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KANSAS CITY, Mo. \u2014 Michael Tonkin had pitched, throwing 39 total pitches, in two of the past three games. <\/p>\n
But manager Aaron Boone, who was staying away from Clay Holmes and several members of an overworked bullpen, begrudgingly asked the righty for a third game in four days.<\/p>\n
Tonkin, of course, accepted. It\u2019s the kind of tap on the shoulder \u2014 warm up and enter the game \u2014 that he prefers.<\/p>\n
He\u2019s gotten too many of the other kind of taps this season.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s good to get in a groove and get comfortable and be in a position,\u201d Tonkin said after his second career save clinched Monday\u2019s 4-2 win over the Royals at Kauffman Stadium, \u201cwhere I feel like I\u2019m not scared that I\u2019m going to get tapped on the shoulder after every game.\u201d<\/p>\n
No longer is Tonkin on the verge of being released. <\/p>\n
The 34-year-old began the year with the Mets, struggled in three games and was designated for assignment on April 5. <\/p>\n
The Twins traded for him, used Tonkin for one game and then DFA\u2019d him, too. The Mets picked him back up and burned him for two more games before yet another DFA.<\/p>\n
Finally, the Yankees put in a claim of their own on April 25 and might have found a keeper.<\/p>\n
Tonkin lowered his ERA to 0.89 in 20 \u00b9\/\u2083 innings in pinstripes, excelling in using more sliders and more two-seamers than he had previously. <\/p>\n
He has pitched well enough not just to climb his way out of DFA range but has climbed up Boone\u2019s trust tree.<\/p>\n
After seven strong innings from Carlos Rodon and a one-run eighth inning from Ian Hamilton, Boone stayed away from Holmes, who had pitched three games in four days, Luke Weaver, who tossed 24 pitches Sunday, and Caleb Fergusion, who had pitched two of three.<\/p>\n
And he turned to a pitcher who has \u201cguts,\u201d Boone said. \u201cHe\u2019s fearless out there and really, really competitive. He\u2019s fit in well in that room.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tonkin issued a one-out walk to bring the tying run to the plate but got Vinnie Pasquantino to fly out and struck out MJ Melendez.<\/p>\n
His second save \u2014 in his 206th career game \u2014 would have been hard to envision a few weeks ago.<\/p>\n
\u201cChaotic, I guess,\u201d Tonkin said in summing up his season thus far. \u201cThe first month was less than ideal. To be here now, it\u2019s all worth it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Anthony Rizzo, who has been mired in a terrible slump in what has been an overall poor few months of play, sat for a second straight game.<\/p>\n
The 34-year-old Rizzo owns just a .623 OPS and is 1-for-29 in June. Asked if the couple days of rest were more about mechanical adjustments or a mental reset, Boone said both.<\/p>\n
\u201cWanted to give him a couple days,\u201d said Boone, who added that Rizzo is OK physically. \u201cHe\u2019s working through things, but also a break, too.\u201d<\/p>\n
DJ LeMahieu got the start at first base and Oswaldo Cabrera stepped in at third base.<\/p>\n
Boone said he and Rizzo would \u201ccircle up each night\u201d to discuss his eventual return to the lineup.<\/p>\n
After his second rehab start Sunday, Gerrit Cole returned to Yankee Stadium and talked with Boone.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think he felt good about it,\u201d Boone said of Cole\u2019s 57-pitch, 4 \u00b2\/\u2083-inning outing with Double-A Somerset. \u201cAnother step in the right direction.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cole\u2019s next step will be a third rehab start, likely Friday.<\/p>\n
Boone tied Billy Martin for the seventh-most managerial wins (556) in Yankees\u2019 history, trailing leader Joe McCarthy\u2019s 1,460 wins from 1931-46.<\/p>\n
\u201cObviously an amazing manager, amazing career, amazing playing career and certainly a storied history with this team,\u201d Boone said of Martin. \u201cA lot of ups and downs, but I think in his time and in his generation [he was] known as one of the great and really smart managers.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a players game \u2014 I\u2019ve been fortunate to have a lot of great players out there.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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