Overview
- Schlittler allowed one run on three hits with no walks and struck out 10 in seven innings in the Yankees’ 5-3 win, a performance that pushed his total to 20 starts this season of one run or fewer.
- That 20-start mark, the most in MLB this year, set a Yankees franchise record and came during a game that also clinched the club’s 34th straight winning season.
- The outing dropped Schlittler’s ERA to 2.01 and continued a stretch of elite control and durability that has put him at or near the top of AL leaderboards for ERA, WHIP, innings and strikeouts.
- He relied heavily on a 99+ mph four-seam fastball that he threw roughly half the time, generating double-digit swings-and-misses on the pitch and high first-pitch strike rates, according to game analytics.
- Teammates and manager Aaron Boone praised the rookie’s dominance after the game and the performance bolsters his Cy Young case while giving the Yankees more clarity about their rotation as they manage Aaron Judge’s return and chase postseason positioning.