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Aaron Boone's Bewildering Overmanagement Puts Yankees on the Brink vs. Rays

The ' bats have consistently connected in the 2020 postseason. But the Yanks are on the verge of elimination because their decision-makers whiffed.

New York scored 22 runs on 23 hits with seven home runs in its Wild Card Round sweep of , and plated 14 runs with six homers in the first two games against the Tampa Bay Rays in the division series.

Giancarlo Stanton, an injury-plagued enigma for much of 2020, has led the charge with six long balls.

Yet, the Yankees entered Game 3 of their ALDS showdown versus Tampa Bay on Wednesday with the series knotted 1-1.