Yankees Clinch 61st Win Against Rangers with Late Drama

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00:00Yankees, wow, what a victory yesterday.

00:02Finally in the win column.

00:03Felt like they were on 60 wins for an eternity.

00:05Get their 61st win of the season, a 3-2 victory over the Texas Rangers,

00:09which, again, saw Paul Goldschmidt hit a solo home run

00:12in the top of the seventh inning, and that was enough for the 3-2 victory.

00:15The Yankees, a much-needed win yesterday, Joe.

00:19Yeah, and maybe more importantly, Donnie,

00:22that they might have actually found their closer,

00:25which they might not have done given the fact that,

00:29I believe Boone wanted to take him out,

00:32but Bednar looked at him and said, absolutely not.

00:35You're not taking me out here because he came in, and you mentioned it, right?

00:39An inning and two-thirds, he had to get five outs,

00:42and it didn't start off great with a couple of runners on,

00:45but Boone let him stay in, which is kind of crazy,

00:48and then he ended up delivering.

00:50So maybe the best thing about what happened in that win yesterday

00:53is that they now actually know who their closer should be

00:57because I think we can all agree, and ain't Devin Williams.

01:01Yeah, past your nights, like, pitching really isn't their problem there,

01:04even though Devin Williams did blow that game.

01:06The Yankees' bats have been a little bit cold here as of late,

01:08and granted, Texas does have some decent pitchers,

01:10but Leiter went yesterday three and a third innings,

01:12pitched two earned runs, or excuse me, two runs and one earned off,

01:14but also credit that bullpen for the Yankees for holding up Leiter,

01:17Junior, Hill, De Los Santos, and Bednar.

01:20No earned runs given up after Rodon gave you a solid start,

01:22five innings and two earned runs on the road.

01:24Everything worked in the Yankees' favor,

01:26but I do like where you're coming from, Joe, to start the show.

01:28It wouldn't have been easy if they won 20-1.

01:30It's like, okay, ooh, but it is nice where you get that victory

01:33where you actually had to earn that in high-leverage situations

01:36and say, you know what?

01:38We can do this, Joe.

01:40Yeah, and you're doing it to a team that is on your heels right now

01:44because I think the Yankees now just a game and a half ahead of the Rangers

01:47for that third and final wildcard spot.

01:50So, you know, that was, you know, a playoff-style game

01:55that both teams wanted it here as the Rangers are trying to catch the Yankees

01:59and the Yankees are trying to catch the bleeding.

02:01But the more questions the Yankees can answer to themselves

02:06in this next couple of weeks with some wins, Donnie, the better off it is.

02:10You need to know you can win those games, those kind of grind-em-out games.

02:14You can't win every game, you know, 15-2.

02:17Like, you have to be able to count on your bullpen,

02:20and you have to know who your closer is, Donnie.

02:23And to this point, we've had no idea.

02:25We're in August, and we had no idea who the Yankee closer,

02:28the number one guy, who is the Rivera of that bullpen

02:31that's going to come in and shut it down.

02:34And I hope that Bednar showed yesterday that maybe he can be that guy.

02:38We're in August, and we're in August, and we're in August.

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