Devin Williams cant escape misery again as Yankees lose crusher in extras to Astros

Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Greg Joyce about the inside buzz on the Yankees.Aaron Boone already had used Yerry De los Santos, Camilo Doval and Luke Weaver to cover four scoreless innings.

Weaver, his ninth-inning reliever, had thrown 19 pitches while pitching on a fourth day out of seven, and the manager did not want to risk the health of an invaluable arm by asking for another frame.He could not turn to David Bednar, who expended 42 pitches Wednesday.He did not want to turn to Mark Leiter Jr., who was recently activated from the injured list and pitched Tuesday and Wednesday.A righty pocket of hitters was due up, thus eliminating Tim Hill from the discussion.There was one reliever who might not have made sense but made the most sense to Boone — a pitcher who shortly afterward would say, “I stink right now.”Devin Williams took over in a quality, tense and tie game in which the Yankees had erased a two-run deficit and proceeded to throw it away once again.The polarizing, struggling and perhaps shell-shocked righty entered in the 10th inning to a reception that might generously be referred to as groans and exited to boos that rivaled the reaction to Jose Altuve, imploding in what became a 5-3 loss Friday to the Astros in front of a sellout crowd of 46,027 angry fans in The Bronx.Between a miserable road trip and a poor start to this home stand, the Yankees (61-55) have dropped six of seven, each seemingly more devastating than the last.“I’m not making pitches.It’s pretty simple,” said Williams, who immediately showed either a lack of poise or a lack of command, his first pitch bounced to the backstop to move the automatic runner to third.

Carlos Correa then took advantage of a drawn-in infield and singled up the middle for the go-ahead run.The Yankees caught a break when Yainer Diaz’s drive off the right field wall led to an out — right fielder Amed Rosario crashed against the wall a...