N ew York Yankees relief pitcher Luke Weaver was gearing up to close things out against the Los Angeles Dodgers Sunday night when he suddenly had to return to the bench. Weaver, w

With the Yankees up four runs in the eighth inning, the bullpen phone rang for Luke Weaver, their closer and best reliever. Weaver warmed up while the Yankees were batting in the ninth, then after finishing this tosses he started to do his stretching and felt something wrong. There was discomfort in one of his hamstrings.

Yankees outfielder Jasson Domínguez jammed his left thumb on a stolen base Sunday night and was removed from a 7-3 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers. New York closer Luke Weaver wasn’t able to pitch at all because of a sore hamstring.