Ryan Yarbrough had been the feel-good story of the Yankees' rotation two months into the season, as the lefthander’s array of slow, slower and slowest stuff confounded the opposition through his first five starts.

That came to an emphatic end in start No. 6.

Hit hard consistently, especially in a five-run third inning, Yarbrough put the Yankees in a hole they couldn’t quite climb out of in a 10-7 loss to the Red Sox on Saturday night in front of a sellout crowd of 47,020 at the Stadium.

Yarbrough, 3-0 with a 2.08 ERA in five outings since being inserted into the fifth starter spot a little more than a month ago, allowed a season-high eight runs and nine hits in four innings.

Trailing 8-5 entering the eighth, the Yankees (39-24) put runners on second and third with one out against lefth

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