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Yanks beat Rays, 5-1, to stretch win streak to seven

New York SS Didi Gregorius is 1-for-12 in the series and 9-for-53 versus Tampa Bay this season.2.

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“There’s a plan between us”, Sanchez said through the interpreter. The Kraken wasn’t done, though, producing one of the most entertaining runs the Yankees have scored all year in the eighth inning. They are now four games back from first place in the division, as well as being only two games back from the second wild-card spot. “Let’s use our heads here a little bit”. We watched Derek Jeter pull his hands in and inside-out singles to right field for two decades.

Brian McCann hit two homers for the Yankees, who moved a season-high nine games over.500 at 74-65. Against the Blue Jays his last time out, Archer went 6.1 innings with five hits and two earned for a no-decision. Coincidentally it was his second straight outing at Yankee Stadium that ended with the Yankees getting a 5-4 victory on a ninth-inning home run. Miller was back at shortstop for the first time since Thursday, when he was hit by a pitch on the right elbow.

“I have to watch his knee. Just unbelievable”, Whitley said. LP: Snell (5-8). With New York ahead 3-2 in the fourth and two outs, the 36-year-old switch-hitter took a fastball away from reliever Kevin Jepsen for a called strike, then watched a changeup hit the dirt. “I hope not”, he said.

“I’m not overly satisfied with the overall way of pitching, how I’m pitching this year”, Tanaka said. Hernandez allowed game-ending home runs to Gary Ward and Claudell Washington on September 9 and 11, 1988. As a downpour began in the ninth, umpires halted play with a 2-2 count on Brad Miller after singles by Kevin Kiermaier and Evan Longoria off Dellin Betances put runners at the corners.

Betances stayed in after a 51-minute delay and struck out Miller.

Headed our way in Major League Baseball action on Saturday, the Tampa Bay Rays will return to Yankee Stadium to take on the New York Yankees.

“I would like to continue to throw the ball well and get as deep as I can into the game and whatever happens after that happens, as far as statistically”, Archer said.

Milwaukee Brewers second baseman Hernan Perez, left, and center fielder Keon Broxton can not come up with a ball hit by St. Louis Cardinals’ Jedd Gyorko during the third inning of a baseball game, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2016, in St. Louis.

“I’ve never seen anything like that before”, Souza said of the three interruptions. The Yankees have won Tanaka’s past seven starts, and he’s gotten through the seventh inning without allowing a run in three of his past five, quieting doubts about whether he’s a legitimate staff ace.

Since that Mets win, the Yankees have gone 24-13. Teixeira wants his finale to be in the postseason.

The Yankees drew 30,194 after 27,532 on Tuesday and 27,631 on Thursday.

Said Archer: “A lot of that is in the past”. “Some of these kids will build a reputation where people are going to get really excited”.

The rookies did their part, too. “Reminding me that I can’t get comfortable with where I’m at, because I could be back in Double-A, you know what I mean?” “So it will take some time”. Cessa is 4-0 on the season with a 1.14 WHIP and 4.07 ERA but has been prone to the long ball.

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Andriese is 0-7 with a 6.11 ERA (38-ER/56-IP) in his last 15 appearances (eight starts).

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