With more juggling going on in the rotation as Clayton Richard hits the Injured List and Edwin Jackson returns to the big club with his 12.43 ERA, the bullpen will continue to be tested down the stretch.
They answered the bell this weekend to begin the second half, allowing just two runs over 12 innings at Yankee Stadium without closer Ken Giles, after a massage left him with nerve inflammation.
Not only did the bullpen work seven innings of one run ball to secure the win after Richard departed the game Saturday, but throughout the entire weekend they struck out 13 and walked just three.