The New York Yankees fell 5-1 to the Los Angeles Angels on Tuesday night, dropping them to 1-4 since the All-Star break.
\"The mood\'s down, for sure,\" Anthony Rizzo said. \"I think we all expect -- we definitely all expect -- better of ourselves, individually and as a team. And it\'s OK to be down right now. It\'s a close group. This is a low point. We\'ve been battling, but this is part of it.\"
Since Aaron Judge sprained his right big toe on the concrete portion of the right-field fence at Dodger Stadium on June 3, the Yankees\' offense has produced the majors\' third-lowest OPS (.658) and third-fewest runs per game (3.78).
\"That\'s what the story is,\" Aaron Boone said. \"We can correct it. We have the players to do it. We have the players with track record to do it. I understand that\'s the story, and it\'s fair for this year. We\'ve been through stretches in \'19 when we were down Judge and [Giancarlo Stanton] and kept on banging. Those guys in that clubhouse are very capable. It\'s coincided, obviously, with the game\'s best player out, so that\'s the story. But we\'re capable. Still. We got to find it. It\'s as simple as that. And I know that\'s a broken record, I know it\'s a boring answer - we got to find it.\"