Just how I went about it, I guess.
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The story of the day for the Yankees was Austin and Judge, who were promoted from Triple-A Scranton Wilkes/Barre and batted seventh and eighth, respectively, while playing first base and right field.
Corey Dickerson hit a three-run homer off Luis Severino, and Evan Longoria added a three-run double against reliever Luis Cessa to cap a six-run fourth inning that put the Rays ahead 8-1. His last four games of four RBIs or more have all been against NY.
Addison Russell hit his 14th homer for the NL Central-leading Cubs. For an offense that has had trouble scoring runs all year 8 runs is equivalent to an offensive outburst. “That’s all I can really say”.
MINNEAPOLIS – Robbie Grossman had three hits, including a home run, and Tyler Duffey pitched seven solid innings to lead Minnesota to a win over Kansas City.
“That’s kind of what it is”, Rays manager Kevin Cash said.
Aside from the obvious, my favorite part of Judge’s home run was Didi Gregorius picking up the 5-foot-6 Ronald Torreyes so he could high-five the 6-foot-7 Judge in the dugout afterward. The right-hander has back-to-back quality starts for the first time since early May and has won each of his past three outings.
Manaea (4-7) allowed three runs over six innings, giving up three hits, walking three and striking out four. There haven’t been many extended winning (or losing) streaks this season. Learn the strike zone. He became the second Yankee to homer in each of his first two major-league games, joining Joe Lefebvre (May 22-23, 1980).
We have gotten a glimpse already of one of their young studs, as Gary Sanchez got his first hits and home run of his Major League Baseball career this week, and looks ready to contribute on a full-time basis. Other than the home runs, Odorizzi made few mistakes in the 95-degree heat. At that point he was considered one of the best prospects in the system and I gave him a Grade B+ entering 2013.
I wrote about Austin’s opposite field power a week or two ago, and he made me look smart there.
“I’m excited for them to finally get an opportunity up here, not just to do well and start their major-league career but to help us out at a time when we need to win ballgames”, Brett Gardner said.
Rays: INF Logan Morrison (right forearm strain) and OF Oswaldo Arcia (right elbow strain) will be evaluated by the Rays at Tropicana Field on Monday and could be activated during the series against San Diego.
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The 24-year-old Austin is hitting.323 with 13 homers and 49 RBIs in 56 games for the RailRiders. The good news for the Yankees, with Teixeira, Beltran, A-Rod, Miller, and Chapman all gone after 2016, the Yankees are going to have a brighter future to come. So far over his minor league career he has slashed.279/.373/.471, while he’s also clubbed 60 home runs between five levels in the minor leagues. He is 0-7 with a 7.78 ERA in eight starts for the Yankees and with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes Barre, he is 7-1 with a 3.25 ERA in 10 starts.
