The Field of Dreams game between the New York Yankees and the Chicago White Sox had an ending one could mistake for a Hollywood script. Unfortunately for Yankees closer Zack Britton, the conclusion of the game was something right out of a disaster flick — with him on the center of it all. 

To recall, Britton toed the rubber in the bottom of the ninth inning of Wednesday night's game against the White Sox with a one-run lead to protect. Prior to that, Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton went deep back to back to grab the lead from Chicago. It was looking like the Yankees were on their way to a dramatic win. That was until Britton took to the mound and served up a gimme to Tim Anderson, who scored a two-run walk-off homer to the cap of the night. The Yankees are 63-52, as of this writing, 7.5 games of the AL East-leading Tampa Bay Rays, and are given just 41.4 percent by FanGraphs to reach the postseason.

Just like everyone else, Britton knew how big his blunder was in that game, not only because all eyes were on this historic game in the middle of nowhere in Iowa but also because the loss was another punch to the gut of the Yankees' hope to make it to the postseason.

According to Marly Rivera of ESPN, Britton was so gutted of that loss that he told Yankees manager Aaron Boone this:

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Zack Britton used to be one of the best closers in the game, but that's clearly no longer the case today. He's only filling in as closer for the team while the Yankees wait for the return of Aroldis Chapman, and could soon lose his temporary gig to someone else.

So far this season, Britton only has one save, an ERA of 6.32, and a 1.66 WHIP in 18 appearances.