“I’ve never seen anything like that before”, Souza said of the three interruptions. “It doesn’t change anything about how I pitch – my goal is to go out there and maximize whatever my pitch count is for that day”.
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The camera angle doesn’t do us any favors here, plus I’m not exactly a master screen-grabber, but that’s a two-seam fastball running back inside. Teammates met him at home plate by dousing him with water in a raucous celebration.
Trevor Bauer (11-6) allowed five runs and seven hits in five innings.
Next up for the Yankees will be yet another game against the Rays on Saturday.
But because of the youthful energy, and perhaps to a certain extent an obliviousness to the pressure of a pennant race, the Yanks find themselves well within striking distance with 21 games left, 18 of which are against division foes; after their home series with the Dodgers finishes on Wednesday, their final 17 games are against AL East rivals. The Yankees’ suddenly watertight relief corps got the job done, with Adam Warren, Richard Bleier, and Tyler Clippard all pitching in for a scoreless 1.2 innings to end the game.
In Washington, Ryan Howard hit a three-run homer and Alec Asher pitched six innings of two-hit ball coming off a suspension to lead Philadelphia to a 4-1 win over the Nationals.
When Tanaka was handed his last loss, it was the day before Sanchez was called up and the Yankees were 53-53. Before that he hit 11 homers over 15 games. NY 1Bs Mark Teixeira and Tyler Austin are a combined 4-for-9 with two homers, five RBIs and three runs scored in this series.2.
The New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays combined for an unusual feat in Thursday’s game at Yankee Stadium, playing the first Major League Baseball contest all season that included multi-homer efforts from three different players, per Elias Sports Bureau (via ESPN Stats & Info).
Ellsbury tagged a familiar target when he lined his eighth home run, a shot into the right-center field seats.
And after Austin hit that walk-off homer, McCann said: “There’s not a better feeling than that”. Cobb allowed three earned runs and nine hits in six innings in his second start back from Tommy John surgery. “Today as a whole was a lot more beneficial to my growing and getting to the point where I need to”, Cobb said.
Archer has taken losses despite leading the league with 211 strikeouts. The Yankees scored twice in the first on an RBI single by Gregorius and a throwing error by Cobb on a pickoff play at first.
Then, on Tuesday, Austin homered on his 25th birthday, not only giving the Yankees a temporary lead over the Toronto Blue Jays but also becoming the first Yankee to homer on his birthday since Alex Rodriguez blew out 40 candles in 2015. His first two homers came on fastballs in nearly the same exact spot, almost right down the middle but a little on the outer third.
“As far as the eighth inning is concerned, I’m not going to really talk about it other than to say it’s embarrassing”, Tampa Bay manager Kevin Cash said. The Rays greeted him with back to back hits by Souza, who has been swinging the bat well, and LoMo to make the score 7-3.
The San Diego Padres enjoyed a 14-1 laugher over Colorado.
It’s not like NY hasn’t already kicked one formerly-great franchise face to the curb this season for poor performance.
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“I have to watch his knee”. “And I think it just comes down to how consistent he is to making the pitch and keeping the ball down”.
