Yankees give one away at Miami as four debuts go spectacularly off the rails

MIAMI – Possibly the most avowed Yankee hater might not have conjured something so cruel.

Could all four of the newest Yankees really stumble in their team debuts like this, domino style, until the Miami Marlins’ second wild comeback Friday night led to an improbable win?

“Definitely not an ideal start by any means,’’ said reliever David Bednar, after the Marlins walked off with a crazy 13-12 victory at Loan Depot Park, where the post-MLB trade deadline period began.

In succession, new Yankees relievers Jake Bird, Bednar and Camilo Doval failed to provide a lockdown chain from the seventh inning on – but there was one more twist.

After utilizing his off-the-bench speed with a key ninth-inning steal, Jose Caballero – also acquired Friday – allowed Xavier Edwards’ RBI single to roll under his glove in right field.

That also plated the tying run and set up a one-out, game-winning dribbler by former Yankee catching prospect Agustin Ramirez, scoring Edwards from third – capping a three-run ninth off Doval.

“Not how you draw it up, but those guys are really good at what they do,’’ manager Aaron Boone said of his new relievers. “Fully expect them to bounce back.’’

On the Yankees' side, optimism takes a dark turn

Before the game, Boone said he still planned on Devin Williams “closing most games,’’ but that the closer pedigrees of Bednar and Doval allow for variations.

Due to their recent workloads, Williams, Luke Weaver and Tim Hill – the bullpen’s holy trio through July – were being avoided, leaving Friday to the newcomers.

And their Friday welcome was full of fresh optimism, captured in a brief pregame clubhouse speech by Boone.

It was just a way to say “this is us now. Excited about the makeup of our team,’’ Boone said of an upgrade that began with last weekend’s trade for third baseman Ryan McMahon.

“Definitely felt we had some issues that needed to be addressed,’’ with protecting leads being one of them. “Now it’s on us to make it happen.’’

Hours later, a twisted bit of baseball karma conspired against the new Yankees.

Yankees' Carlos Rodon: ''It starts with me''

But as lefty starter Carlos Rodon said, “it kind of starts with me, not getting through the fifth.’’

Handed a 6-0 lead, Rodon took a no-hitter into the fifth – but couldn’t get out of the inning, ultimately charged with four runs on four hits and five walks.

“Just not good enough. Five walks. Pretty unacceptable,’’ said Rodon, starting the bullpen carousel early, with a not-sharp Jonathan Loaisiga.

But the Yanks led 9-4 when things imploded in a six-run Marlins seventh inning, with Kyle Stowers belting a grand slam off Bird and Bednar yielding the go-ahead runs.

“Need to be better there. Will be better,’’ said a glum Bird, acquired from Colorado. “Just one of those days.’’

Yankees' offensive heroics not enough

Bednar, the ex-Pirates closer, had flown overnight with Bird from Denver (where the Pirates were playing) and landed at Miami around 6:45 a.m., Friday.

That suddenly-in-a-pennant-race giddiness took another hit when Marlins' No. 8 hitter Javier Sanoja belted his second homer of the night, a game-tying solo shot off Bednar in the seventh.

That was soon followed by Ramirez's go-ahead RBI single to cap a six-run inning, but the Yanks still answered back.

Anthony Volpe's seventh homer in his last 13 games - a solo shot in the eighth - tied it 10-10, and the Yanks' scored twice in the ninth for a 12-10 lead.

Ben Rice's two-out, pinch-hit single, pinch-runner Caballero's easy steal of second, McMahon's clutch go-ahead single and Volpe's (4-for-5) long RBI double should've been enough for Doval to lock it down.

But a loud crowd of 32,299, with split allegiances, watched Doval struggle against the bottom of Miami's order, and witnessed Caballero's critical fielding mistake.

"Definitely kind of a routine play,'' Caballero said through an interpreter of the Edwards single that he overcharged, scoring the tying run and setting up the winning run.

And a memorable night - for all the wrong reasons - ended for a quartet of new Yankees.

This article originally appeared on NorthJersey.com: Yankees give one away at Miami as four debuts go spectacularly off the rails