With the regular season winding to an end, every decision Yankees manager Aaron Boone makes is extremely important. Boone has been known to make controversial moves in the past, and his latest one could’ve cost his team the game.
With the Yankees down 2-1 heading into the ninth inning, all they needed was to survive and give their offense one more opportunity to score. Instead, Boone elected to utilize Domingo German in the eighth inning and carry him over into the ninth, and after walking two batters, he called upon Albert Abreu over Aroldis Chapman to get the job done.