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Yankees History: Russ Ford and a very weird complete game

The art of the complete game appears to be one that is dying. Officially, only one Yankee pitcher threw one in 2022, and that was Nestor Cortes in a game that only went six innings because of rain. Cortes’ May 26th start against the Rays was the only time a Yankee pitcher was sent back out for the ninth inning to potentially get one. He then allowed a leadoff single to start the ninth and was removed. Every other time a Yankee pitcher got through eight innings, a reliever then came in to start the ninth.

All of that has happened for a variety of reasons that seem unlikely to reverse.