In a rare acknowledgment of a regret, manager Aaron Boone said he “probably” should have brought in a different reliever in the eighth inning of Tuesday’s eventual 6-3 loss to the Mariners in The Bronx.
Clayton Andrews, who had been called up a day earlier when Ian Hamilton was placed on the seven-day COVID-19 injured list, was warmed up and ready to pitch in a game the Yankees were trailing 4-0.
But Gleyber Torres swatted a three-run home run with two outs in the bottom of the seventh. Three pitches later, Oswaldo Cabrera recorded the inning’s final out, and Boone remained with the plan of bringing in the southpaw Andrews.
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