In this photo provided by the Boston Red Sox, President Barack Obama, left, shakes hands with Boston Red Sox Interim Manager Torey Lovullo in the exercise room of the New York Palace Hotel, Tuesday, September 29, 2015, in New York.
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Earlier today, I pointed out that the Yankees needed Michael Pineda to put together a good start, because the margin of error for Yankees starting pitchers has been so low of late due to their wilting offense.
Swihart hit a three-run home run in the first off Yankees right-hander Michael Pineda (12-9) to cap a six-run inning. It never happened. Instead, he had a few beers, and things got worse.
With five games remaining on the schedule, if this team could finish at.500, it would be no small victory.
The Yankees’ designated hitter Alex Rodriguez is struggling.
This game got off to a wild start as the clubs combined for 10 runs on nine hits in the first inning. Rodriguez went 0-for-4 and he had trouble connecting on the 93- mile fastballs thrown by Porcello.
“This is their playoff and they want to make an impact and we would be the same way playing against them”.
If only the season started in August.
Pitching star Kershaw claimed 13 strike outs and only one hit as the Dodgers romped past their fierce divisional rivals to silence the home crowd at AT&T Park crowd and clinch the National League West.
And it is a matter of the Yankees not being able to handle a lefthander on the mound, though Porcelllo, a righty gave them an opportunity.
All the complicated equations for the Yankees’ postseason clinching, all the talk about when to spray champagne, were quickly muted during Tuesday’s top of the first inning.
“We just have to take a deep breath and come back and win a game tomorrow”, he said. “I think we answered the question if we were going to be ready for the remainder of the season”. And then A-Rod did what he does best by analyzing what has gone wrong, at the most important juncture of this long baseball season.
“That team is playing really good baseball”.
Well, A-Rod is just a part of it. Greg Bird, the rookie, may be pressing after a 1-for-4 night. Porcello’s ERA for the season sits at 5.02. “I ruin the first inning, but I have to keep pitching”. And with that Tuesday evening wild card elimination game quickly approaching, the bat of A-Rod is vital. He just followed the advice of his stepson and said, “Hello, Mr. President, nice to meet you”. “I’m just trying to put good swings on balls”, Swihart said. A-Rod, who turned 40 years old July 27, is hitting just.
What he did so well to help carry this team was hit in the clutch.
Jose Abreu went 2-for-4 with an RBI single and Adam Eaton went 2-for-4 and hit a two-run homer to lead the White Sox. However, Gardy was not on first, so Ellsbury scored and there was no double play. “Nothing’s going to be easy, so this is very predictable”. In the process, they have climbed to three games under.
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Boston is now only three games under.500. But getting those two wins for the wildcard these past two nights is becoming an eternity. Regardless of whether or not the Red Sox can beat them, the Yankees appear to be a pretty safe bet to make the playoffs this season, as the Boston Globe points out. It speaks to the all-encompassing nature of Boston’s transformation over the past two months, one culminating Tuesday in their first five-game winning streak of the entire season.
