The back page: Yanks blow late lead and their playoff hopes may be SLEEPING WITH THE FISHES
Three outs away from their first series victory over a team with a winning record since late June, the Yankees threw it all away in the bottom of the ninth inning after entering the frame with a four-run lead.
Jake Burger delivered the final blow, lining a single to left field over a five-man infield to walk it off for the Marlins.The Yankees closer had entered Sunday having given up just three runs over his last 35 games .Clay Holmes walks off the field after being pulled from the Yankees’ loss to the Marlins during the ninth inning on Aug. 13.But the inning got off to an inauspicious start when Yuli Gurriel led off with a double.
Josh Bell then hit a comebacker to the mound — a potential game-ending double-play ball — that Holmes bobbled, then threw wildly to first to score a pair of runs.
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