Yankees Cam Schlittler not really concerned after getting drilled by comebacker again

MILWAUKEE — The Brewers trotted out their young flamethrower Friday night, and the Yankees could not touch him.Cam Schlittler turned the tables a night later and was just as unhittable as Jacob Misiorowski.The only thing that really touched Schlittler was a 108.5 mph comebacker that smoked his left calf in the bottom of the first inning, but after it looked like he might have to come out of the game, he remained in it to deliver six shutout innings before the Yankees wasted it in a 4-3, 10-inning loss to the Brewers.“Not really concerned,” said Schlittler, who still had the imprint of a ball on his left calf after the game.“Obviously he got me good.

The warmup pitches weren’t too encouraging, but I was able to settle in after that.”Schlittler limited the Brewers to just two singles while striking out six.He did not allow a base runner to reach second base all night as he lowered his ERA to a major league-best 1.35 through nine starts — four of which have been scoreless.

Opponents are now hitting just .177 (34-for-192) against him.One of those hits was William Contreras’ hard grounder right back at Schlittler in the bottom of the first.The right-hander was in obvious pain as he tried to walk it off and was paid a visit by manager Aaron Boone and head trainer Tim Lentych.

After some conversation, Schlittler got back on the mound and threw three warmup pitches — two of them coming in high, as it looked like he might be having some trouble with his landing (left) leg in his delivery.“I kept trying to be pretty firm as far as, ‘Tell us the truth — even here and as we go,’” Boone said.“He was more mad at himself for not throwing a strike in the warmup pitches.

So that’s why he kept throwing.”Once he was cleared to stay in the game, Schlittler struck out Jake Bauers on a 98 mph fastball to end the inning, though he hobbled off the mound and went down the dugout steps toward the clubhouse.Sign up for Inside the Yankees by Greg J...