Ian Hamilton, pitching for the second-straight game, threw a scoreless ninth inning for his first career save in a 3-2 win over the Rays on Saturday.
Jonathan Loaisiga, Lou Trivino and Tommy Kahnle are injured. Their other most-trusted arms already had pitched.
There was a bit of drama, when Jose Siri sent Harrison Bader back to the center-field wall for the first out, and Luke Raley lined a two-out double past Anthony Rizzo. In reflecting upon the type of weapon he has become, after short, unremarkable stints with the White Sox and Twins — including a 2019 nightmare in which he was drilled in the face by a hard-hit ball while in a minor league dugout, leading to eight surgeries for facial fractures — the 27-year-old thought back to his offseason.“I tried to keep it almost like a spring training regimen,” said Hamilton, whose “slambio” — a slider and changeup hybrid — has helped turn him into a difference-maker.
The work and the slambio were evident immediately. In his very first Grapefruit League game, Hamilton threw eight pitches, all strikes, and struck out two in a perfect frame, catching the Yankees’ attention.
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