The New York Yankees and Atlanta Braves are playing a series at Yankee Stadium this weekend.
from the Orioles on Thursday at Yankee Stadium, and their struggling bullpen had almost as much to do with the embarrassment as rookie starter Luis Gil not getting out of the second inning.Right-handerLefty Victor Gonzalez being designated for assignment on Friday was a bit of a shocker though because he’d been pretty solid prior to allowing four runs over 3.2 innings in his last three outings.
Bickford was selected from Triple-A and took Gonzalez’s 40-man roster spot, while Gomez was recalled for the second time this season. The Yankees were desperate to add a couple fresh arms after their bullpen after six relievers pitched six innings in Wednesday night’s 10-inning defeat to the O’s and six more worked 7.1 innings in Thursday’s blowout loss.
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