After a day of external second-guessing in Game 1, there was one decision Aaron Boone himself grappled with. It was not pulling Gerrit Cole after 88 pitches. It was not bringing in

Yankees manager Aaron Boone credited Dodgers starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto with shutting down the Bombers in Game 2, They managed just one hit through the first eight innings before staging a late rally in the ninth that fell short.

Jake Cousins replaced Weaver in the 10th. Cousins got Will Smith to fly out but walked Gavin Lux and gave up an infield single to Tommy Edman. That's when Boone went to Cortes. Weaver threw 19 pitches. Had he faced a couple more batters, he likely would not have been available until the Series went to New York for Game 3 on Monday.