“The choice there in the second inning is that’s a lot of baseball left to play a National League game by losing the DH”, said Hinch, adding Doug Fister’s struggles and high pitch count didn’t allow for any wiggle room.
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Scooter Gennett, Jonathan Villar and pinch-hitter Andy Wilkins also connected for the Brewers in the opener of a four-game series. That put the Yankees up 6-1.
Austin Romine hit a tiebreaking double in the eighth inning to make a victor of Michael Pineda, and the New York Yankees’ bullpen did just fine without star closer Aroldis Chapman in a 2-1 victory over the Astros.
Andrew Miller would finish things off fairly easily in the ninth.
And for the second straight night, Miller picked up the save – one day after Chapman’s trade.
Chase Headley knocks in a run with a base hit in the second inning.
Tonight, the Yanks (52-48) will attempt to complete a three-game sweep of the Astros (54-45) with Masahiro Tanaka on the mound. “He escaped it a little bit early, but then obviously, they opened it up in the fifth”.
Hes very humble, he knows how to play the game the right way and he knows what kind of player he is, said shortstop Carlos Correa, who was the No. 1 overall pick in 2012 and called up midseason in 2015. Astros manager A.J. Hinch said after the game Valbuena won’t play Wednesday, which will give him two days to recover with a scheduled day off Thursday. “They have really good arms, and they had really good nights”. The Houston Astros offense has been hit or miss recently, but they’ve won 12 of their last 14 games when scoring more than three runs.
Romine’s double to deep centre field scored Chase Headley, who singled to start the eighth.
One silver lining in Bregman’s offensive play from Monday night’s game was the fact that he was told to swing away in ninth inning instead of bunting even though there was a runner on first with no outs.
The Tigers have made their mark everywhere, from Ryan Schimpf making his Major League debut in June with the Padres after nine seasons in the minor leagues to Will Harris making his first career All-Star game.
At least that could be the case after Luis Valbuena left in the second inning Tuesday after suffering a right hamstring strain while running to first base. The Astros tapped him for just four hits total and two walks over 6 2/3 innings.
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Houston Astros’ Jose Altuve flips his bat after striking out during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees, Tuesday, July 26, 2016, in Houston. Girardi turned to Betances after a two-out walk by Swarzak, but Betances walked his first two hitters to load the bases. However, Betances would get Jason Castro to strike out to end the inning, preserving a three-run lead.
