Yesterday and shaky Opening Day aside, Clay Holmes has largely been excellent at the start of his first full season as the Yankees’ closer. Yesterday’s blown lead wasn’t the first time he’s seen trouble, though. Just the first time he wasn’t able to wriggle his way out of it.
Flashback to the ninth inning of Wednesday’s game in Cleveland, where the Guardians have loaded the bases on back-to-back walks with two outs in a 4-3 game. Things appeared to be spiraling rapidly as Amed Rosario came to the plate with the winning run 180 feet away, but Holmes managed to dig deep and make the pitches he needed to lock down the same.