{"id":86306,"date":"2020-10-10T13:43:23","date_gmt":"2020-10-10T10:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/aaron-boone-chooses-mike-ford-over-gary-sanchez-in-key-spot\/"},"modified":"2020-10-10T13:43:23","modified_gmt":"2020-10-10T10:43:23","slug":"aaron-boone-chooses-mike-ford-over-gary-sanchez-in-key-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/aaron-boone-chooses-mike-ford-over-gary-sanchez-in-key-spot\/","title":{"rendered":"#Aaron Boone chooses Mike Ford over Gary Sanchez in key spot"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Aaron Boone chooses Mike Ford over Gary Sanchez in key spot<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n In the top of the eighth inning, with the Yankees desperate for a run to keep their season going, Aaron Boone went to Mike Ford, who hadn\u2019t gotten a hit since August.<\/p>\n

With the score tied in Game<\/a> 5 of the ALDS, which the Yankees went on to lose, 2-1, to the Rays, Boone went to the lefty-swinging Ford to pinch-hit for Kyle Higashioka \u2014 which also meant the Yankees would be without Higashioka behind the plate.<\/p>\n

Ford whiffed when he looked at a close pitch after working a full count. The Yankees failed to score and then Aroldis Chapman, who struck out the only batter he faced while pitching to Higashioka \u2014 Brandon Lowe \u2014 allowed a go-ahead homer to Mike Brosseau with the forgotten man, Gary Sanchez, catching.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was definitely a tough decision,\u2019\u2019 Boone said of hitting Ford for Higashioka. \u201cBut in that spot, leading off the eighth inning, [Tampa Bay right-hander Diego] Castillo is tough on everyone, obviously, but as tough as he is on righties, I felt like we needed on-base presence there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ford took strike three, although he thought it was low.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI thought he worked a great at-bat,\u2019\u2019 Boone said of Ford, whose last hit came on Aug. 31 before he went 0-for-19 with three walks to finish the regular season. <\/p>\n

\u201cHe almost got us rolling there,\u2019\u2019 Boone said. \u201cIt was definitely a tough call, but I think one I had to make.\u201d<\/p>\n

Though Sanchez has had his difficulties behind the plate, Chapman has typically thrown well to Sanchez and that was especially true this season. In Chapman\u2019s brief regular season, he faced 20 batters with Sanchez behind the plate and only one got a hit \u2014 while 13 struck out.<\/p>\n

The battery was not as successful on Friday and it resulted in another devastating finish for Chapman and the Yankees \u2014 and the end of a lost season for Sanchez, as he started just two playoff games and went 1-for-8 with four strikeouts and found his starting job very much in doubt.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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