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loudly. Their manager let things get out of hand. And their backup catcher wound
up pitching.¡°It was an embarrassing day today,¡± New York Yankees shortstop Didi
Gregorius said.Not much else to say after the Yankees absorbed the most-lopsided
loss in their distinguished, 396-game postseason history, routed by the Boston
Red Sox 16-1 Monday night in the AL Division Series.Now down 2-1 and in danger
of being eliminated in the best-of-five matchup, they¡¯ll turn to CC Sabathia on
Tuesday night in hopes of saving their season. Rick Porcello starts for
Boston.¡°No choice but to flush,¡± manager Aaron Boone said. ¡°The good thing about
today is it¡¯s one game. And as awful of a night as it was for us, we got to turn
the page. And tomorrow¡¯s obviously do or die.¡±Luis Severino looked out of sorts
from the start. There was a TBS report that he began to warm up only 10 minutes
before the game began, but Boone insisted he had enough time to get ready.
Severino also said there was no issue.¡°I always go to the bullpen 10 minutes
before the game,¡± Severino said. ¡°I warm up quickly.¡±The game fell apart
quickly, too.Severino was tagged for six runs on seven hits and two walks in
three-plus innings. Jeered as he walked to the dugout during a seven-run burst
in the fourth, it soon was 10-0.By the seventh, the stands had started to empty.
The fans who left early missed a bit of history ¡ª Austin Romine became just the
second position player to pitch in a postseason game.The second-string catcher
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pitched in the 2015 AL playoffs against Kansas City, as non-pitchers to take the
hill at this time of year.¡°No, I didn¡¯t envision myself getting into the
playoffs in this role,¡± he said.Holt¡¯s homer helped the Red Sox post the biggest
rout of the Yankees in postseason play, surpassing Arizona¡¯s 15-2 pasting in
Game 6 of the 2001 World Series.A sellout crowd arrived early at Yankee Stadium,
loudly chanting and cheering even before the teams lined up for pregame
introductions. Clearly, no one rooting for the home team expected anything like
this.Catcher Gary Sanchez dropped a pitch on a stolen base that set up Boston¡¯s
first run. Left fielder Andrew McCutchen was slow to retrieve a hit that proved
costly. And Boone was slow to pull a struggling Severino, admitting he could¡¯ve
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summoned a starter, Lance Lynn, rather than someone from the deep New York
bullpen.Lynn promptly walked Mookie Betts on four pitches to force home a run
that made it 4-0, then gave up a three-run double to Andrew Benintendi.¡°Lance
had a little bit of trouble, obviously, coming in there. So it just turned into
a really bad inning for us,¡± Boone said.It was a sharp turnaround for
Severino.Severino started New York¡¯s postseason with four shutout innings in the
AL wild-card win over Oakland last Wednesday. The performance also alleviated
fears in the Bronx ¡ª temporarily, anyway ¡ª the 24-year-old righty had put past
playoff troubles behind him.Instead, coming off a career-high 19 wins, he exited
with a 1-2 record and a 6.26 ERA in six postseason starts.¡°Of
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decision on Manny Machado's future home can rest easy for the time being.Per MLB
Network's Jon Morosi, there is no imminent decision involving Machado signing
with a team.Morosi added the four-time All-Star has not yet met with officials
for the San Diego Padres.Kevin Aceeof theSan Diego Union-Tribunereported last
week the Padres were pursuing Machado.Even though Morosi noted Machado himself
hasn't met with San Diego officials, Acee cited "multiple sources aware of talks
between the sides" in his report.Per The Athletic'sDennis Lin, the Padres have
"expressed interest" in a face-to-face meeting with Machado that could
potentially take place in Miami.Machadoheld meetingswith the Chicago White Sox,
Philadelphia Phillies and New York Yankees in December. Per ESPN'sBuster Olney,
Chicago's offer to the 26-year-old is for $175 million over seven years.What was
thought to be a robust free-agent market this offseason, especially at the top
with Machado and Bryce Harper available, has been slow to develop. Machado and
Harper are among the marquee players still unsigned with spring training set to
begin for teams as early as Feb. 11.Machado posted a career-high .905 OPS in 162
games for the Baltimore Orioles and Los Angeles Dodgers in 2018. He also tied
his career-high 37 home runs and drove in 107 runs.