{"id":317907,"date":"2021-08-07T11:49:57","date_gmt":"2021-08-07T08:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/yankees-kyle-higashioka-did-it-all-defensively-aaron-boone\/"},"modified":"2021-08-07T11:49:57","modified_gmt":"2021-08-07T08:49:57","slug":"yankees-kyle-higashioka-did-it-all-defensively-aaron-boone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/yankees-kyle-higashioka-did-it-all-defensively-aaron-boone\/","title":{"rendered":"#Yankees’ Kyle Higashioka did it all defensively: Aaron Boone"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Yankees’ Kyle Higashioka did it all defensively: Aaron Boone<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Kyle Higashioka went 0-for-5 Friday night and left seven men on base, but his work behind the plate still helped the Yankees pull off a 3-2, 11-inning win over the Mariners at the Stadium.<\/p>\n

Starting a third straight day for only the third time in his career \u2014 with Gary Sanchez on the COVID-19 injured list \u2014 Higashioka navigated a game<\/a> plan while catching nine different pitchers, who combined to allow just one earned run in a bullpen game for the Yankees.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a big story in this,\u201d manager Aaron Boone said. \u201cTo be able to [be] ready with the game plan and execute it, his receiving was tremendous. He always is, but it was especially noticeable tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n

Higashioka also chipped in with his arm. After Chad Green allowed the go-ahead run in the 10th inning, he and Higashioka combined for a strike-\u2019em-out, throw-\u2019em-out double play to cut down J.P. Crawford at second base as Mitch Haniger whiffed.<\/p>\n

Even before catching all 11 innings Friday, Higashioka was expected to get Saturday off as the Yankees monitor his workload in Sanchez\u2019s absence.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe\u2019ll be mindful of that and get Rob [Brantly] in there as well to share that load with him,\u201d Boone said.<\/p>\n

Higashioka temporarily supplanted Sanchez as the Yankees\u2019 starting catcher late last season and again early this year before the former cooled off and the latter heated up. But Higashioka has yet to shoulder a heavy schedule. He had started back-to-back days just twice this season before this week.<\/p>\n

The only other times Higashioka had started more than two days in a row were three straight in the 2020 ALDS and four straight in 2018 while Sanchez dealt with an injury.<\/p>\n