Anthony Volpe has one word for state of the skidding Yankees: “Brutal”

NEW YORK (AP) — Anthony Volpe stood in a quiet, mostly empty Yankees clubhouse and had a one-word description of the team’s shockingly sorry skid.

“Brutal,” he said. “We play to win and we expect to win.”

A major league-best 49-21 through June 12, New York is a big league-worst 5-15 since. The Yankees wasted a three-run lead against the Boston Red Sox in the latest deflating defeat Friday night.

Masataka Yoshida hit a tying, two-run homer off Clay Holmes with two outs in the...