New York Yankees third baseman Chase Headley, left, completes a double play by tagging out San Francisco Giants’ Mac Williamson at third base during the eighth inning of the baseball game at Yankee Stadium, Sunday, July 24, 2016 in New York.
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Bochy said he pulled aside Pagan after the game.
Lineup – The Giants are not the highest scoring team in the Majors, but they are balanced and rank 13th in runs scored.
Why did Blanco try to score on a borderline fly ball with the Giants down 2-0?
But the Yankees (50-48), who matched their season high of two games over.500, may have shown their management too little, too late to prevent a selloff of veterans ahead of the August 1 deadline for trades without waivers. The under is also 4-1 in the Giants’ last five road games and 18-6-2 in their last 26 games versus American League East opponents. Their cleanup-hitting catcher fouled a ball off the top of his right foot in the first inning, was replaced by Trevor Brown in the bottom of the fourth and was diagnosed with a contusion after X-rays ruled out a fracture. A sellout crowd expected to see right-hander Jeff Samardzija, who is now listed to start Sunday. In his first start back in the rotation on Tuesday he cruised through 5 1/3 innings, but four straight baserunners later was out of the game, ultimately allowing one run. He struck out nine in six innings, and the only run he allowed was unearned.
“The guy on the mound set the tone”, Bochy said. “He’s a battler, Johnny”.
As for the Giants – well, their tough second half luck continues. The Giants created a wealth of opportunities, but there might as well have been a Buick parked on home plate.
They couldn’t get a hard-hit ball to fall with two on and one out in the first inning.
After losing the first two games of the homestand to Boston, the Yankees won six of eight against the Red Sox, Orioles and Giants.
The Yankees later added three insurance runs in the sixth. He walked No. 9 hitter Aaron Hicks, who advanced to third on Brett Gardner’s single. Brandon Belt, who has wandered in the dark ever since the All-Star break, couldn’t check his swing while striking out.
Jeff Samardzija allowed two early home runs – a cheapie and a full-price item – and dominated the middle innings with a 97 miles per hour fastball before either fatigue or a lack of focus led to a series of mistakes in the sixth. His solo shot off Ivan Nova tied the game in the fifth. “Same day, same place, same surgeon”.
With Chapman, Andrew Miller and Dellin Betances all unavailable after pitching each of the previous two days, Chasen Shreve was the first man out of the ‘pen in the seventh.
MIAMI – Steven Matz pitched six scoreless innings and Jose Reyes drilled a go-ahead RBI triple to lead NY over Miami.
Brian McCann’s catch and tag at the plate.
Josh Osich pitched a spotless ninth inning but unraveled while issuing two walks to start the 10th. Yankees 1B Mark Teixeira batted seventh for the first time since May 21-22, 2012, against the Kansas City Royals. Posey walked it off, then drew a bases on balls and spent the remainder of the inning on the basepaths.
Casilla entered and the gears turned in both dugouts.
Green, who has started and been in the bullpen pitched 2¹/₃ innings and gave up three hits.
Does it make sense to trade Chapman and other veterans for future pieces that could help the team in 2017, 2018, and beyond? Then the Giants were able to score against a more mortal reliever.
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“The only thing you can do in this game is create opportunities, and we’ve been doing that”, Bochy said. Although they played just their second officially error-free game on the trip, they made a rally-killing mistake on the basepaths in the eighth inning.
