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Yankees general manager Brian Cashman calls this season ‘a

disaster’

By RONALD BLUM with how far we’re back
AP Baseball Writer now from the wild card,
NEW YORK (AP) — In what who we’re chasing,” in-
amounted to a concession jured first baseman Antho-
speech with the New York ny Rizzo said. “We’re cer-
Yankees on the verge of tainly not out of it, but we
their longest losing streak have a very, very long shot
in a century, general man- from being in it.”
ager Brian Cashman pro- Cashman and Boone
claimed the season “a di- met Friday with owner Hal
saster” and “an embarrass- Steinbrenner, who wants a
ment” that will lead to job wide-ranging evaluation of
assessments of himself and the organization.
manager Aaron Boone. After peaking at 36-25
New York (61-65), which on June 4, then Yankees
began the season with went 24-40 over a stretch in
baseball’s second-high- which they were last in the
est payroll at $275 million, majors with a .220 batting
ended its first nine-game average and 237 runs 10
losing streak in 41 years by fewer than lowly Oakland.
beating Washington 9-1 “It’s all-consuming. That
Wednesday night on the said, you always try to have
strength of Aaron Judge’s a level of perspective that
first three-homer game. Still, New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman gestures while speaking during a news I certainly do in my life,”
the Yankees are on track conference before a baseball game against the Washington Nationals Wednesday, Aug. 23, Boone said. “School’s get-
for their first losing season 2023, in New York. ting ready to start, a cou-
since 1992. Associated Press ple going off to college
“It’s been a disaster this “We’re really obviously to go out in front of 40,000 and has one more guaran- and trying to be as present
season. Yes, definitely a disappointed, frustrated, people and lay an egg, teed season in a three-year as you can be there, too.
shock,” Cashman said dur- angered,” Cashman said. whether it’s individually or deal that includes a team So you do try and separate,
ing a 22-minute pregame “And that’s representa- collectively as a team, be- option for 2025. and I think I’m decent at it.”
news conference. “We’re tive from every aspect of cause then what comes “I think we’re all going to Hal Steinbrenner does not
embarrassed by it.” this franchise from top to with that is pretty horrific.” be evaluated, including erupt at losing managers in
New York hit .176 during the bottom. And that includes Cashman, 56, has been myself,” Cashman said. the manner of his tempes-
slide with 21 runs but avoid- our players, too. They care. general manager since New York is 9 1/2 games tuous father George, who
ed what would have been They’re fighting. I know it 1998 and agreed last De- back for the AL’s third and changed managers 21
its first 10-game skid since doesn’t look like that, but I cember to a four-year final wild card, also trailing times from 1973-2008.
May 21 to June 6, 1913, ac- would say if you try to put contract. The 50-year-old Toronto, Boston and the Los “He’s certainly frustrated,
cording to the Elias Sports yourself in their position, I Boone took over as manag- Angeles Angels. obviously, as we all are,”
Bureau. don’t think anybody wants er before the 2018 season “You have to be a realist Boone said. q

Betts has 5 hits and 2 RBIs as Dodgers beat Guardians 6-1

By BRIAN DULIK game later Thursday, with two innings Wednesday page. from a sore left shoulder.
Associated Press the Guardians’ Gavin Wil- when heavy rain forced Another round of storms ar- The Guardians completed
CLEVELAND (AP) — Mookie liams to face Ryan Pepiot. play to be suspended after rived after the bottom of their first suspended home
Betts matched his career Los Angeles led 3-1 after a 1 hour, 37 minute stop- the eighth Thursday, delay- game since June 24-25,
high with five hits and drove ing the game for 72 min- 1994, when they lost to the
in two runs, sending the Los utes. Yankees at Cleveland Sta-
Angeles Dodgers to a 6-1 Gus Varland (1-0) worked dium.
victory over the Cleveland 1 1/3 innings for his first big HOMECOMING
Guardians on Thursday in league win as seven pitch- Guardians C Eric Haase,
the completion of a sus- ers combined for a four- who was claimed off waiv-
pended game. hitter. Guardians starter ers from Detroit on Mon-
Betts singled four times Xzavion Curry (3-2) gave up day, appeared in his first
in the first six innings and three runs in three innings. game with the franchise
had a two-run double in Kiké Hernández had a two- since 2019. He went 1 for 4
the eighth for the NL West- run double, Freddy Free- after batting .201 with four
leading Dodgers, who are man had three hits and an homers and 26 RBIs for the
18-3 in August. RBI and Will Smith added a Tigers.
The seven-time All-Star is sacrifice fly for the Dodgers. Haase was a seventh-
batting .561 during an 11- Cleveland’s lone run round pick by Cleveland
game hitting streak and Los Angeles Dodgers’ Mookie Betts celebrates hitting a two- came in the first when José in the 2011 amateur draft
has a .456 average this run double during the eighth inning in the continuation of a Ramírez homered off Clay- but only played in 19 major
month. suspended baseball game against the Cleveland Guardians, ton Kershaw, who struck league games before be-
The teams were to play Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023, in Cleveland. out four over two innings in ing designated for assign-
their regularly scheduled Associated Press his third start since returning ment eight years later.q