Both players got the ball back without having to trade with fans for any memorabilia and gave it to their parents, who were in the stands and in the interview room following their first major league press conference.Austin and Judge were the first pair of Yankees to make their debut in the starting lineup since catcher Johnny Ellis and center fielder Jim Lyttle drove in two runs apiece on May 17, 1969, vs. the California Angels. NY is 60-56 – matching a season-high at four games over.500 – and has won four straight for the second time since the All-Star break to remain on the periphery of the American League wild card race while Tampa Bay (46-69) continues to play out the string with five losses in its last six contests.
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New York Yankees pitcher Luis Severino delivers the ball to the Tampa Bay Rays during the third inning of a baseball game Sunday, Aug.14, 2016, at Yankee Stadium in New York.
NY still has a little power left in their bats in this “white flag” season.
The Rays found the offense they’ve been seeking, hitting three homers Sunday, including three-run shots by Corey Dickerson and Nick Franklin, in a 12-3 sweep-avoiding win over the Yankees. Two of the hits with two strikes were homers allowed to Trevor Strory of the Colorado Rockes and Chase Headley of the Yankees. “He was laughing at me as if he just stole candy from a baby”. “Just relax, have fun and play the game”. CF Kevin Kiemaier returned to Tampa Bay’s lineup after missing Friday’s game with flu-like symptoms. Judge’s tape-measure home run registered at 457 feet – the longest home run by a Yankee since 2011 and third ever to hit or go over the batter’s eye glass in center field. It could get messy in either direction, but I’ll favor Odorizzi and the Rays slightly. Longoria had four RBI on the day.
The Washington Nationals edged out the Atlanta Braves 7-6 as Trea Turner and Daniel Murphy went deep, stretching their lead in the NL East to 8.5 games as the Miami Marlins lost 8-7 to the Chicago White Sox.
METS 3, PADRES 2 (11): Wilmer Flores drove in the winning run when rookie second baseman Ryan Schimpf made a wild throw to plate in the 11th inning, and NY brushed off two stunning homers to beat San Diego.
Longoria went 7-for-11 in the three-game series and his 47 RBIs at the current Yankee Stadium are the most among visiting players. “This is a group that works really hard, pulls for each other, pushes each other”.
Through two games, Austin is batting.375 (3-8) with a home run and a stolen base. 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.
In Toronto, Russell Martin slugged a go-ahead three-run homer in the sixth inning. “I think that would be a record”. The Yankees then proceeded to win 8-6, behind Masahiro Tanaka, who pitched seven innings of four-run ball. Learn the strike zone. Judge became only the second player to homer for the Yankees in his first two big league games, lining an opposite-field drive over the right-field scoreboard to join Joe Lefebvre (May 1980).
“I think we’re all excited because we know these two as people”, Hall of Famer and former Yankees great Reggie Jackson said. He has 696 home runs, fourth on the career list behind Barry Bonds (762), Hank Aaron (755) and Babe Ruth (714).
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Back-to-back home runs for the Yankees rookies.
