It’s been an awfully difficult season for Jason Grilli in 2017. In a season that he’s had plenty of bad outings, Saturday was probably the low point of the campaign for the veteran right-hander. On Saturday, he came on in relief in the 8th inning and promptly surrender 4 home runs to the Yankees, tying Brett Cecil‘s franchise record for most long balls allowed in one inning.
Grilli allowing a lead off home run to Brett Gardiner before retiring the next two hitters and looking like he was back in command. Unfortunately it didn’t last long as the Yankees went back- to back- to back, as Matt Holliday, Starlin Castro and Didi Gregorius went deep in succession.