{"id":26405,"date":"2026-04-06T11:15:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T11:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=26405"},"modified":"2026-04-06T11:15:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T11:15:26","slug":"jake-bird-struggles-for-first-time-in-yankees-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=26405","title":{"rendered":"Jake Bird struggles for first time in Yankees’ loss"},"content":{"rendered":"


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NEW YORK \u2013 Both the clock and the scoreboard announced it was getting late as Jazz Chisholm Jr. stood in the batter\u2019s box on Sunday, a soggy afternoon having flipped to evening right around when the Yankees\u2019 bullpen faltered, spoiling their chances of completing a sweep.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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And yet Chisholm said he needed to stay locked in, understanding the expectations in his dugout \u2013 find a way to get on base, fight to keep the line moving. Chisholm did that, ripping a two-run double up the gap in right-center field. It altered the final score, but not the outcome, in a 7-6 loss<\/a> to the Marlins.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cWe don\u2019t think the game is over until the last out, until the umpire calls the last out or the last strike,\u201d Chisholm said. \u201cSo for us, we always go out there battling until the last minute.\u201d\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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After grinding through a slog of three hours and 49 minutes on Saturday \u2013 the longest nine-inning game since the pitch clock was instituted in 2023 \u2013 the Yanks busied themselves during a rain delay of three hours and 35 minutes, only to see the bullpen cough up a lead.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Jake Bird surrendered Graham Pauley\u2019s pinch-hit two-run double in the eighth inning, the right-hander also issuing a walk and hitting a batter in his first rough outing of the year following four scoreless appearances. Xavier Edwards added a two-run single off Ryan Yarbrough, extending Miami\u2019s advantage.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cI gave them freebies,\u201d Bird said. \u201cYou should never, ever give freebies. That\u2019s not big league baseball. It\u2019s not good.\u201d\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Anthony Bender struck out pinch-hitter J.C. Escarra to end it, stranding two men aboard. As Giancarlo Stanton remarked on Saturday, \u201cIf there\u2019s outs on the board, we\u2019ve got a chance.\u201d Even on a night when the product was admittedly not sharp, they still had that.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cOur lefties put some tough at-bats on Bender there,\u201d manager Aaron Boone said. \u201cIt\u2019s good to see Jazz do that. Hopefully that\u2019s something that gets him rolling.\u201d\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Chisholm\u2019s knock moved him to 7-for-36 (.194) this season, one night after Boone spoke to him about playing back on Otto Lopez\u2019s ninth-inning grounder that went for an infield hit. It was the first batter David Bednar faced in a 33-pitch save that left him unavailable on Sunday.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cWe all know how I play baseball, how we play baseball,\u201d Chisholm said. \u201cThe guy caught me with my head down. He did a good play. I do it to other teams all the time. I feel like, someone caught me \u2013 it\u2019s no big deal to me. If I was him, I would do it, too.\u201d\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Ben Rice continued to swing a hot bat, launching his third home run in four games, a three-run shot in the first inning off Pete Fairbanks.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The Marlins plugged in Fairbanks as their opener<\/a>, hoping for the right-hander to make a quick exit with his wife, Lydia, scheduled to give birth to the couple\u2019s fourth child on Monday. Rice got the jump instead, launching a blast into the second deck in right field.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Rice has reached base safely in each of his eight games this season, including multiple times on base in each of his last five. Rice worked three walks on Sunday, and he had company \u2013 the Yanks worked Marlins pitching for 30 free passes over the weekend, setting a franchise record for a three-game series.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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After beginning his season with 13 1\/3 scoreless innings, Max Fried had to grind through 6 2\/3. Lopez notched a run-scoring single and Edwards stroked a run-scoring double off Fried, who was charged with three runs on five hits and three walks.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cI didn\u2019t do a good enough job, especially when the offense comes back,\u201d Fried said. \u201cI gave up one in the first, and then Ben hits the home run in the first. I ended up giving up three, which cuts down the lead. There were some things that definitely could have been avoided.\u201d\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The third run scored when shortstop Jos\u00e9 Caballero made a high throw to first base on Heriberto Hern\u00e1ndez\u2019s sixth-inning grounder. Rice\u2019s improving scoops at first base have saved errors for Caballero, as well as third baseman Ryan McMahon, in the early going.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cUsually, he\u2019s so good at getting rid of it,\u201d Boone said of Caballero. \u201cHe\u2019s got that ability to have a quick release with it. He\u2019s thrown a few balls that haven\u2019t been the most accurate. Ben has picked him up a few times, but we trust him.\u201d\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


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