Rodriguez is set to play his final game for NY on Friday night at Yankee Stadium against Tampa Bay.
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Asked if he thought Rodriguez would be able to sign with another team following his release, Girardi said the team stopped playing Rodriguez because it didn’t think he was still productive.
“He just hit it in a spot where we couldn’t do anything about the guy at third”, Ziegler said.
Red Sox starter Eduardo Rodriguez lasted seven innings, giving up a run on three hits and a walk with six strikeouts.
For as impressive as Andrew Benintendi has been through his first two weeks in the big leagues, mistakes are bound to happen and a big one contributed to Boston’s loss on Thursday night. “We are still in the business of trying to win games”.
Rodriguez started at DH on Thursday at Fenway Park, going 0-for-4 with an eighth-inning RBI.
The 41-year-old and the Yankees announced an agreement to end Rodriguez’s time with the team at a press conference on Sunday. “They’re passionate fans. They love their team”.
Hanley Ramirez drove in both runs for Boston with a single in the first and an RBI double in the fifth off Michael Pineda.
Ramirez snapped an 0-for-16 spell with an RBI single in the first, collecting his first hit since tripping down the dugout stairs on August 2 at Seattle.
The play came with one out, the bases loaded, the Red Sox leading by a run, and reliever Brad Ziegler on the mound.
Ramirez was shaken up after colliding with Gary Sanchez at first base during Sanchez’s eighth-inning single. Ramirez was checked by a trainer and stayed in the game. New York RHP Nathan Eovaldi underwent an MRI exam Thursday and will seek a second opinion after leaving Wednesday’s start with right elbow discomfort.
Manager John Farrell said he got a call from Ortiz on Thursday morning and the retiring slugger said he was OK. Price has lost his last two decisions and hasn’t won since July 10.
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Yankees: LHP C.C. Sabathia (6-9, 4.18 ERA) starts as the Yankees return to NY for a weekend series against Tampa Bay.
