This is the baton pass the Yankees envisioned.

Six-plus innings of solid, if not special, pitching from Carlos Rodón. Fernando Cruz escaping, roaring, jumping and pounding his way off the mound. Devin Williams inducing the ground ball he needed and de-batting Red Sox batters. David Bednar showing no nerves in nailing down an October save.

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The Yankees bullpen, a group that entered October under scrutiny and bent in Tuesday’s Game 1 loss , bounced back in preserving what became a 4-3 victory Wednesday in The Bronx that forced a Game 3.

“We just happened to have a bad moment in September lik

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