Cole shelled, Stanton on the Shelf as Yankees Lose to Rangers

 RANGERS 5 - YANKEES 2 

The Bombers dropped their second straight Monday in what was easily the worst performance by Gerrit Cole this season as the Yankees ace gave up five runs in five-plus innings of work to fall to 5-2 and raise his ERA over two. 

After starting strong by striking out the side in the bottom of the first, Cole hit a wall in the second inning. He served up a solo shot to Adolis Garcia, and a RBI double to Isiah Kiner-Falefa to give the Rangers a sudden 2-0 lead. A RBI by single by Jose Trevino capped a three-run Texas rally later in the inning. 

Offensively the Yankees never really got going. Aaron Judge, Gary Sanchez and Clint Fraizer were all hitless in defeat. It didn't help matters that the Yanks were without Giancarlo Stanton who is on the 10-day Injury List, retroactive to May 14 with a left quad strain. 

The Yankees called up reliever Albert Abreu from Triple-A to fill the void. Heck Abreu even got into the game Monday, tossing three shutout innings in relief. 

The Yankees slip into fourth in the log-jammed AL East.