Yankees collapse in Miami, drop 'difficult' finale to Marlins - ESPN

MIAMI — With seven weeks left in the season, the New York Yankees are running out of time. They are in last place in the American League East, and even with the expanded wild-card postseason in place, the climb is getting steeper and steeper.

And Sunday didn't help.

Jake Burger's game-ending single capped a five-run, ninth-inning comeback against Clay Holmes and Tommy Kahnle, giving the Miami Marlins an 8-7 victory in the series finale.

«The mountain gets bigger with every loss,» Holmes said. «We have to put together some wins and string them together and get some momentum going.»

New York (60-58) led 7-1 in the sixth inning behind ace Gerrit Cole but dropped five games back of the AL's last wild-card berth and is on track to miss the playoffs for the first time since 2016.

«Difficult way to end the series, but we've got to move on,» Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. «We know we have to rack up wins, and as tough as this one is to swallow, you have to move on from it.»

The Yankees lost when leading by four runs in the ninth inning for the first time since July 11, 2021. New York is 3-8-1 in its past 12 series and has lost six straight rubber games of three-game series.

«We need victories, so anytime you lose, it's tough,» Boone said. «But obviously, when you have the day in control for the most part, there were a lot of good things happening there, and credit to them for putting some really good at-bats together.»

Holmes concurred.

«Losses like these,» he added, «they hurt.»

The loss ended a week that included a Boone ejection for arguing balls and strikes in a series against the Chicago White Sox. And on Sunday, plate umpire James Hoye ejected Yankees assistant hitting coach Brad Wilkerson in the eighth for arguing a