The first five games of the month may have signified optimism for the future, but the Yankees’ performance on Thursday night brought back painful memories.

A timely reminder that, despite having plenty of competition, Carlos Rodon has been one of the season’s biggest letdowns.

The team’s lackluster offense has been on full display this year, making any kind of deficit seem insurmountable.

A gentle reminder that Jasson Dominguez will not go unbeaten and, barring a miracle, the end of the season.

The Yankees’ five-game winning streak came to an end in front of 32,722 fans in The Bronx as they fell to the Tigers 10-3. Rodon was booed off the mound, taking any momentum with him.

Strong efforts, especially from the youngsters and the rotation, have brought a distant hope of making the postseason into play, but the Yankees’ (70-70) second loss in a row to the Red Sox served as a reminder of the realities surrounding that pipe dream.

The Yankees brought in the big lefty as their starting pitcher to help them win the World Series.

Instead, he and a weak оffensive аttаck have contributed to the club’s demise.

Due to arm and back problems, Rodon didn’t get back to pitching until July, and he didn’t have the same kind of stuff that made him an All-Star the previous two years.

After ten starts, Rodon has only managed a 6.60 ERA, and his team is still waiting for him to return to his formerly unhittable form.

Rodon allowed seven runs on eight hits in just 3 2/3 innings of work.

Some deep fly outs came within a few feet of being home runs, and even multiple outs were crushed.

Spencer Torkelson made sure a few of his swings were long enough.

The youthful slugger’s home run two batters into the game set the tone and all but eliminated the Tigers’ chances.

The Tigers kept scoring after that, scoring twice in the third on two hits and a sacrifice fly and drawing the first boos after Tyler Nevin’s RBI double in the fourth.

With six runs in, Matt Vierling’s single forced out Rodon.

Torkelson Һit his second home run of the game on Randy Vasquez’s second pitch of relief, putting the Yankees in an 8-1 hole from which they could not recover.

Gleyber Torres Һit a home run in the second inning, while Everson Pereira had a double in the fourth that scored two runs.

In the eighth inning, Andy Ibanez Һit a two-run home run off of Albert Abreu, giving the Yankees back the two runs they had scored.

The offense struggled against Eduardo Rodriguez and the Tigers’ bullpen, managing just six hits in the end.

The rookie sensation, Dominguez, went 0-for-3 with a walk and struck out for the first time in his six major league games in the loss.

The prospects the Yankees are scouting this lost September and “The Martian” will both see better days in the future.

That such days almost definitely won’t occur in October was brought home to me on Thursday.