Baltimore Orioles’ Chris Davis (19) hits a home run during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees on Tuesday, September 8, 2015, in New York.
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Rodriguez hit his 684th career homer leading off the sixth, making it 1-all and chasing Baltimore starter Kevin Gausman. Bochy was 6-1 with a 2.95 ERA in 43 relief appearances for Triple-A Sacramento.
“Solid in a time of need”, manager Buck Showalter said.
New York Yankees’ Alex Rodriguez watches his home run during the… Due in part to injuries and a season-long, PED-related suspension, he only hit 41 homers combined in 2011-13 while missing all of 2014.
And here he is, at age 39 (he turned 40 in late July, so this is officially his age-39 season) putting up his 15th 30-homer season. The homer was A-Rod’s fourth in 5 video games and boosted his profession hit complete to three, 056, shifting him previous Rickey Henderson for 22nd place.
Gausman did get even with Yankees rookie Greg Bird, striking him out in both at-bats. Harvey said. “I think I have a couple mechanical things to work on, but whenever they decide to throw me back out there, I’m going to be ready, and I’m definitely excited for it”.
The Atlanta Braves ended their 12-game losing streak, beating the Philadelphia Phillies 7-2 Monday night behind the hitting of Hector Olivera and the pitching of Williams Perez.
The crowd of 30,785 was the second-smallest in seven seasons at the new Yankee Stadium.
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“We’ll get him ready for whenever he’s going to pitch again, and hopefully he relaxes and has a better night”, Manager Terry Collins said. He’s been out with inflammation in his right knee.
