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- Updated: August 2, 2016
NEW YORK — Amid a season spent on the outskirts of the postseason race, the Yankees entered the Subway Series a team championing its suddenly bright future. A series of trades that spelled the exits of much of their core, general manager Brian Cashman said, were designed to position the Yankees to compete for years to come.
Monday night, though, the Yankees hardly looked like a team focused on anything less than its present. Brett Gardner started the game with a mad dash across the bases, and though he was thrown out at home, it set the tone for a performance of timely hitting, spirited play and a dramatic ending. New closer Dellin Betances encountered some trouble in the 10th, but he struck out Curtis Granderson to seal the Yankees’ 6-5 win at Citi Field.
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“Everybody [was] a little bit down here,” second baseman Starlin Castro said. “That’s a good win to start off without the guys that are not here no more. Just keep focused on what we do and try to win games.”
In addition to trading Andrew Miller and Aroldis Chapman in the past week, the Yankees traded Carlos Beltran to the Rangers and Ivan Nova to the Pirates prior to Monday’s contest. Cashman took pride in the moves, celebrating the Bronx Bombers’ improved farm system.
The Yankees, though, were …
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