Yankees' Carlos Rodón struggles in 2026 debut, Brewers win on Brice Turang walk-off homer

However, Rodón loaded the bases in the fourth, walking Contreras and Gary Sánchez, then hitting Andrew Vaughn with a pitch. Luis Rengifo hit into a force out to provide the Yankees a chance to escape the inning without much damage.

But Garrett Mitchell followed with a sacrifice fly to score Milwaukee’s first run and Rodón threw a wild pitch to advance runners to second and third. Blake Perkins then drove Rengifo and Vaughn in with a single to center field for a 3-2 lead.

Rodón came out to pitch the fifth inning but after walking Contreras on four pitches — all out of the strike zone — he was replaced by Jake Bird. The left-hander finished with 80 pitches, 43 thrown for strikes.

The Yankees tied the score at 3-3 in the sixth inning on an RBI double from Jazz Chisholm Jr.

Going into Sunday’s game, the Yankees led MLB with a 3.10 team ERA and a 3.01 ERA among the team’s starting pitchers. Max Fried (2.91 ERA) and Cam Schlittler (1.35) have provided a formidable top two for the Yankees’ rotation after their first nine starts.