Yankees can’t get big hit in loss to Astros as win streak ends at five

Sometimes, even when Jaws is circling, the swimmers escaped the water.

That’s what happened in The Bronx on Thursday night, as the Yankees appeared set up for another comeback victory in the bottom of the ninth — with Gleyber Torres representing the tying run on second base, Anthony Volpe at the plate and Juan Soto lurking in the on-deck circle.

But this time, the Astros escaped with a 4-3 win, as Josh Hader got Volpe with a 98 mph fastball up in the zone to end it.

Volpe had homered in the third inning, and Soto seems to go deep just about every other day, so it was easy to see why the Yankees remained confident until the end.

“I want to be up there,” Soto said of the game ending with him one batter away. “I know how good Hader is, but I wanted Volpe to get a knock and tie the game to see what would happen. We just couldn’t finish it.”

And with that, the Yankees saw their five-game winning streak snapped after an otherwise excellent homestand — one that started with a ninth-inning comeback win over Detroit.