He will then become an adviser and instructor for the team.
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Derek Jeter congratulated former teammate Alex Rodriguez, saying in a statement that the New York Yankees slugger “lives and breathes baseball”. Rodriguez hit a weak ball back to Ziegler who recorded the out at first base in his final at-bat at Fenway Park.
The RBI for Rodriguez came after the Red Sox intentionally walked Chase Headley with one out.
Since July 9, the Red Sox lead all of major league baseball in innings pitched by their starters (171 innings).
With the bases loaded and one out in the eighth and Boston leading 2-1, Jacoby Ellsbury sent a sharp liner to left field where Benintendi appeared to have the ball squared up for a routing catch. Since the beginning of August, he had a 2-for-4 game with a double and homer against Seattle, tripped down the dugout steps after the final out and injured his wrist, missed two games, returned to go 0-for-4 against the Dodgers, felt more wrist soreness and was held out of the lineup for two games.
Luis Cessa (2-0) earned the win with two scoreless innings, and Dellin Betances survived a rocky ninth for his third save. On Halloween Night and the Yanks down 3-0 to the Phillies Rodriguez provide the spark by taking Cole Hamels deep for a 2-run home run which was the spark that started another comeback as the Yankees won 8-5.
Hanley Ramirez drove in both runs for Boston with a single in the first and an RBI double in the fifth off Michael Pineda. With the bases still loaded, Boston catcher Sandy Leon fielded A-Rod’s short hit and threw to first as Brett Gardner scored.
Price, who submitted a serviceable eight-inning, three-run performance against Arizona, made a point to note Ramirez’ game might not have been as much of a heroic act as it was a duty to his team.
Yankees: RHP Nathan Eovaldi had an MRI on his pitching elbow and was evaluated by team physician Dr. Christopher Ahmad.
A-Rod started at third base twice previous year.
By the time Alex Rodriguez collects his last payment as a player from the Yankees next year, he will have received $317,368,852 from NY, according to a review of his contracts by The Associated Press.
A-Rod hasn’t played in the field at all since early in the 2015 season, and, well, I hate to sound like the manager, but the Yankees do have faint hopes yet in the wild-card race. “I thought it would have been fun”, he said.
“I’ve been preaching it, we’re fighting”, Yankees manager Joe Girardi said.
Asked about the possibility of rain interfering with his final game as a Yankee, Alex Rodriguez said there’s been no talk of contingency plans if the game gets washed out.
Yankees: LHP C.C. Sabathia (6-9, 4.18 ERA) starts as the Yankees return to NY for a weekend series against Tampa Bay. Since June 25, Rodriguez has seven hits in his last 55 at-bats and when his occasional start resulted in unproductive at-bats it gradually led to rookie Gary Sanchez becoming part of the designated hitter mix.
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Ortiz also left the game with an injury, hobbling off the field in the middle of his ninth-inning plate appearance after fouling a ball off his right shin. His status for Thursday’s series finale was uncertain following the Yankees’ 9-4 win over Boston.
