When Tyler Nevin informed his father the Orioles were officially bringing him back to the majors, Phil Nevin was well aware of the schedule in front of him.
“Hey,” the New York Yankees’ third base coach told his son, “why don’t you go try and help us out a little bit?”
The Yankees and the Orioles’ final two regular-season opponents, the Boston Red Sox and Toronto Blue Jays, are locked in a tight race for American League’s two wild-card spots. Nevin arrived just in time to assist his father; Baltimore added him to the major league roster before Tuesday’s series opener with Boston, a 4-2 victory that kept the Red Sox from gaining ground.