Giving up a three-run home run is not a good way to start a game against anyone, let alone the New York Yankees, but that is exactly what Cleveland Indians starter Trevor Bauer did tonight.
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Since the All-Star break, Bauer is 1-4 with a 6.11 ERA.
Don’t ask Bauer about his trouble with locating his pitches. “So I had to battle and work out of some jams”, Eovaldi said.
The home run was McCann’s 20th of the season and second is as many nights. I gave up six. “We lost”. He allowed a leadoff single, then got 2 outs, then defensive indifference and a single got a run home.
Salazar (10-6), who allowed two hits in the first six innings, turned in his third straight impressive start.
Drew smacked a solo homer in the second inning Thursday, and his 15 total is the most he’s hit in a season since 2010 when he played for Arizona when he also hit 15.
And the first five hitters in the Yanks’ order – Jacoby Ellsbury, Brett Gardner, Alex Rodriguez, Mark Teixeira and Brian McCann – combined to go 1-for-28, with A-Rod’s lone seventh-inning single.
It’s the 22nd home run allowed by Bauer this year. “When the guys play 16 innings and five hours, batting practice the next day is, by far, not the most important thing”.
QUOTE TO NOTE: “When he doesn’t execute his pitch, he’s leaving it in the wrong place”. Giants manager Bruce Bochy is unsure if Leake’s strained left hamstring will force him to miss more than one turn.
Andrew Miller, who blew his first save of the season Tuesday, allowed a run in the ninth on Carlos Santana’s single but struck out Abraham Almonte to end the game.
The Blue Jays, meanwhile, have won 10 games in a row to take control of the American League East. The Yankees remain atop the wild card standings, but they’ve scored just nine runs in their past seven games.
“When you look out there and see Betances and Miller coming in, that’s no picnic”, said Francona, whose team still won two of the three games of the series with the Yankees.
Jose Ramirez’s single in the second inning extends his career-high hitting streak to eight games.
Dodgers lefty Clayton Kershaw (9-6, 2.37 ERA) faces Pirates righty Gerrit Cole (14-5, 2.29) in the opener of a three-game series between NL playoff contenders. 350 since begin recalled on August. 3. He struck out twice, but he showed an ability to drive the ball, and I really don’t think the Yankees are overly concerned about his ability to hit. He’s scheduled to throw 35 pitches Thursday, and as long as he’s pain free, he will likely go on a minor league rehab assignment.
Yankees: RHP Michael Pineda (right flexor strain), RHP Diego Moreno (right elbow inflammation), and LF Dustin Ackley (right lumbar strain) are on the 15-day disabled list.
Tony Dejak/AP Carlos Beltran hits a game-tying home run in the eighth but the Bombers would drop the game in extras.
This time around was particularly painful, as the Indians had just cut their early deficit in half with a nice little rally against the hard-throwing Nathan Eovaldi (12-2) in the bottom of the third, making it a manageable 4-2 contest.
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Righthander Ivan Nova, who flew ahead to Toronto late Thursday afternoon, gets the start Friday night against David Price. Trevor Bauer takes the hill, and he’s 9-8 with a 4.06 ERA and 136 strikeouts this season.
