YANKS GAME DAY

Tyler Clippard was rested and coming off three straight appearances without giving up a run, seeming to have righted the ship after an abysmal middle of June.

But Clippard unraveled again on Friday night, allowing a tie-breaking grand slam in the seventh inning with a full count and two outs in the Yankees’ 9-4 loss to the Brewers. The Yankees (44-40) have lost 17 of their last 23 games and are now 4½ games behind the Red Sox for first place in the AL East.

In three straight appearances from June 20-24, all in the Bronx, Clippard gave up a total of nine earned runs, allowing multiple runs in each outing. At that point he had allowed at least one run in five of six appearances overall.

Over his last five appearances at home, Clippard has allowed 13 runs in three innings. He entered the game for Tyler Webb with no outs and two on in the sixth when the Yanks were up 4-2. Ryan Braun scored on a Clippard wild pitch before Travis Shaw scored the tying run on a sacrifice fly.

Aaron Judge in the fifth inning hit his 30th homer of the season, setting the new Yankees’ rookie record, breaking a tie with Joe DiMaggio’s 29 from 1936. The Brewers committed five errors to help the Yanks take a two-run lead into the sixth. Jordan Montgomery lasted just 4.1 innings, facing three batters after a 51-minute rain delay in the bottom of the fourth during which he threw essentially two innings indoors to stay warm. He gave up two runs on seven hits.

PLAY OF THE GAME

Jesus Aguilar smacked a 3-2 pitch to center to snap a 4-4 deadlock and prompt boos to rain down on Tyler Clippard just as hard as the precipitation that caused the delay. Clippard threw three straight balls to begin the at-bat but battled back to a full count before the blast.

TURNING POINT

After Orlando Arcia flew out to center to begin the seventh, Clippard issued two straight walks. Braun then flew out to center before Shaw was intentionally walked to load the bases.

STAR OF THE GAME

Aguilar not only had the grand slam in the seventh, but hit a two-run homer in the fourth and added a sacrifice fly in the sixth. He finished 3-for-3 with seven RBI.