Yankees 3, Cardinals 4: Missed chances, blown lead doom Bombers to loss
The bullpen couldn’t hang onto a late lead, as the Yankees dropped the series opener in St. Louis. If you were to be given a box score of this game with everything visible except the runs, you would probably think the Yankees won this game fairly easily. They outhit the Cardinals 10-5 and drew five walks. Several members of the heart of the order had multi-hit games, including Aaron Judge, Matt Carpenter, and Josh Donaldson. Although there were no home runs, that still seems like a pretty good recipe for an above average offensive game. That is not what happened.…
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