Yankees shut down by Trevor Rogers in wasteful loss to Orioles

BALTIMORE — The good news for the Yankees is that they will not have to see Trevor Rogers in October. The bad news is that the Orioles left-hander robbed them of a chance to pick up another game on the Blue Jays in their dimming hopes of claiming the division.  Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Greg Joyce about the inside buzz on the Yankees.The Yankees mustered just one hit in six innings against Rogers, and then came up just short in their comeback attempts against the Orioles’ bullpen, falling 4-2 on Friday night at Camden Yards. Jazz Chisholm Jr.

crushed a two-run shot in the seventh inning to pull the Yankees within 3-2, entering him into the 30/30 club, but it was not enough as a pair of defensive errors doomed them in the bottom of the sixth, leading to a pair of runs that were the difference. On a night when the Blue Jays were getting blown out by the Royals, the Yankees (86-68) couldn’t take advantage and remain three games back in the AL East with eight games to play (with Toronto owning the tiebreaker).They still owned the top AL wild-card spot, leading the loser of the late Mariners-Astros game by two games and the Red Sox by at least two games, pending the result of their game against the Rays. Rogers came into the night with a 1.43 ERA across 16 starts for the Orioles (73-81), having given up just 66 hits in 100 ²/₃ innings, posing a stiff challenge even against a lineup that has hit left-handers well this season. The Yankees finally recorded their first hit off Rogers when Austin Wells led off the sixth inning with a single.

But left fielder Dylan Beavers robbed them of a chance to record their first run with a pair of terrific catches on back-to-back plays.First he ran back and made a leaping grab into the wall to take away at least extra bases from Paul Goldschmidt.

Then he came in to make a diving snag on Aaron Judge’s sinking liner. The Orioles then added to their 1-0 ...