Minutes after the Yankees revamped their bullpen on the commerce deadline, Aaron Boone indicated that he nonetheless thought of Devin Williams his nearer and that he wasn’t essentially eager about utilizing a committee for the job.
Boone may have gone the committee route, because the Yankees acquired skilled closers in David Bednar and Camilo Doval. Each are underneath crew management subsequent 12 months and will find yourself within the function, as Williams is a free agent this winter.
On Monday in Texas, Doval and Bednar loved sturdy bounce-back performances after disappointing crew debuts in Miami on Friday, as they recorded scoreless frames within the seventh and eighth innings, respectively. Williams, nevertheless, allowed a game-tying solo dwelling run to Joc Pederson within the ninth. The back-breaking blast paved the way in which for an 8-5, 10-inning win for the Rangers, who’re chasing the Yankees for a Wild Card spot.
The tenth inning then noticed the Yankees fail to attain earlier than deliberately strolling Wyatt Langford, placing two males on for Josh Jung. Jung responded with a walk-off homer towards Jake Hen, one other newcomer to the Yankees’ bullpen.
Whereas Hen served up the ultimate blow, it was Williams who put the Yankees in that state of affairs by blowing his third save of the 12 months.
The 2-time Nationwide League Reliever of the Yr, acquired from the Brewers over the offseason, has scuffled a lot in his debut season with the Bombers.
Williams struggled a lot out of the gate that he was faraway from the nearer’s function on the finish of April. He reclaimed the gig after Luke Weaver went on the injured record in early June.
Williams was downright filthy from Might 7 by the top of June, posting a 1.45 ERA. Nonetheless, he has now allowed at the very least one earned run in six of his 12 appearances since July started.
With Pederson’s dwelling run, the righty allowed an earned run in three straight video games for the primary time in his profession.
Previous to Williams’ shortcomings, Paul Goldschmidt led the sport off along with his first homer since June 19. Amed Rosario added an RBI single within the second, as did Cody Bellinger.
Nonetheless, the Rangers erased the Yankees’ three-run lead within the backside of the second, as former pinstriped prospects Josh Smith and Ezequiel Duran — traded for Joey Gallo in 2021 — had RBI knocks off Max Fried, with the latter tying the sport.
A Sam Haggerty single then loaded the bases with one out earlier than Fried shot himself within the foot, because the lefty proceeded with a pickoff try at second base. As an alternative of stealing an out, he gave away a run, because the throw trickled into middle area and allowed Jonah Heim to attain.
Regardless of the tough inning, Fried managed to finish 5 frames. He totaled eight hits, 4 earned runs, three walks, seven strikeouts and 105 pitches earlier than turning the sport over to the Yankees’ revamped bullpen.
Giancarlo Stanton, in the meantime, gave the Yankees a 5-4 lead within the fourth when he drilled a frozen rope, two-run homer. He now has 10 dwelling runs this season. All have are available in his final 24 video games after two tennis elbow accidents delayed the beginning of the 35-year-old’s sixteenth large league marketing campaign.
Stanton’s missile wasn’t sufficient for the Yankees to win, although.
With a series-opening loss recorded, the Yankees are actually 60-53 on the season and have dropped 4 in a row. The third-place crew is in possession of the American League’s second wild card spot, whereas the Mariners have the third spot. The Rangers, in the meantime, are 1.5 video games out of the third wild card spot.
Initially Printed: August 4, 2025 at 11:27 PM EDT
