{"id":2646,"date":"2024-10-27T06:00:23","date_gmt":"2024-10-27T06:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotnews.azontree.com\/?p=2646"},"modified":"2024-10-27T06:00:23","modified_gmt":"2024-10-27T06:00:23","slug":"red-sox-fans-can-relate-to-aaron-boones-mismanagement-of-yankees-in-world-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotnews.azontree.com\/?p=2646","title":{"rendered":"Red Sox fans can relate to Aaron Boone’s mismanagement of Yankees in World Series"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Aaron Boone turned to Nestor Cortes with a one-run lead and the top of the Dodgers’ order on deck in the bottom of the 10th inning in\u00a0Game 1 of the 120th World Series.<\/p>\n

Cortes induced a flyout off Shohei Ohtani’s bat with one pitch. Then, New York intentionally walked the red-hot Mookie Betts to load the bases so Cortes could face Freddie Freeman, who’s played through an ankle injury in the past few weeks. But Cortes hadn’t pitched for a month due to a flexor strain in his throwing elbow, and his rustiness showed soon enough.<\/p>\n

He hung a fastball on the first pitch, and Freeman capitalized. The sea of fans at Dodger Stadium rose as the ball soared out of the park, and\u00a0Los Angeles celebrated its 6-3 Game 1 win.\u00a0The Yankees were just one out from victory, and they may have secured it if a different pitcher entered the game to face the fearsome top of the Dodgers’ order.<\/p>\n

Boston Red Sox fans may remember another instance of New York losing after being just one out from a win. On July 5, in a two-run game, the Yankees turned to the then-struggling Clay Holmes to shut the Sox down. Holmes collected ground outs of Rafael Devers and Connor Wong before Dominic Smith singled to get something going for Boston.<\/p>\n

Red Sox fans remember controversial Aaron Boone pitching decisions after Yankees World Series Game 1 loss<\/h2>\n
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