Nick Swisher homered in the top of the ninth inning Wednesday, giving the Yankees a 3-2 lead over the Twins. One out later, Andy Pettitte walked out to pitch the bottom of the ninth inning, or so it seemed.  Joe Girardi let Pettitte warm up, then came out and removed him for closer Mariano Rivera before Pettitte faced a batter. The Yankees' manager had created some more time for Mariano Rivera to warm up.  "He (Pettitte) wasn't going to throw a pitch,'' Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said, according to the Minneapolis StarTribune. "Kind of tired, to tell you the truth. Don't normally get that long between innings. You know what's going on there."  MLB.com noted that, as home-plate umpire Brian O'Nora tried to get Pettitte to speed things up, Yankees catcher Francisco Cervelli stopped to rub something out of his eye, which ate up more time before Rivera was summoned.  Rivera pitched the ninth inning and saved both of Wednesday's Yankees wins in Minneapolis.  "We didn't want to have Mo up unless we knew we were going to use him,'' Yankees manager Joe Girardi said.  According to radio station ESPN 1500-AM in the Twin Cities, Gardenhire said he didn't think giving Rivera more time to warm up cost the Twins the night game. However, he added this parting shot: "That's a situation Major League Baseball needs to take care of when stuff like that happens. If you don't have a guy ready in the bullpen, if your starter goes out there he should have to face a hitter.''  What do you think? Barring an injury, should Major League Baseball require a pitcher to face at least one batter if he goes out to warm up before an inning?  To report corrections and clarifications, contact Standards Editor  . For publication consideration in the newspaper, send comments to  . Include name, phone number, city and state for verification. To view our corrections, go to
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