Yanks played the starting pitching perfectly. Let Cole play minimum 5 innings and when he almost gave up a homer, then went to relief pitching. I realize Tampa has really good relief pitching but I really hate this new age way of game planning, where much like the Jays did, they come in with a plan to give the starter 3, or a pitch count, then go to relief pitching. Why not plan loosely with that? If your guy is dealing and not showing many signs of fatigue or something, let him play an inning or two longer. It's a tie game right now, but soemtimes you need to save your relievers if it goes to later innings when your starting pitching is doing alright. No need to change unnecessarily. Just a mini rant.
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