NJ.com · Sep 9, 2018
Why Yankees' Dellin Betances can't stop bleeding
Relief pitcher Dellin Betances #68 of the New York Yankees celebrates after the final out of a game against the Seattle Mariners at Safeco Field on September 8, 2018 in Seattle, Washington. The Yankees won 4-2. (Stephen Brashear | Getty Images)SEATTLE -- The blood gets on the ball and the ball gets harder to throw.
Pain isn't the problem. Grip is, and it's something Dellin Betances still hasn't figured out, with the cut on his right ring finger playing a starring -- and gross -- role in a 4-2 win over the Mariners at Safeco Field on Saturday.
Betances couldn't stop bleeding when he loaded the bases with one out in the ninth inning and then finally worked his way out of it.