Yankees’ Jhony Brito allows NINE runs in first inning before being chased out in Twins’ 11-2 rout

The New York Yankees were humiliated Thursday night as Jhony Brito suffered a nightmare first inning, allowing nine runs. 

The rookie pitcher’s dream start to life as a Yankee came to a crashing end as he was chased out of the game extremely early by the quick-hitting Minnesota Twins. 

Brito was knocked out after allowing seven runs on 34 pitches during a first frame that took 28 minutes and ended in the Yankees being down 9-0.  

Michael A. Taylor, rookie Eduoard Julien, with his first MLB hit, and Carlos Correa hit consecutive first-inning homers as the Minnesota Twins rolled to an 11-2 rout of the host New York on Thursday night.

The three blasts capped a nine-run first-inning explosion that sent Minnesota to its third consecutive win. The game was the opener of a four-game series.

The Yankees were humiliated Thursday night as Jhony Brito suffered a nightmare first inning

The rookie was chased out of the game extremely early by the quick-hitting Minnesota Twins

Michael A. Taylor, Eduoard Julien and Carlos Correa (above) hit consecutive first-inning HRs

The Twins already held a 5-0 lead when Taylor lifted an 0-2 fastball onto the netting above Monument Park in center field to make it 7-0 and chase New York rookie Brito (2-1).

Julien, who had started the inning with his first career hit, greeted reliever Colten Brewer with a blast into the first row of the left field seats. Correa made it 9-0 with a drive to the right-center field seats, his first homer of the season.

Taylor homered again in the third, a two-run drive off Brewer that was his third long ball of the season. It was Taylor’s third career multi-homer game and first since June 24, 2017, with the Washington Nationals against the Cincinnati Reds.

Before the power display, the Twins took a 3-0 lead on Trevor Larnach’s bases-loaded sacrifice fly and a two-run double by Jose Miranda. Donovan Solano and Christian Vazquez hit RBI doubles for a 5-0 lead before Taylor went deep.

Brito allowed seven runs on six hits and a walk in two-thirds of an inning. The right-hander, who beat the San Francisco Giants and Baltimore Orioles in his first two starts, Brito saw his ERA climb from 0.90 to 6.75.

Following the game, the rookie said: ‘Nights like this, they’re gonna happen in baseball. It’s how you come back. I can tell you that tomorrow, I’m going to sit down with the pitching coach and we’re going to go over video and we’re going to make the adjustments – whatever may be necessary.’ 

Minnesota’s Joe Ryan (3-0) allowed one run and three hits in seven innings for his third straight win. He struck out 10, walked none and retired the first 11 hitters before Anthony Rizzo homered.

Rizzo also homered in the ninth off Cole Sands, who pitched the final two innings for Minnesota.

Edouard Julien clinched his first ever MLB hit to help lead the Twins to their 11-2 victory 

Taylor (right) celebrates his two-run home run with Christian Vazquez to help cap off the first

The Yankees sustained their most lopsided loss of the season and ended the game with utilityman Isiah Kiner-Falefa on the mound in the ninth. 

He threw a scoreless inning for New York, which had won four of its previous five games.

In doing so, he threw the slowest tracked pitch in Yankees history with a 38mph Eephus pitch, according to Codify Baseball. 

Yankees fans ripped into the performance following the game, branding the defeat ‘painful and embarrassing. 

One supporter wrote: ‘I stopped watching in the first inning. It was painful and embarrassing enough. We’re never gonna beat Tampa with our pitching and lack of hitting.’

‘I turned it off when it was 3-0,’ another echoed. ‘Sensed the feeling of doom! It’s gonna be a looong season!’

The Yankees’ chaos continued as they ended with utilityman Isiah Kiner-Falefa on the mound

One poked fun at the Yankees’ pitcher situation, by jokingly posting, ‘Pros from todays game: IKF is the 5th starter. Cons: a lot.’

Meanwhile, Twins fans were quick to soak up the Pinstripes’ misery, with one particularly getting carried away. 

‘I love seeing Yankee fans cry,’ one Twins fan account posted, in perhaps not the greatest showing of sportsmanship. 

‘Its my daily medicine, weekly energy, my monthly inspiration and my yearly motivation. That is the only reason I’m still alive, I was born to enjoy and love their tears.’

Yankees supporters slated their team while rivals fans were quick to enjoy their misery