{"id":318538,"date":"2021-08-08T12:14:45","date_gmt":"2021-08-08T09:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/yankees-andrew-heaney-rebounds-after-early-struggles\/"},"modified":"2021-08-08T12:14:45","modified_gmt":"2021-08-08T09:14:45","slug":"yankees-andrew-heaney-rebounds-after-early-struggles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/yankees-andrew-heaney-rebounds-after-early-struggles\/","title":{"rendered":"#Yankees’ Andrew Heaney rebounds after early struggles"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Yankees’ Andrew Heaney rebounds after early struggles<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Less than 24 hours after the Yankees needed nine relievers to cover 11 innings, there was action in the bullpen in the second inning Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n

Andrew Heaney had spotted the Mariners four runs before he recorded a sixth out and was one hitter away from not surviving the second inning, which could have sent the Yankees\u2019 pitching staff into a tailspin.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was thinking at some point Anthony Rizzo\u2019s going to be pitching in this game<\/a>, to be honest with you,\u201d manager Aaron Boone said with a laugh.<\/p>\n

Boone could chuckle because Heaney got back on track before it was too late, finally settling in to give the Yankees six important innings in their 5-4 comeback win in The Bronx.<\/p>\n

Heaney needed 40 pitches to get through the second inning and was a few feet away from giving up a grand slam that would have put the Mariners up, 7-1. Instead Mitch Haniger settled for a sacrifice fly that made it 4-1, but Heaney did not allow another run from there.<\/p>\n

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\u201cObviously, after the first two innings, I probably put a scare into everybody \u2014 probably into Boone, everybody in the bullpen [was] probably scrambling a little bit, trying to figure out how to get through this game,\u201d Heaney said.<\/p>\n

Heaney, the former Angels lefty who had gotten rocked for four homers in his Yankees debut and gave up a fifth on Saturday, credited his turnaround to a mechanical adjustment. He thought he had fixed it entering his start but, instead, did it mid-game, staying in line and tighter with his delivery.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe first two innings were terrible,\u201d Heaney said. \u201cI don\u2019t want that to be any indication of what I can do here.\u201d<\/p>\n