Carlos Rodon lays down a clunker as Blue Jays chase another Yankees starter

The Yankees have played three games against the Blue Jays in the ALDS, and they’ve had poor pitching starts in all of them.

After Luis Gil and Max Fried couldn’t last more than three innings in the first two games, Carlos Rodón delivered the biggest clunker of the series, retiring after just 2 ⅔ innings after allowing six runs in a must-win game in Game 3 in The Bronx.

Heading into the series, the Yankees were considered to have more depth in the rotation, with Toronto seemingly having to go with a bullpen game if it went to a Game 4.

But Gil was defeated by Kevin Gausman in the opener, and Fried gave up seven runs in three-plus innings in Game 2, with Toronto rookie Trey Yesavage holding the Yankees hitless in the sixth.

Rodón struggled from the start on Tuesday, giving up a two-run homer to Vladimir Guerrero Jr. with one out in the first inning, after Guerrero entered the game 10-for-17 against the left-hander in his career.

Rodón escaped trouble in the second, but in the third he allowed a leadoff double to Davis Schneider, walked Guerrero intentionally, and then a one-out single to Daulton Varsho, which scored Schneider as the Yankees botched the relay.

Ernie Clement added an RBI single before Anthony Santander capped Rodón’s night with a two-run single to right to put the Yankees in a 6-1 hole.

Fernando Cruz came in and got pinch-hitter Addison Barger to swing and Andrés Gimenez to ground out to end the inning.