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It felt like a “ho-hum, go down in defeat,” kind of game, Aaron Boone said. It felt like a Wednesday night no one would have a reason to remember. The Mariners led 5-0, and were still up, 5-2, when Jonathan Holder took the mound in the sixth inning. But by the time the reliever finished throwing a season-high 2 ¹/₃ shutout innings, Gary Sanchez was in position to blast a game-tying homer — giving Giancarlo Stanton the opportunity for his greatest swing of the season, giving the Yankees a wild 7-5 win. Officially, Holder was credited with nothing after the outing. There was no win, no save, no hold — just the admiration of a team that knew the incredible night couldn’t have occurred without him.
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