After opening their series against the Cubs Friday night with an 11-0 annihilation that marked their fifth straight victory, which came on the heels of a six-game losing streak, the Yankees were flat with the bats two straight games and skidded into the All-Star break with a 4-1 loss Sunday afternoon in front of 45,435 at the Stadium.

Yankees manager Aaron Boone called the first half of the 2025 season incomplete. There were days when they looked like Murderers' Row and other days when they had problems winning ballgames. In the last month,

The Yankees stumbled into the All-Star break with a second straight loss to the Cubs, this one 4-1, on Sunday in The Bronx.