Yankees manager Aaron Boone stays optimistic after 5-3 loss to Orioles, citing quality at-bats despite team’s 3-7 skid in last 10 games.

Not even a visit from last-place Baltimore could get the Yankees going. Baltimore tied the game against Max Fried in the sixth and went ahead for good in the eighth with a pair of runs off Luke Weaver,

Following Friday night’s loss, Yankees manager Aaron Boone acknowledged that a day off could benefit the third-year shortstop and said it would “probably” come in Sunday’s series finale against the Baltimore Orioles. Volpe was in the lineup Saturday, batting seventh, to face O’s starter Zach Eflin.

The Yankees will wait until Sunday to give Volpe off, even though he'll go into Saturday hitless in his last 24 at-bats.