Kenley Jansen wanted to take the mound when the Red Sox’ win over the Yankees got a little bit dicey in the eighth inning.
After the Yankees knocked in a run to cut the Red Sox’ lead to 6-4, the closer had bullpen coach Kevin Walker phone Alex Cora to tell him he was ready to enter the game.
“The big man called in the middle of the eighth,” Cora told reporters. “He made the call. I didn’t make the call. And he’s like, ‘I’m in.'”
Jansen took the mound after Greg Weissert allowed the Yankees to get runners at the corners with two outs in the penultimate inning and the top of the order due up.