


They’re chasing history in The Bronx again.
Except, instead of fans flocking to Yankee Stadium, they may be soon avoiding it at all costs.
Rather than anticipation, there is dread.
Make no mistake, this Yankees team may be remembered, but for all the wrong reasons.
With Sunday’s latest crushing loss, a 6-5 sweep-sealing setback to the Red Sox in The Bronx, the Yankees equaled their longest losing streak (eight) since 1995.
They haven’t led since the second inning on Monday against the Braves, a span of 50 innings.
The franchise’s first losing season since 1992 seems almost a given after they fell to 60-64.
The latest defeat was as painful as any this season. The Yankees rallied four times.
They scored more runs on Sunday (five) than they had in their previous four games (four).
It appeared as though they had gone ahead in the eighth on an Anthony Volpe single only for a close play at the plate to get reversed.
Then, predictably, Clay Holmes allowed the go-ahead run to score on a Justin Turner double in the ninth.
Isiah Kiner-Falefa was initially ruled safe in the bottom of the eighth on Volpe’s single. But after a lengthy review, it was overturned.
Left fielder Rob Refsnyder slipped while fielding the hit, and Kiner-Falefa attempted to score.
It didn’t look like there was clear evidence catcher Reese McGuire applied the tag in time, but the call was overturned.
The Yankees then reviewed that call, arguing that McGuire was blocking the plate without the ball.
But they lost that review, the latest example of anything that could go wrong working against them.

The ruling came down to the fact that McGuire was in a legal position and was reacting to the trajectory of the throw.
The bad luck continued in the bottom of the ninth, as Greg Allen missed a game-tying home run by inches, settling for a leadoff double off the top of the wall.
Kenley Jansen went on to strand him at second for the save.
The Red Sox went ahead in the sixth thanks to shaky defense from the Yankees.
After Rafael Devers and Turner reached to start the inning, Masataka Yoshida hit a routine double-play ball.
There was, however, nothing routine with how the Yankees’ middle infield handled the play.
Gleyber Torres’ flip was poor, well to the right-field side of second base and Volpe threw wildly to first, well high and toward home.
It enabled Devers to score all the way from second base.
Torres atoned for the miscue in the bottom half of the frame, launching his 19th homer of the season to pull the Yankees even at two.

He tomahawked a 1-2 fastball up and in over the wall in straightaway left field.
The good feelings were fleeting.
Michael King served up a three-run homer to Turner in the seventh after intentionally walking Devers.
Out of nowhere, the Yankees exploded.
It started innocently, a Harrison Bader infield single.
Billy McKinney walked and Volpe went deep to the opposite field, eliciting the loudest “Let’s go Yankees” chant of the day.
The three-run seventh was their largest offensive output in a single inning since scoring three times against the Marlins nine days ago in the fourth inning of the series opener.
They had a chance to go ahead, but pinch-hitter Giancarlo Stanton flew out, stranding two runners.
The teams traded solo homers in the first three innings.
Devers gave the Red Sox the early lead in the first with a blast to right field and Kyle Higashioka answered in the home third.