Manager Aaron Boone is going to get a lot of the blame for the Yankees ALCS Game 2 loss. Good, bad, or indifferent; it started with James Paxton. Luckily, Boone knew right away Paxton was off.
After allowing one earned run on four hits, two walks and three strikeouts, The big Maple’s fastball was inconsistent, and his night was done. Naturally, this is not how anyone wearing road grey envisioned Sunday night beginning, especially after Masahiro Tanaka’s dominant outing in Game 1.
That meant the bullpen would be forced to get 20 outs, with 10 men up to the task, or so we thought.