Domingo German pounded again in Yankees’ ugly blowout loss to Mariners

The Yankee Stadium crowd seemed almost too tired to boo by the end of the game Thursday night.

There was plenty to be unhappy about, as Domingo German and the rest of the Yankees had a complete meltdown against the Mariners in a 10-2 loss in The Bronx.

German had his second straight dreadful outing, allowing a career-high 10 runs (eight earned) and giving up four home runs in just 3 ¹/₃ innings.

That came after the right-hander was pounded at Boston in his previous outing.

He gave up a whopping 17 runs in just 5 ¹/₃ innings in the two outings.

But German wasn’t alone in his ineptitude.

The Yankees made three errors that led to a pair of unearned runs in an ugly third inning.

And the Yankees were no better at the plate.

Domingo German, who allowed 10 runs, eight earned, crouches on the mound during the third inning of the Yankees’ 10-2 loss to the Mariners on June 22.Corey Sipkin for the NY Post

They didn’t get a hit against rookie right-hander Bryan Woo — who picked up his first major league victory — until Gleyber Torres singled on a flare to right field with one out in the sixth, drawing a sarcastic cheer from the crowd.

If nothing else, German was consistent on Thursday, rotten from beginning to end.

He gave up a one-out single to Julio Rodriguez in the first inning and then hit Ty France with a pitch before Teoscar Hernandez’s RBI single gave Seattle a 1-0 lead.

A base hit by Cal Raleigh loaded the bases and pitching coach Matt Blake visited German.

The inning got worse from there.

Eugenio Suarez followed with a two-run double to left and former Yankee Mike Ford lined a sacrifice fly to right to make it 4-0 before German finally finished the 30-pitch inning.

Giancarlo Stanton reacts in frustration after hitting into a double play in the sixth inning of the Yankees’ loss.Corey Sipkin for the NY Post

In the second inning, German continued to get shelled, giving up a leadoff home run to Kolten Wong and then a colossal solo homer to the visitor’s bullpen in left-center to France, as the Yankees fell into a 6-0 hole.

That blast brought out the boo birds, but the nightmare wasn’t over for German or the Yankees.

German walked Suarez with one out in the third inning and Ford hit a chopper to third that Donaldson flubbed for an error.

With no one covering third on the play, Suarez tried to advance.

Donaldson threw to German as the pitcher ran to the bag, but the ball deflected off the pitcher’s glove and went into Seattle’s dugout.

DJ LeMahieu walks to the dugout after striking out in the eighth inning of the Yankees’ blowout loss.Corey Sipkin for the NY Post

That allowed Suarez to score and, after a pair of lengthy reviews, Ford moved to third.

Ford scored on Jose Caballero’s sacrifice fly as the Yankees’ deficit climbed to 8-0.

The Yankees weren’t done, as Anthony Rizzo whiffed on Jarred Kelenic’s chopper to first for their third error of the inning.

German’s catastrophic night only ended after he gave up back-to-back homers to Hernandez and Raleigh with one out in the fourth and was replaced by Nick Ramirez.

The drop-off in performance for German has been drastic.

He pitched well in six of his first seven starts before his meltdown last Friday at Fenway Park.

But because of his last two starts, German’s ERA has skyrocketed from 3.49 to 5.10.

As for the offense, against Woo, who had struck out nine in 5 ²/₃ innings in his previous outing against the White Sox, the Yankees did nothing until the sixth.

Torres singled to right with one out and Rizzo followed with a drive that hit off the top of the wall in right.

Just missing a two-run homer, it went for a long single to end Woo’s night.

The Yankees got on the board in the bottom of the ninth, when Isiah Kiner-Falefa, who pitched the last two innings of the game, hit a two-run homer.

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