Yankees.com: Yankees’ covert G2 pitching plan goes awry

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There was a measure of trickery afoot as Deivi García walked to the Petco Park mound on Tuesday evening, tabbed as the Yankees’ youngest starting pitcher ever in a postseason game. His first offerings were accompanied by activity in the bullpen, the 21-year-old’s outing secretly intended only to be an opening cameo.

It was a move, manager Aaron Boone acknowledged, that had been executed in hopes of exploiting a platoon advantage against the lefty-heavy Rays lineup. The results of replacing García after one inning were negligible; despite two monstrous Giancarlo Stanton homers, the Yankees…