When play resumed, the Yankees tacked on a another run, courtesy of two singles from Brian McCann and Chris Young, followed by a Chase Headley RBI double, his 14th on the season. By winning five out of six to start the second half and opening up a decent lead in the AL East, the Yankees are making a statement that they don’t intend to sit home in October for a third straight year. That brought Joe Girardi out of the dugout and put an end to Eovladi’s evening.
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Jimmy Rollins hits his ninth home run in the third inning for first-place Los Angeles and that was enough for Kershaw (8-6). With the Yankees gaining ground in the East, is it time to think about “pulling away from the pack” or are we getting ahead of ourselves going into the dog days of August? The Yankees will send Ivan Nova (1-3, 3.42 ERA) to the mound while the Orioles will counter with Kevin Gausman (1-1, 5.00 ERA). 500 at 53-41 for the first time since May 25, 2013, their high point that season.
Junichi Tazawa is having a stellar season and remains under control through next season, which could make his value similar to what Miller had a year ago. He started off the first inning well, only throwing 12 pitches to get the first three outs, and from then on he displayed a very strong command of all of his pitches: fastball, splitter, slider and even his two-seam, sinking fastball.
Still, they are also 4½ games behind the Minnesota Twins for the second AL wild card, and there are three teams between them, including the division-rival Rays and Toronto Blue Jays.
“You can survive giving up solo home runs and be very successful”.
“I feel good about where our club is, the way we’re playing”, Girardi said.
Ryan had the go-ahead hit Tuesday night, and A-Rod and Teixeira connected Wednesday, putting New York in position for its first sweep of the Orioles since April 2012. Closer Jonathan Papelbon (2-1) tossed two scoreless innings for the win. Second base is another place where the team could see, and use, an upgrade, as Stephen Drew is hitting.180. Hardy and third baseman Manny Machado among four hits in 7 2/3 innings. Since the All-Star break, I think it’s been the case with a lot of our wins.
“His command’s been bothering him a little bit”.
The Orioles’ visit to Yankee Stadium marked perhaps the most crucial series of the season thus far.
Jones had there’s no opportunity at exposing Headley’s three-run dual off Ubaldo Jimenez, and to discover the Orioles never retrieved n a 9-3 reduction to the Yankees on Thursday. In four at-bats, Ellsbury had three hits – which included a double and a home run – along with four runs batted in and two runs scored. Ellsbury hit a sinking line drive to David Lough that probably should’ve just been played conservatively to hold the batter to a single. The Yankees are 12-4 in July, and for a team that has certainly gotten hot at the right time, the majority of talk around this time of year centers around trade deadline day.
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Joey Votto homered and Mike Leake allowed one run and four hits in eight innings to lift the Cincinnati Reds to a 9-1 victory over the Chicago Cubs in the first game of a doubleheader. “It was fun, but a one-time thing”, Gardner said.
