Overview
- Cam Schlittler fanned a career-high 13 batters over six scoreless innings on Friday night, throwing 96 pitches, allowing four hits and issuing no walks before leaving to a standing ovation.
- The performance dropped his American League-best ERA to 1.71 and prompted public praise from manager Aaron Boone and teammates who said he has made a strong case to start the All-Star Game.
- Schlittler relied on three high-velocity fastballs — sinker, four-seamer and cutter — that produced 18 whiffs on 49 swings and repeatedly exploited the Reds’ weakness against pitches 95+ mph.
- New York provided all the run support in the second inning when Jazz Chisholm Jr. hit a solo homer and Ben Rice followed with a three-run shot, and the bullpen finished a 5-0 shutout.
- A seventh-round pick who debuted in 2025, Schlittler’s rapid rise gives the Yankees rotation depth with Gerrit Cole back and could reduce urgency for starting pitching moves before the trade deadline while boosting New York’s postseason outlook.