MIAMI — Jake Chook and David Bednar bumped into one another within the Denver airport round midnight Thursday and boarded a airplane certain for Miami to affix the Yankees, who had acquired them a number of hours earlier on the commerce deadline.
On the time, these might have felt like two tickets to paradise. Their journey lined about 1,700 air miles, however greater than that, it delivered them from final place to the world’s most well-known baseball group, a pennant race and an opportunity to win a championship in a number of months.
It didn’t take lengthy, nevertheless, for his or her joint journey to take a hellish flip. Of their Yankees debuts, the relievers have been among the many many culprits in a mind-numbing 13-12 loss to the Marlins at loanDepot park.
Chook was the primary of the bullpen arrivals to make it to the mound.
He entered to start the underside of the seventh with the Yankees holding a seemingly comfy 9-4 lead and gave up a single off the fitting subject wall to Agustín Ramírez.
After Chook struck out Heriberto Hernandez, Otto Lopez lined a single to left and took second because the throw went in towards third.
With Bednar warming, Chook walked Liam Hicks to load the bases.
That introduced a go to from pitching coach Matt Blake.
Supervisor Aaron Boone was requested if he thought-about bringing in Bednar at that time to face Kyle Stowers, given Bednar’s success this season in opposition to lefty hitters.
13-12, 10-innning loss to the Marlins on Aug. 1, 2025. @Marlins / X
“A little bit bit, however then I’m actually brief attending to the top [of the game],” mentioned Boone, who revealed Tim Hill, Luke Weaver and nearer Devin Williams have been unavailable as a result of latest utilization. “And we like Chook in opposition to lefties, too.”
Stowers sliced a deep fly to left subject that saved carrying, over the top of Jasson Domínguez after which over the wall.
“Simply not executing the pitches to my skill,” Chook mentioned. “ I should be higher there, and I can be higher.”
The 29-year-old Chook, who was 4-1 for a Rockies group that was 28-80, couldn’t fairly clarify why issues went unsuitable.
within the seventh inning of the Yankees’ loss to the Marlins. @Marlins / X
“I simply assume it’s a kind of days the place you simply have to have slightly further focus, slightly further intent. You don’t need these days to occur, however they do every so often, and I simply have to look again at it, kinda be taught from it and be higher.”
The Yankees nonetheless held a 9-8 lead when Bednar got here on.
This was many innings too early for a save scenario, however the former Pirate has been impeccable holding leads this season, going 17-for-17 in save possibilities.
He induced a groundout for the second out of the seventh however then gave up the tying homer to Javier Samoja.
That was adopted by a double by Jakob Marsee, an infield single by Xavier Edwards and a go-ahead single by Ramírez.
“Undoubtedly not a perfect begin by any means,” mentioned Bednar, who was inspired by the scoreless eighth inning he pitched that gave the Yankees an opportunity to take one other short-lived lead. “However the guys picked me up and I used to be in a position to get a zero in that second inning [of work]. That’s simply a part of being a reliever. Generally stuff like that occurs. It’s all about the way you reply and bounce again.”
