At the most critical moment of this Yankees season, the only thing Clay Holmes threw Saturday night was his manager under the bus.
Aaron Boone said his closer was “capable” of pitching in Game 4. But “I felt like he was in jeopardy” if the righty was used for the second straight day and third time in four days after enduring a shoulder strain late in the season.
But a couple of hits off Peralta led Boone to turn to Clarke Schmidt, who — at best — straddles the line of the Yankee manager’s circle of bullpen trust. The Yankees began the ninth with a 5-3 lead. Boone has not used a reliever three straight days all year. It is hard to believe Peralta, so valuable to turn around Jose Ramirez and attack lefties Josh Naylor and Andres Gimenez, will be available even in a must-win game. Loaisiga has not exactly been a health certainty in his career. That leaves Trivino and, Boone said, he expects Holmes to be available Sunday.
Did there even need to be a Holmes decision? Or did the Yankees not do enough to avoid this. The Guardians pecked away at Severino over the first two innings and Domingo German wamed up as six of the first 10 Cleveland hitters reached safely and produced two runs.
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