{"id":106120,"date":"2025-10-01T07:37:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T07:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=106120"},"modified":"2025-10-01T07:37:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T07:37:16","slug":"%f0%9f%98%b1yankees-gut-punch-aaron-boone-and-matt-blake-face-a-depressing-message-after-squandering-max-frieds-game-1-lead-against-the-red-sox-the-collapse-sends-a-dark-cloud-over-the-bron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=106120","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\ude31YANKEES GUT-PUNCH: Aaron Boone and Matt Blake face a depressing message after squandering Max Fried\u2019s Game 1 lead against the Red Sox, the collapse sends a dark cloud over the Bronx as doubts grow louder, tension rises with every misstep in October, and the haunting question remains\u2026 are the Yankees doomed by their own dugout decisions?..ll"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"article-body\">\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/xCwIhzUxVK5zMsQSoNNudw--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTY0MDtoPTgyNjtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/ny_post_sports_articles_389\/e89bbbb3654268f80881555e402206b0\" alt=\"Aaron Boone, Matt Blake get ejected as tensions boil over in Yankees' loss  - Yahoo Sports\" \/><\/p>\n<p>New York Yankees manager and pitching coach Matt Blake combined to make fatal mistakes in a 3-1 Game 1 loss in the team\u2019s Wild Card Series against the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>As the Athletic\u2019s Chris Kirschner noted, the Yankees\u2019 bullpen, perhaps the most important piece for their World Series push, failed its first test in relief of Max Fried, who struck out six, walked three, and gave up no earned runs in 6.1 innings.<\/p>\n<p>Luke Weaver gave up two runs on two hits and a walk while recording no outs. David Bednar gave up the other run in the top of the ninth, off two hits.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Yankees\u2019 biggest weakness in the regular season was their bullpen. And, immediately, that weakness was on full display in the seventh inning,\u201d Kirschner wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe bullpen was always going to be a pivot point for the Yankees this postseason. In its first test, it failed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Boone did the absolute worst thing a manager whose seat is heating up could do in the aftermath of the loss: double down and claim it was a good decision, exactly what Yankee fans don\u2019t want to hear.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey pressured him pretty good in the fourth, fifth, sixth, he had a couple base runners each inning. So, I felt like he kind of cruised through the first few, and obviously he ends up pitching great, but I felt like he had to work pretty hard. I was going to have the sixth be the end, but once we finished with the double play I wanted him to go out and get [Jarren] Duran. It felt like we were lined up,\u201d Boone said to reporters postgame.<\/p>\n<p>Boone faces a poetic ending to his coaching career in New York if his Yankees can\u2019t pull it out. He earned the job through the sentimental value of his extra innings game-winning home run in the 2003 ALCS against Boston in the old Yankee Stadium. His first playoff series as manager in 2018 was against the Red Sox.<\/p>\n<p>Now, his tenure in pinstripes could end against the Bronx Bombers\u2019 all-time rivals.<\/p>\n<p>If Boone and Blake don\u2019t get his bullpen together, at least.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Yankees&#8217; bullpen is not where it needs to be as they face elimination from their AL Wild Card Series against the Boston Red Sox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":106121,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-106120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>\ud83d\ude31YANKEES GUT-PUNCH: Aaron Boone and Matt Blake face a depressing message after squandering Max Fried\u2019s Game 1 lead against the Red Sox, the collapse sends a dark cloud over the Bronx as doubts grow louder, tension rises with every misstep in October, and the haunting question remains\u2026 are the Yankees doomed by their own dugout decisions?..ll - 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