The infamous Yankees’ slump dragged on Friday night, where a tense bullpen battle against the Houston Astros slipped away in the 10th inning for a 5-3 loss. The club has lost six of its last seven games and fell to 3-8 in extra innings this season. Going 19-30 since June 13, the heat is turning up on manager Aaron Boone. He almost always shoulders the blame after the Yankees’ close losses. Recently, even Lucas Babits-Feinerman of Yanks Go Yard urged the Yankees to move on from Boone following this season.

It’s the base-running miscues and mental errors on defense that triggered him massively. “Often it seems like Boone not only makes the wrong decision but also the worst possible decision for the situation,” he wrote.

This was before the Yankees’ Friday night loss. It was Carlos Correa

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