Aaron Boone pitching changes: 3 of 6 give up home run to the FIRST batter close and late.

You can't do worse, right? A manager could bring in anyone in the stands and not do worse than having your new pitcher get hit for a home run by the very first batter he faces. Or he could leave the previous pitcher in because he could not possibly have done any worse than giving up a home run.

This is even worse if it begins in the 8th inning and loses a lead or breaks a tie.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
NYY	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	2	7	9	1
COL	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	3	8	8	2
								HR			HR
											HR

Look at the 8th and 11th innings. Got the picture?

Yankee starter Gerrit Cole pitched 6 strong innings. He left with a 3-1 lead and was relieved by Wandy Peralta who pitched a shutout 7th inning. Tommy Kahnle started the 8th. Yankee manager Aaron Boone pulled Kahnle with two outs and the bases loaded after a dribbler to third went for an infield hit. An INFIELD hit.

https://www.mlb.com/gameday/yankees-vs-rockies/2023/07/16/717378/live/summary

8th: Yanks 3, Rockies 1

Pitching Substitution
Pitching Change: Clay Holmes replaces Tommy Kahnle.

Home Run
C.J. Cron hits a grand slam (9) to center field. Alan Trejo scores. Ezequiel Tovar scores. Ryan McMahon scores.

Rockies 5, Yanks 3
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Yanks tie it 5-5 in the 9th.

Yankee relief pitcher Ian Hamilton shuts out Colorado in the 9th and 10th innings, not even giving up a home run to the first batter faced.

11th: 5-5

Yanks score 2 and lead 7-5.

Bottom 11th
Pitching Substitution
Pitching Change: Nick Ramirez replaces Ian Hamilton.
Runner Placed On Base
C.J. Cron starts inning at 2nd base.

Home Run
Nolan Jones homers (7) on a fly ball to left center field. C.J. Cron scores.
NYY 7,COL 7

Ramirez gets 2 outs.

Pitching Substitution
Pitching Change: Ron Marinaccio replaces Nick Ramirez.
Game Advisory
On-field Delay.

Home Run
Alan Trejo homers (1) on a fly ball to left center field.
NYY 7,COL 8
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Alan Trejo hit his first home run of the season to win the game. He had 5 career home runs in 283 At Bats. He was 1 for 2 in this game, so 6 homers in 285 AB now.

Somewhere the sun is shining. Somewhere children shout. But there is nowhere recently when an MLB manager brought in three relief pitchers in late inning game situations and they gave up home runs to the first batters faced. The FIRST batters.

Aaron Boone, how could you?