The New York Yankees Scoring Slump - SPORTS SAVVY MAGAZINE

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The New York Yankees are currently in a significant offensive slump. As of June 18, 2025, they had gone 29 consecutive innings without scoring.

June 17 vs. Angels: Lost 4–0 at Yankee Stadium — the third straight shutout, and the team has now been scoreless for 29 innings, marking their longest drought since September 2016 baseballmusings.com+11reuters.com+11nypost.com+11.
June 15–17 @ Red Sox: Swept in a three-game series, scoring just 4 runs total. Aaron Judge went 1-for-12 with nine strikeouts, and the Yankees were blanked 2–0 on Father’s Day timesofindia.indiatimes.com+1nypost.com+1.
June 16 vs. Angels (extra innings): Fell 1–0 in extras — tallying their fourth straight loss and pushing their scoreless streak to 20 innings nypost.com.
That stretch represents five consecutive losses and three consecutive shutouts mlb.com+15reuters.com+15pinstripealley com+15.

It’s only the seventh time in Yankees history they’ve been shut out in three straight games, the last at the end of September 2016 mlb.com+7pinstripealley.com+7si.com+7.
Their scoreless streak of 29 innings is their longest since that same September 2016 stretch nypost.com+4pinstripealley.com+4reuters.com+4.
These recent losses include their first sweep of the season and mark five straight defeats, reuters.com+13, reuters.com+13, pinstripealley.com+13.

Despite strong pitching (rookie Will Warren struck out 11 on June 17), the offense has struggled to capitalize—never managing more than a single baserunner in that loss pinstripealley.com+2pinstripealley.com+2reuters.com+2.
Even star players like Aaron Judge are slumping — 1-for-12 at Fenway with nine strikeouts over the weekend.

The Yankees are midway through a four-game home series with the Angels. Game 3 is tonight at Yankee Stadium — they’ll look to snap this drought.
Manager Aaron Boone has shuffled the lineup (e.g., elevated Jasson Domínguez to leadoff spot) to spark a turnaround nypost.com+3pinstripealley.com+3nypost.com+3.
With their starting pitching performing well, the offense is under pressure to ignite and break out of this slump.