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The Yankees were one out away on Sunday from taking round one of the Subway Series against the Mets at Citi Field and salvaging a rough road trip with at least some crosstown rivalry bragging rights.
Instead, David Bednar allowed a game-tying, three-run home run to Tyrone Taylor in the ninth inning before Tim Hill took the loss after a slowly hit fielder’s choice by Carson Benge drove in the game-winning run in the 10th.
“That’s a tough one to swallow, but we gotta get right back out there tomorrow,” Bednar said.
The home run allowed by Bednar was the second the closer has allowed on this road trip after he gave up a game-winning solo shot to Brice Turang and the Milwaukee Brewers in the ninth inning on May 10.
In fact, both home runs came on first pitch curveballs in the zone. After the game, Bednar blamed his “execution” of the pitch, not the pitch selection.
“I’ve had a lot of success with that pitch and I trust my stuff implicitly,” Bednar said about his curveball. “It’s more the position I put myself in.”
The inning began with Benge, in the middle of things once again, singling on a 2-2 fastball up in the zone and Bo Bichette grounding one up the middle on a first pitch fastball down in the zone.
Bednar then did the heavy lifting by getting Juan Soto to ground out and Mark Vientos to strike out before facing Taylor who had been struggling all season and entered the at-bat with a .177 batting average.
“Just not putting guys away early,” Bednar said about what went wrong in the ninth. “Getting to two strikes on the first guy and not being able to put him away… Overall it’s unacceptable, especially in that spot, it’s just very frustrating.”
Manager Aaron Boone was asked about not only his closer, but the state of the rest of his bullpen as well as the 2-7 road trip that has the Yankees 28-19 and 3.0 GB of the Tampa Bay Rays for the AL East lead.
“I think they’re all capable of getting big outs,” Boone said. “And they have throughout this year. We just had a terrible road trip where we certainly had some tough ones. That’s part of it, we gotta get after it tomorrow.”
The Yankees will try and regroup quickly as they return to the Bronx for the first time in nearly two weeks to host the Toronto Blue Jays for a three-game series starting on Monday night at 7:05 p.m.
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Instead, David Bednar allowed a game-tying, three-run home run to Tyrone Taylor in the ninth inning before Tim Hill took the loss after a slowly hit fielder’s choice by Carson Benge drove in the game-winning run in the 10th.
“That’s a tough one to swallow, but we gotta get right back out there tomorrow,” Bednar said.
The home run allowed by Bednar was the second the closer has allowed on this road trip after he gave up a game-winning solo shot to Brice Turang and the Milwaukee Brewers in the ninth inning on May 10.
In fact, both home runs came on first pitch curveballs in the zone. After the game, Bednar blamed his “execution” of the pitch, not the pitch selection.
“I’ve had a lot of success with that pitch and I trust my stuff implicitly,” Bednar said about his curveball. “It’s more the position I put myself in.”
The inning began with Benge, in the middle of things once again, singling on a 2-2 fastball up in the zone and Bo Bichette grounding one up the middle on a first pitch fastball down in the zone.
Bednar then did the heavy lifting by getting Juan Soto to ground out and Mark Vientos to strike out before facing Taylor who had been struggling all season and entered the at-bat with a .177 batting average.
“Just not putting guys away early,” Bednar said about what went wrong in the ninth. “Getting to two strikes on the first guy and not being able to put him away… Overall it’s unacceptable, especially in that spot, it’s just very frustrating.”
Manager Aaron Boone was asked about not only his closer, but the state of the rest of his bullpen as well as the 2-7 road trip that has the Yankees 28-19 and 3.0 GB of the Tampa Bay Rays for the AL East lead.
“I think they’re all capable of getting big outs,” Boone said. “And they have throughout this year. We just had a terrible road trip where we certainly had some tough ones. That’s part of it, we gotta get after it tomorrow.”
The Yankees will try and regroup quickly as they return to the Bronx for the first time in nearly two weeks to host the Toronto Blue Jays for a three-game series starting on Monday night at 7:05 p.m.
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