NEW YORK -- The New York Yankees went over the .500 mark by getting big performances from their electrifying late-inning relief trio of Dellin Betances, Andrew Miller and Aroldis Chapman.
Now comes the difficult part, keeping a winning record when those three might be unavailable.
The Yankees will look to score enough runs to avoid making it an issue as they go for the three-game sweep of the Minnesota Twins Sunday afternoon at Yankee Stadium.
The Yankees have opened the series with 5-3 :toast:cheersgifand 3-2 victories and each member of the trio dubbed "No Runs DMC" on T-shirts and the "Holy Trinity of Smoke" by one New York tabloid has pitched. They are 12-0 when using those pitchers in the same game
k:and 26-36 in all other games.
In the two games, they have combined to throw 67 pitches and retire 18 of 19 hitters.
"When you get to the bullpen you are basically done," said Minnesota shortstop Eduardo Escobar, who homered off Chapman last weekend.
Now comes the difficult part, keeping a winning record when those three might be unavailable.
The Yankees will look to score enough runs to avoid making it an issue as they go for the three-game sweep of the Minnesota Twins Sunday afternoon at Yankee Stadium.
The Yankees have opened the series with 5-3 :toast:cheersgifand 3-2 victories and each member of the trio dubbed "No Runs DMC" on T-shirts and the "Holy Trinity of Smoke" by one New York tabloid has pitched. They are 12-0 when using those pitchers in the same game
k:and 26-36 in all other games.In the two games, they have combined to throw 67 pitches and retire 18 of 19 hitters.
"When you get to the bullpen you are basically done," said Minnesota shortstop Eduardo Escobar, who homered off Chapman last weekend.
