DETROIT — Blame the wings.
Cody Bellinger was out of the Yankees lineup Tuesday because of what the team believed was a case of food poisoning after he was throwing up all night.
The culprit seemed to be a batch of bad chicken wings he ate on Monday night, according to manager Aaron Boone.
The rest of the team was apparently unscathed, Boone said before the 5-0 loss to the Tigers at Comerica Park.
Bellinger was feeling “a lot better during the game,” Boone said afterward, to the point where he was available off the bench, though the Yankees did not use him on a day when their offense was suffocated by lefties Tarik Skubal and Brant Hurter.
It was the latest development in a rough week for Bellinger, who missed games on Friday and Saturday in Pittsburgh with a tight back, which could not have been helped by his overnight heaving.
Cody Bellinger swings during the Yankees’ game against the Tigers on April 7, 2025.IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect
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Ian Hamilton made his season debut Tuesday after being activated off the injured list, throwing a scoreless seventh inning with two strikeouts.
“Hammy was good,” Boone said. “Hopefully a good step for him in getting him acclimated and going.”
The righty reliever had missed the start of the season to continue his buildup after being slowed in camp by an infection in his gums.
Boone said before the game that the Yankees would “probably protect him a little bit early” in terms of throwing on back-to-back days.
Ian Hamilton pitched for the Yankees on Tuesday afternoon.Rick Osentoski-Imagn Images
To make room for Hamilton on the active roster, the Yankees designated Adam Ottavino for assignment for the second time in five days — this one just a day after he was re-signed and pitched a third of an inning in the loss to the Tigers on Monday.
The 39-year-old right-hander had signed with the Yankees last week to be on the active roster for three days while Devin Williams was on the paternity list, but then got DFA’d by Friday.
Jazz Chisholm Jr., a native of the Bahamas, is not a fan of playing baseball in frigid temperatures, as the Yankees have done the past few days.
“If you’re from here, I guess you’re used to it,” Chisholm said. “But I don’t like the cold at all. … I don’t think it’s nice to play in at all.”
It was 34 degrees at first pitch Tuesday with wind chills in the 20s, though there was some sun, unlike Monday, when it snowed throughout the early innings — a first for Chisholm.
“Today I felt a lot better in the box and more comfortable,” Chisholm said after going 0-for-4. “I think I had three layers on today, maybe four, and I think that’s the most comfortable I’ve felt with a little bit of sun out there. Even though it was cold, I started to get a little bit more comfortable, started to feel my hands a little bit more, feel a little bit warmer. I think today was probably the best day I felt since the road trip started in the cold.”
