut the Yanks out for 6 innings of 2-hit ball, striking out 5.
The Yanks had a chance to score in the top of the 1st, when Trent Grisham led off with a walk, stole 2nd base after Jasson Dominguez struck out, watched as Cody Bellinger struck out, and then was given the green light to try and score when Giancarlo Stanton RIPPED a 2-out missile of a single to left.
But Grisham was thrown out by a mile at home by leftfielder Kyle Stowers.
Giancarlo Stanton clobbered a line drive single but Trent Grisham was thrown out by a mile at home pic.twitter.com/mb3vXV8XSO
— Talkin’ Yanks (@TalkinYanks) August 2, 2025
3. Jazz Caught Off 1st on Popup
Jazz Chisholm Jr. walked to lead off the 2nd, but after Ben Rice flied out, Paul Goldschmidt hit a pop up into the shallow outfield between 1st and 2nd — and incredibly Chisholm was doubled off 1st base.
Suzyn Waldman on the radio said she’d never seen that before. Manager Aaron Boone was livid in the dugout, and said something to Jazz when he went back in.
Jazz Chisholm gets caught sleeping on a pop up to second and the Marlins turn the double play pic.twitter.com/5SaB49tSof
— Talkin’ Yanks (@TalkinYanks) August 2, 2025
But Jazz explained later (quote above) he thought Miami was going to use the old ‘drop the popup’ trick to exchange him on the basepaths for Goldschmidt; a play that he’d seen before when playing in Miami.
4. Bird Good — So What?
With the Yanks down 2-0, Jake Bird — who had allowed 4 runs including a Grand Slam the night before to turn a 9-4 game into a 9-8 game — pitched the 7th. He got 3 straight outs, including 2 strikeouts. A day late and a dollar short.
Jake Bird strikes out two in a scoreless sixth inning pic.twitter.com/HenthP2YkH
— Talkin’ Yanks (@TalkinYanks) August 2, 2025
5. Weaver Good
Luke Weaver pitched a 1-2-3 inning in the 7th. Making Yankee fans wish he would have been brought in the night before.
6. Hill Good
Tim Hill pitched a 1-2-3 inning in the 8th. Making Yankee fans wish he would have been brought in the night before.
7. Tampa Pen Shuts NY Down
The Tampa pen of 25-year-old 5’10 righty Ronny Henriquez, 27-year-old 6’5 righty Tyler Phillips, and 29-year-old 6’1 righty Calvin Faucher got 9 straight outs in the 7th, 8th, and 9th for the old ballgame.
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