Roebucked by JP Sears. Vagabond A’s 7 NY Yankees 0

June 29, 2025 paperbacklou 2025 0
Clarke Schmidt pitched good -- but had his 28.2-consecutive-scoreless-innings streak broken by 2 HR balls.

Former Yankee JP Sears threw 5.2 innings of 2-hit, shutout ball and rookie Jack Perkins followed with 3.1 innings of 1-hit shutout ball, as the Vagabond A’s beat NY 7-0 on a beautiful, summer Saturday afternoon in the Bronx.

Clarke Schmidt started for NY — and came into the game with 25.1 consecutive scoreless innings pitched. He extended that streak by 3.1 more innings, but allowed a solo HR in the 4th and a 3-run HR in the 6th to go down in defeat. The A’s scored 3 more in the 7th against Allan Winans to put the game away.

“He threw the ball well,” said manager Aaron Boone about Schmidt. “Obviously the 2 walks there came back to bite him, and probably not the pitch he wanted to throw — down and in with the cutter there — probably want to get that one up or back door it; he had success with Kurtz his first two times; but he threw that cutter down and in right into the nitrous zone.”

NY falls to 47-35 and are only .5 ahead of Tampa in the AL East. The Homeless A’s improve to 34-51.

1. Schmidt Bitten by HR Ball

Clarke Schmidt came into the game with 25.1 consecutive scoreless innings, which had improved his record to 4-3 2.85. He stretched that streak to 28.1 consecutive scoreless innings by shutting out the A’s into the 4th.

But with 1 out in the 4th, DH Brent Rooker hit an 80-MPH sweeper 403 feet to left center for a 1-0 A’s lead.

Schmidt then pitched a shutout 5th, but in the 6th he walked the first 2 batters of the inning, and then after striking out Rooker, got burnt when 1st baseman Nick Kurtz hit a 92-MPH cutter 356 feet to right for a 3-run HR.

And just like that NY was down 4-0.

Schmidt’s line: 6 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 7 K’s, 2 walks. He loses to go 4-4 3.09.

2. Sears Roebucks NY

Meanwhile, Yankee fans know how good JP Sears can be when he is on his game. And he was on his game.

The 5’11 lefty came up with the Yankees and went 3-0 2.05 for them in 2022 before being traded to the A’s in the Frankie Montas deal. Sears was originally drafted by Seattle, and acquired by the Yanks as a minor leaguer for pitcher Nick Rumbelow, who last pitched in 2019.

Sears used his 92-MPH four-seam fastball, 81-MPH slider, 84-MPH changeup, and 80-MPH sweeper to keep the Yankee batters off balance, pitching a shutout into the 6th.

Sears allowed a single in the 1st to Cody Bellinger, but got a double play to end the inning, and allowed a 2-out walk in the 2nd but got a fly out to end the inning.

The Yanks best chance at a rally was the 3rd — when Sears walked DJ LeMahieu to start the inning, and then walked Cody Bellinger with 2 outs. Aaron Judge hit a liner to deep right — but caught at the warning track.

Sears then pitched a 1-2-3 inning in the 4th and 5th, and then after Paul Goldschmidt led off the 6th with a single — breaking an 0-20 slump, Sears got Judge and Stanton to fly out and was relieved by Jack Perkins.

Sears’ line: 5.2 IP, 2 hits, 0 runs, 4 K’s, 3 walks. He wins to go 6-7 5.09.

3. Winans Coughs Up 3 in 7th

Ian Hamilton relieved Schmidt and pitched a shutout 7th, but in the 8th, Allan Winans came in and walked the first 2 batters — Rooker and Kurtz. Max Muncy popped up a bunt attempt, but the Yanks let it drop and didn’t get anyone out — it loaded the bases with nobody out.

A sac fly by Tyler Soderstrom made it 5-0, and a single to center by Austin Wynns made it 7-0 — an additional run scoring when the throw from centerfielder Cody Bellinger got past Jazz Chisholm Jr. at 3rd.

4. Perkins Shuts Down NY Too

And that was it for the Yanks on a hot, sunny, humid, summer Saturday afternoon.

6’2 righty rookie Jack Perkins used a 97-MPH fastball and 84-MPH sweeper with occasional 92-MPH cutter to shut the Yanks down for the last 3.1 innings, and the old ballgame.

The Boxscore

https://www.espn.com/mlb/boxscore/_/gameId/401696142

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