As Masahiro Tanaka seemed to flirt with disaster throughout much of his ALCS Game 4 outing against the Astros, Chad Green warmed up multiple times in the bullpen, waiting to come to Tanaka’s — and the Yankees’ — rescue.
That was the expectation when Green entered the two-run game, but when Aaron Boone finally went to get Tanaka after Michael Brantley started the top of the sixth by reaching on an error by DJ LeMahieu at first base, Green only made the situation worse in a 8-3 loss that brought the Yankees to the brink of elimination.