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“#Yankees can’t keep surviving these bullpen blowups<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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BOSTON \u2014 It makes perfect sense in this senseless Yankees season that, just as they seemed to be coming together karmically, their bullpen is unraveling in a way we haven\u2019t seen for the entirety of their 28-year run of finishing above .500.<\/p>\n

They weren\u2019t going to cover up the sins of their beleaguered relievers forever. Forever ended on Thursday night at Fenway Park, a particularly bad time and place.<\/p>\n

A spirited Yankees effort fell short when Chad Green coughed up a two-run advantage in the ninth inning and Brooks Kriske melted down historically in the 10th, handing the Red Sox a 5-4 victory that ended a four-game<\/a> winning streak and sent the Yankees to eight games behind their division-leading rivals in the American League East.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn this stretch of baseball where we\u2019ve played really well and won a lot of games, we\u2019ve also had some incredibly tough losses like tonight,\u201d manager Aaron Boone said. \u201cAnd time and time again, the guys have bounced back. And that\u2019s what we expect to do tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite that slew of soul-crushing defeats, all of them fueled by bullpen malfunctions, the Yankees remain very much in the playoff race and own a 9-4 record in their last 13 games. Ace Gerrit Cole, set to start Friday night, could change the conversation again by delivering a third straight strong start and erasing the memory of his poor performance here June 27.<\/p>\n

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Chad Green wears a frustrated expression after giving up a two-run game-tying double to Enrique Hernandez in the ninth inning of the Yankees\u2019 5-4, 10-inning loss to the Red Sox.<\/figcaption>
N.Y. Post: Charles Wenzelberg<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Except at some point, the Yankees likely will need to put together again their once-vaunted relief corps, which has turned to jelly even though Aroldis Chapman has risen from the ashes. <\/p>\n

Thursday marked Green\u2019s second ninth-inning implosion during this stretch; interestingly, he has excelled when called upon in the earlier frames. Zack Britton, just back from his second injured-list stay, is way off. Jonathan Loaisiga resides on the COVID-19 injured list; arbitrage All-Star Lucas Luetge lacks his early dominance; and Kriske followed his first big league win Wednesday night with a thoroughly humiliating performance, becoming the first Yankee to throw four wild pitches in one inning.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was just one of those nights I wasn\u2019t executing,\u201d said Kriske, who was optioned to Trip<\/a>le-A Scranton following the loss. \u201cIt\u2019s not fun. There\u2019s a lot of guys battling their butts off and it sucks to be the one to blow it for the team.\u201d<\/p>\n