Somehow, an ugly series got even uglier.
Much, much uglier.
Paul Blackburn — who just signed with the Yankees after being released by the Mets — and the Yankees gave up seven runs in the ninth inning of their 12-1 loss to the Red Sox on Saturday afternoon in The Bronx.
The loss marked the Yankees’ eighth straight to Boston.
A ninth from hell featured an array of embarrassing miscues.
Anthony Volpe committed an error, fielding a routine grounder at shortstop and subsequently throwing it way over Ben Rice’s head at first base and into the Yankees dugout.
That allowed Nathaniel Lowe to score and Ceddanne Rafaela to reach third base.
Then, Rafaela scored on a balk from Blackburn.
And just moments later, Carlos Narvaez crushed a two-run homer.
“Frankly, the Yankees are getting embarrassed on the field at Yankee Stadium,” play-by-play broadcaster Michael Kay said on the broadcast.
Later, when the inning finally ended, Kay said: “Quite frankly, the Yankees are getting schooled by the Red Sox.”