Right-hander Jhoulys Chacin earned his first victory in almost 10 weeks by combining with three relievers on a six-hit shutout in the Los Angeles Angels’ 2-0 win over the New York Yankees on Sunday in front of 40,309 at Angel Stadium.Chacin (3-6), who had lost four successive decisions, conceded six hits and one walk in 5 2/3 innings while collecting five strikeouts. Yankees manager Joe Girardi called it a solid performance from the 25-year-old, even though he was missing a key pitch. Ellsbury reached base on a fielder’s choice, then stole his 18th base of the season before Gary Sanchez walked, putting runners at first and second with one out. “When you get an opportunity because of injuries and different things, sometimes you force your way onto a roster”.
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That was in the first inning, and that series of events lead to a 1-0 Angels lead, surprisingly it would also be the only scoring they’d need in this brisk Sunday afternoon win.
“Nothing hurts worse than letting your teammates down, and I’ve been doing it on a pretty consistent basis”, Weaver said.
After returning home this week following a terrible road trip with an 11-game losing streak, Los Angeles was competitive in splitting a four-game series another team trying to make up ground in the AL wild-card race, Seattle. He allowed just three base hits and one walk.
“I have no reason to believe Mike won’t be here managing our team next season”, General Manager Billy Eppler said. “I didn’t fool too many people tonight”. “I could throw more fastballs and be more aggressive with everyone”.
In Nolasco’s defense, the Angels have scored a total of two runs while he’s been on the mound in his three losses, representative of a disturbing trend. That was enough offense for Chacin, who had been 0-4 in five starts and eight relief appearances since beating Minnesota on June 14. Opposing pitchers have routinely struggled to strike out the NY batters, who rank fourth in the AL with 7.2 strikeouts per game. “He pitched ahead in the count and threw a good game for them”.
“When he”s going well, he has the ability to locate pitches and change speeds,” said Scioscia, who has two years and $12 million left on his contract. Starlin Castro then hit a double down the left-field line to send Gregorius to third base.
At this point, the keen baseball observer may recall that, in an example of coincidence but not irony, Gardner’s snare is evocative of another that took place in August and involved an AL East outfielder and an Angels player who used two initials as his first name, one of them “J”, and likewise co-starred the left field wall of Angel Stadium.
In Chicago, Kendall Graveman faced one batter over the minimum while throwing a two-hitter and Khris Davis hit his 31st home run.
In Cleveland, Tyler Naquin hit a game-ending inside-the-park homer, sprinting around the bases to cap a two-run rally in the ninth inning. After the Yankees put two on with one out in the eighth, Ramirez struck out Didi Gregorius and retired Castro on a groundout. As for Cessa, “that’s as good as we’ve seen him…he’s got a lot of potential”. “We weren’t able to do that today”.
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Yankees: RHP Michael Pineda (6-10) will pitch on an extra day of rest Monday when the Yankees open a series at Seattle, his former team.
