The New York Yankees won't have reliever Ian Hamilton for the rest of the AL Championship Series against Cleveland - or the World Series if they advance - after he injured his left calf in Game 3 on Thursday night.
The AL East champions replaced Hamilton with Mark Leiter Jr. The move was made just hours before Game 4 on Friday.
Manager Aaron Boone said Hamilton suffered a "low-grade" calf strain while the right-hander covered first base in the sixth inning. The Yankees wound up blowing a 5-3 lead in the ninth and lost 7-5 to the Guardians , who got a game-tying homer from rookie Jhonkensy Noel in the ninth and David Fry's walk-off homer in the 10th.
New York leads the series 2-1.
Hamilton went 0-1 with a 3.82 ERA in 35 games for the Yankees this season. He missed nearly three months with a strained side muscle. He returned in mid-September and pitched in the ALDS against Kansas City.
