After the Yankees squandered a terrific chance to break the game open — and perhaps knock out Zack Greinke — in the first inning Thursday, they saw another opportunity materialize during their 8-3 ALCS Game 4 loss in The Bronx.
This time, they loaded the bases with one out in the fifth inning, trailing by two runs — and with Greinke already removed.
Even better, perhaps their best hitter of the postseason, Gleyber Torres, was up.
But the second baseman, who pummeled opposing pitchers throughout the postseason until Thursday, suffered through one of the worst games of his career, going 0-for-5 with a pair of errors.