{"id":316701,"date":"2021-08-06T09:59:37","date_gmt":"2021-08-06T06:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/yankees-use-familiar-bullpen-formula-with-a-late-scare\/"},"modified":"2021-08-06T09:59:37","modified_gmt":"2021-08-06T06:59:37","slug":"yankees-use-familiar-bullpen-formula-with-a-late-scare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/yankees-use-familiar-bullpen-formula-with-a-late-scare\/","title":{"rendered":"#Yankees use familiar bullpen formula \u2014 with a late scare"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Yankees use familiar bullpen formula \u2014 with a late scare<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n

Imagine the possibilities if late-inning go-ahead rallies like the one Thursday now translate into certain victories for the Yankees.<\/p>\n

The bullpen blueprint carried over from past years mostly has been in the shredder this season because setup man Zack Britton missed 77 game<\/a>s over two stints on the injured list and Aroldis Chapman morphed from unhittable closer to one of the worst pitchers in baseball around Father\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n

Suddenly it\u2019s taped \u2014 not superglued just yet \u2014 back together, as Britton and Chapman both tossed a scoreless inning Friday to make Joey Gallo\u2019s three-run home run in the seventh inning stand up in a 5-3 victory. Sure, there were tense moments \u2014 both left-handers allowed bad-luck infield hits that put the tying runs on base at the corners \u2014 but the homer-reliant Mariners didn\u2019t get a big fly.<\/p>\n

\u201cNice to have those two guys in that eighth and ninth close it out,\u201d manager Aaron Boone said. \u201cObviously, those guys are really important to what we do.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Aroldis
Aroldis Chapman<\/figcaption>
Jason Szenes<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Britton had allowed runs in five of his first seven app<\/a>earances after the All-Star break but the sinkerballer induced his trademark double play with runners on the corners and one out \u2014 a reminder he\u2019s always \u201cthat one pitch away\u201d from escaping a jam, as Boone put it.<\/p>\n

Chapman improved to seven-for-seven in save opportunities with 14 strikeouts and one total run allowed in eight innings since regaining trust to get the final outs of close games instead of pitching in 12-1 wins and 4-0 losses.<\/p>\n