Sunday, September 14, 2014

Robertson Hopeful Yankees Will Still Make Run

Yankees' Closer David Robertson is hopeful the team will still make a playoff run. 

The 30-year-old closer, who has successfully converted 36 of 39 save opportunities (or 92%) this season, escaped a man-on-second, one out jam in yesterday's bottom of the ninth with a pair of groundouts, sealing for the Yanks a 3-2 win over the Orioles.

“This is September baseball," Robertson told The Bergen Record's Pete Caldera after the W. "And I’ve seen amazing things happen. I’ve seen Tampa get in on the last day and Boston fall out of the playoffs [in 2011]. So you can’t give up hope."

Prior to the big victory, though, Robertson struggled in Friday's 2-1 loss, throwing 35 pitches and loading the bases.

Eventually, since the offensively-dead game ended up lasting 11 innings, he was able to escape the jam without giving up a run, although he did still later admit that the long outing made his arm sore prior to Saturday's appearance.

“I was a little sore warming up,’’ Robertson said. “The shoulder, side and hamstring were real tight but I knew I had enough to get the job done.’’

Yes, you did Robertson. It wasn't necessarily perfect, but yes, you did.

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