As Friday night’s game in St. Louis crept toward the ninth, it had all the hallmarks of a very dumb 2025 Yankees loss. Did the offense fail to take advantage of numerous chances to get some runs to turn a close game into a comfortable one? Check. Did some members of the bullpen struggle, leading to others having basically no wiggle room in crunch moments? You bet. Would a loss have wasted a perfectly decent outing from a starter, who had the Yankees in a perfectly fine spot when he left? Absolutely.

On this occasion, though, that didn’t happen. The bullpen got just enough outs, and despite a 3-for-17 showing with runners in scoring position, the lineup scored just enough themselves, having gotten a perfectly decent start from Luis Gil. It got awfully stressful at points, but the Yankees c

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