Disaster averted

[Frobby]

I can't imagine how bad it would have felt to blow that one.    Well, we did blow that one, but we grabbed it back.    I've got a knot in my stomach but a smile on my face.    On to Boston!

[sportsfan8703]

Big win. Showed a lot of heart. Verret with two big innings. 

[ReclaimTheCrown]

That game was a circus. Given how the weekend played out, thrilled to escape the Bronx with one. And agreed, kudos to Verrett for a gutsy outing.

[eddie83]

Never been so happy to lose 2 of 3 to NY in my life. Unreal. Yanks will slow down. Has to be that team. 

Only bad thing was having to use another reliever or 2 but at this point who cares. 

Just imagine if that was a playoff game. 

[MagicBird]

It kept the weekend from being a total loss but the bullpen was horrid all weekend.  They tried to give this one away as well.

[BarclaySouthway]

Phew!  A sweep would have been crushing.  As it is, it looks like it took some wind out of our sails.  A split in Boston would be fine and dandy.  This was the first three of 17 games in a row.  Hope we can just tread water for this stretch, get Tillman and Britton back in the swing, and regroup.

[Ohfan67]

Girardi's move was really weird. And very useless. 

[spiritof66]

Not the first time Girardi got caught up in his own cleverness and hurt the NYYs as a result. I doubt it will be the last.

[Uli2001]

This is how weird this series was: one fanbase is thinking that their team should have won 2 out of three, while the other is thinking that their team should have swept. Therefore the actual outcome is probably the right one, given how hot they are and Britton out.

[crissfan172]

1 hour ago, RZNJ said:

Almost the worst baseball weekend that I can remember.   Verrett comes up big after making one of the dumbest plays of all time.   Trumbo comes up big.  Joe Girardi comes up small.   Thanks Joe.    Put a pitcher who played outfield in HS at one of the two positions in baseball guaranteed to get the most action.   Taking out a hot hitter in Holliday to get that pitcher in the lineup so he an get one more inning from him after he pitched and then cooled down for a long time.    In his post game conference Girardi didn't even ask Mitchell if he had ever played 1st before.    Yankees had all the momentum.    A loss would have crushed us.   No fresh pitchers in an 11 inning game while the Orioles could have gone longer with Verrett and even used Asher if they had to, not to mention Bleier.     Checkmate for DD and Buck over Cashman and Girardi.

Playing Mitchell at 1st with Chapman pitching wasn't stupid. Having a pitcher take an inning off and then pitch again, however, was idiotic. 

[TouchemAll]

1 hour ago, Frobby said:

I can't imagine how bad it would have felt to blow that one.    Well, we did blow that one, but we grabbed it back.    I've got a knot in my stomach but a smile on my face.    On to Boston!

Yeah did not want this to end as the O's massacre in the Bronx... Does any one here really think the skanks are as good as their announcers think they are...

[sportsfan8703]

I remember back in 2012 when we were first good and had guys like Bill Hall come up and when us a game. Well folks Verret was our first Bill Hall type to win a game for us in 2017. 

[Moshagge3]

2 hours ago, Ohfan67 said:

Girardi's move was really weird. And very useless. 

Eh. It's not like Mitchell got hammered in the 11th. A few soft singles and some bad defense.

[Nevermore]

3 hours ago, sportsfan8703 said:

Big win. Showed a lot of heart. Verret with two big innings. 

Loved how Verrett came and saved the game  (yeah, I know he got a win rather than a save). The huge moment for me is when JJ rifled the ball to Castillo and prevented the Yankees from winning. 

[O's84]

I was just happy Giardi didn't use Chapman for a 2nd inning given his reputation for riding relievers into the ground.