“Honestly I probably wouldn’t believe you”, Austin said of his timely blast.
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Nova was dominating at the start, giving up only one hit over the first five innings, as he improved to 5-0 with the Pirates since being dealt by the New York Yankees. We watched Derek Jeter pull his hands in and inside-out singles to right field for two decades.
But that mattered none as the rookie turned in a brutal performance, failing to last three innings while throwing 88 pitches in a game that was delayed three times by rain and not complete at press time.
Brian McCann hit two homers for the Yankees, who moved a season-high nine games over.500 at 74-65. The catcher also picked off a runner at second base from his knees.
“Just play for each other right now”. It was his first career win against St. Louis in three tries.
Tyler Austin wasn’t sure if Yankees manager Joe Girardi would let him face a right-hander in the ninth inning.
“I have to watch his knee”.
Teixeira doubled off the left-field wall in the third against Blake Snell (5-8) and scored on a wild pitch.
When the game resumed, Betances fanned Miller, allowed Morrison’s third hit and struck out Souza for his 10th save.
The Rays will be bringing out RHP Chris Archer for Saturday’s game. “I’m excited to get to pitch for my country”, he said, adding that the agreement is assuming he finishes the season healthy.
“I was trying to hit a home run tonight, I really was”, Teixeira said. “I threw a hundred pitches and there were definitely way more than three pitches that I didn’t execute, but those three pitches were the ones that they capitalized on”, he said.
There were stoppages of 21 minutes in the fourth inning and 22 minutes in the sixth caused by brief light rain. The Rays closed to 7-4 and had the tying run at the plate with no outs in the eighth, but Dickerson (who earlier got picked off second), Alexei Ramirez and Nick Franklin all failed to deliver.
As for the Yankees, they’re 4-1 in their last five game threes of a series, and 6-1 in Tanaka’s last seven Saturday starts. But Romero’s first pitch floated toward the strike zone at 52 miles per hour and Sanchez pounced, mashing it roughly 400 feet to the warning track in center field, leaving just enough room for Mikie Mahtook to make the catch before Brett Gardner scored on the sac fly. “I hope not”, he said. Adam Warren retired two batters, Richard Bleier retired two batters and Tyler Clippard retired a batter.
Tampa Bay (59-81) lost for the fifth time in six games and ensured its fourth straight season without a winning record. Teixeira wants his finale to be in the postseason.
“I’m emptying the tank, ” he said.
The Yankees drew 30,194 after 27,532 on Tuesday and 27,631 on Thursday. After three at home against the Dodgers, the Yankees play for in Boston, three at Tampa Bay and four in Toronto.
“It’s not something pitchers are always doing a lot and comfortable”, Girardi said. “Some of these kids will build a reputation where people are going to get really excited”.
The rookies did their part, too. I mean, that happens. “So you feel good every time he takes the mound”. 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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Asher, in his first big league start of the year and eighth overall, allowed two hits and one walk with no strikeouts before being lifted for a pinch hitter in the seventh.
