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- Updated: May 19, 2016
2:03 AM ET
PHOENIX — Nathan Eovaldi had given up a freak hit to the first batter he faced Wednesday night, and then retired his next 18. He went into the New York Yankees’ dugout after six innings having thrown just 85 pitches and holding a 3-1 lead.
So, naturally, he never came out of that dugout again.
In what was either evidence of Joe Girardi’s desperation to win at least one game from the lowly Arizona Diamondbacks or his belief that he was bulletproof following a vote of confidence earlier in the day from his boss, Hal Steinbrenner, the Yankees manager took the ultimate gamble, removing one pitcher (Eovaldi) who was in total command and replacing him with another (Dellin Betances) who came into the game with no command at all.
Dellin Betances, right, and Brian McCann celebrate after getting out of the seventh inning Wednesday. AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin
When Betances walked the first two batters he faced in …
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