“If you think I have them, then change the signs”, Teixeira said.
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Look at what he did tonight. “We were having some laughs”. OK, fine, you’re not relaying signs, we get it, you made that clear with the first joke made. He scored from first on a double by Chase Headley in the first and caused a bench clearing incident when he was hit by Steven Matz in the fifth. The under is 5-0-3 in the Yankees last 8 Thursday games and is 12-3 in their last 15 on grass while going 18-6-3 in the Yankees last 27 home games.
In the fifth, Teixeira took exception to being hit in the left shin and immediately began yelling and glaring at Matz.
“He keeps his cool for the most part but when he gets upset he gets really upset”, Headley said. “I told him I didn’t appreciate it”. “I’ve talked to him a few times, but listen, when you hit a home run and the next pitch is not even close to the plate and hits you, it just looks bad”, Teixeira said after the game.
Both benches emptied but never got past the foul lines and relievers from both teams stood in front of the warning track in case things escalated further.
Green and Matz combined to throw 100 pitches in the first two innings. Oddsmakers at online sports book BetDSI endorse the host team, whereas Terry Collins’ players represent +113 underdogs.
Steven Matz faced the minimum 12 batters in the final four innings he pitched Wednesday, but the proverbial horse already had left the barn. “By the way, if his command was that good, we wouldn’t have been behind 6-3”. I think I can help out in the clubhouse. “That’s just my take on it”. He also chose to get in the head of Mets relief pitcher Hansel Robles.
“I feel like I’ve been getting traded to the Mets for over a year now”, he said. “‘Play baseball tough, ‘” Robles said. “I think everyone in here understands that they’re going to have to pick up the slack and play good baseball”.
NY inserted Yoenis Cespedes into the starting lineup after he sat for three games with a strained right quad.
The New York Mets need a prolonged winning streak to position themselves for a Wild Card.
Cespedes was 1-for-5 and re-injured the quad on his penultimate swing of the ninth.
But even after he and the Mets got smacked 9-5 by their cross-town rivals Wednesday night at Yankee Stadium he still believes that he and his team can put something together. Rivera’s run-scoring single tied it in the second.
New York Mets’ Jay Bruce, left, greets New York Yankees’ Alex Rodriguez before an interleague baseball game Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2016, in New York. Alejandro de Aza was in center and hit a go-ahead two-run homer. He has nine home runs and 29 RBI and is on pace to hit only 14 homers.
New York’s biggest chance in the late innings when Headley misplayed Cespedes’ one-hopper to third base for an error that prevented a double play and loaded the bases. He flied out, grounded out and struck out looking twice, including in the seventh with runners at second and third. Bullpen action started five batters in, and pitching coach Larry Rothschild made trips to the mound in all four of Green’s innings. He walked Gregorius to force in a run and make it 9-4.
“No matter what happens, I’m at peace with myself, ” Rodriguez said via ESPN. Alderson also said 1B Lucas Duda (back) had a setback and was prescribed 30 days of rest by Dr. Robert Watkins.
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Yankees: LHP Jacob Lindgren will have Tommy John surgery Friday, an injury that likely will sideline him until the 2018 season.
