![]() “It’s a matter of finding that consistent feel.’’ “Especially with sinkers, sometimes it’s a feel pitch,’’ Holmes said. In the ninth, when Holmes' first pitch went to the backstop, you had a feeling where this was going. With a rested bullpen to protect a one-run lead, Boone chose his lanes - Scott Effros, who tossed a quick seventh inning, and Chapman in the eighth, against the Nos. Once more, that narrow margin for error proved costly. Instead, they left 10 runners on base, six in scoring position. "This is one of those games we should have thrown some crooked numbers up there,'' said Boone. Judge’s 46 th homer and 100 th RBI of the year, coupled with Anthony Rizzo’s first-inning, RBI double, had supplied the Yankees with a one-run lead.īut the Yankees (71-42) should have done more damage against the Red Sox (56-58), with starter Nathan Eovaldi on the ropes early. Clay Holmes: "It's a feel pitch''Ī more aggressive Domingo German pitched well over six innings, allowing one run – the best of his five starts this season.Īnd there was Aaron Judge, once more, blasting one well over the famous Green Monster and endangering the pedestrians on Lansdowne Street leading off the third. Not exactly an endorsement of either pitcher, meaning we’re in a bullpen-by-committee phase, without any order to a department that had played a signature part in the Yanks’ early runaway success.Īnd that’s an odd place to be, less than eight weeks until postseason. ![]() “Keep building on that and see where it leads.’’ “He’s throwing the ball incredibly well,’’ getting a strikeout on a splitter and another on a 100-mph sinker. “I’m going to try and get him in the best positions to be successful.’’īoone offered that same “we’ll see’’ about Aroldis Chapman moving back into the closer’s spot, after an efficient eighth inning, his eighth straight scoreless appearance. “We’ll see,’’ said Boone, when asked about Holmes’ hold on the closer’s role. ![]() In the 10 th, Tommy Pham’s RBI single off Lou Trivino gave Boston a 3-2 win at Fenway Park, giving a weary Red Sox Nation something to cheer about.Īnd now Yankees manager Aaron Boone has something more to think about. Holmes blew his third consecutive save attempt Friday night, this time failing to lock down a one-run lead in the ninth against the last-place Red Sox. Which reliever do you trust in the ninth inning?Īrguably the best pitch in baseball through mid-July, Clay Holmes’ sinker has gone missing – a contributing factor to the Yankees’ lost look these days. LouisīOSTON – This is a strange question to ask of a team with a nine-game divisional lead, approaching mid-August. Watch Video: New York Yankees writer Pete Caldera reports from St.
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