His appearances out of the bullpen have gone much better than his starts did overall, and Malachi detailed just the other day how effective the righty can be out there. Jhony Brito entered for the fifth in relief of Weaver. He induced an Oswaldo Cabrera flyout to escape unscathed. The Yankees threatened in the fifth, though, thanks to a Florial walk and a Peraza single, after which the Pirates turned to Hunter Stratton in a jam with men on the corners. The scuffling Stanton got ahold of one with authority in the top of the third to give New York another run with his 402nd career long ball: It wasn’t award-winning work by any stretch, but acceptable since the doubleheaders this week accelerated the need for another starter. The 30-year-old ultimately struck out seven and made it through four innings of three-run ball (a manufactured run in the third from a Ke’Bryan Hayes double was the other). After a leadoff double in the home second foreshadowed more runs for the Buccos, Weaver found his grove and worked a scoreless frame. The Yankees had more ducks on the pond in the second inning, including another LeMahieu hit, but couldn’t bring him around to score. Weaver escaped the inning without further damage and even ended up striking out the side. But he walked the leadoff hitter Ji Hwan Bae, and then 2021 All-Star Bryan Reynolds left the ballpark to dead center to pull the Pirates within one. Recent waiver claim Luke Weaver took the mound with a cushy three-run lead to work with immediately.
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