Yankees waste opportunities as Giants end skid

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NEW YORK — New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi had a tough day — and his players didn’t do him any favors.

In New York’s 2-1, 12-inning loss to the San Francisco Giants on Saturday afternoon, Girardi had to exhaust his overtaxed bullpen while making a couple of key decisions that didn’t pan out.

“I think [Sunday is] a really big game for us because we have to make up ground and we’ve been around .500 and we’ve been staying there,” said Girardi, whose team is still seven games back in the American League East and 4 1/2 back in the wild-card race despite playing better since the All-Star break.

Girardi didn’t want to use Andrew Miller (43 1/3 IP) and Dellin Betances (49 IP) again on Saturday afternoon, but with every game feeling like a must-win for the remainder of this up-and-down season, he did anyway. Miller pitched the eighth, Aroldis Chapman went the next two innings and Betances worked the 11th, further adding to their workloads.

After the Yankees’ bullpen “big three” of Andrew Miller, Aroldis Chapman, and Dellin Betances combined for four scoreless innings, Anthony Swarzak allowed the Giants to plate the winning run in the 12th inning. Elsa/Getty Images

“It hurts because we had some opportunities to score runs and we didn’t do it,” Girardi said.

The Yankees went 0-for-10 with runners in scoring position, as the Giants finally snapped a six-game losing streak.

“We pitched well, but we didn’t hit,” Carlos Beltran said.

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