ESPN NOTICIAS: Atlanta golpeó duro a Stroman y los Yankees lucharon en el campo. Mira el resumen

“If I can have one thing from Stroman, it’s a return to form on inducing groundballs… More worm burners please, Marcus.”

So I said in the preview for this game. Stroman, however, did not read my article and it was obvious from the outset. Seemingly every time Stroman left the ball up at all, Atlanta pounced and made him pay as the Braves roughed up the right-hander and the Yankees on Sunday afternoon.

Stroman gave up an inauspicious rocket line-drive out to lead off the bottom of the first. He managed to get the second out without trouble. But then Austin Riley and Matt Olson crushed Stroman offerings to go back-to-back and give Atlanta the early 2-0 lead.

It really does feel like Stroman’s only path to success is keeping the ball on the ground. When Atlanta got pitches to hit anywhere close to the middle of the plate, they crushed them.

Stroman had a cleaner second frame, though he gave up another rocket, this time off the bat of Jarred Kelenic. Jasson Domínguez, however, made a nice play in left to get the out. For a player who’s struggled at times in left, he looked pretty comfortable on that one.

Stroman came back out for the third inning and again left pitches over the middle of the plate and paid for it. A pair of doubles into the right and left center field gaps plated Atlanta’s third run. In the end, he went 2.2 innings and threw 43 pitches before Aaron Boone came to collect the ball. I’m very skeptical of Stroman’s chances of success if he can’t consistently keep the ball down.

Another double plated a fourth Atlanta run before New York finally got out of the inning.

The Yankees looked like they had a run in their second inning but it’s never too early for a TOOTBLAN, I guess. Oswald Peraza chopped a groundball up the middle with runners on first and second. It looked like Oswaldo Cabrera would score but Pablo Reyes got thrown out at third before Ozzie crossed home plate. No run.

My Little League coach is furious right now. From 1,000 miles away I can hear him yelling about making the final out of an inning at third base. Considering how abysmal the Yankees were on the bases last season, let’s not let this become a habit in 2025.

After Stroman’s exit, Harrison Cohen and then Allan Winans entered the game. Outside of Cohen allowing the double that scored Atlanta’s fourth run, the two combined to shut the Braves down into the seventh inning, giving the bats a chance to break through. Winans in particular looked great, throwing three innings of shutout ball.