Camilo Doval still struggling to limit damage for Yankees with one glaring issue

Camilo Doval has an ERA of 4.67, a number that does not take into account the eight unearned runs he has surrendered in his past three games.There are few pitchers in baseball who have been statistically friendlier to lefty hitters, who have torched a very talented right arm.But the public belief stated both by the Yankees flamethrower and his manager is Doval’s fortunes will turn because poor luck is playing a significant part in the struggles.Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Greg Joyce about the inside buzz on the Yankees.

“In my career as a pitcher, I’ve never felt this good,” Doval said through interpreter Marlon Abreu after allowing two more unearned runs in Sunday’s 6-1 loss to the Twins in The Bronx.“I’m not getting the results I expect out of myself.

Sometimes it’s out of your control — you execute pitches and then you don’t get the results you want.”He had a point in the series finale, when Ryan Kreidler reached on an error by Anthony Volpe and when Luke Keaschall did not “execute a bunt,” in the words of Aaron Boone, trying to lay one down and instead popping it over Doval and toward shortstop “no-man’s-land,” the manager said.It went for a single that loaded the bases.But Doval has not been able to limit damage when poor luck or errors strike, and he walked in one run before a sacrifice fly scored another.“I know nobody likes hearing it, but he’s throwing the ball really well,” said Boone, who leaned upon Doval’s excellent numbers against righties and acknowledged his issues with lefties.

“Obviously the lefties have hurt him.… That’s where we got to get him a little more efficient.”Among a lengthy list of Yankees issues is Doval, who has the talent and pedigree (a 2023 All-Star) to lock down the late innings but whose ineffectiveness figures to prompt the front office to seek trade-deadline help.

He has been shutdown against righty hitters — a...