My, how things have changed. The Yankees are six games out of first and four games off the wild-card pace. “He gave ourselves a chance to get the offense on track, and then we had a very good offensive night overall”. “Obviously we put ourselves in a bad position these last couple of days”.
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“This one hurts”, Yankees manager Joe Girardi said.
“We know we’re making it tough on ourselves, but don’t expect this group to give up until we’re eliminated”, Warren said. “We’ve got some time left”.
SEATTLE – Collin McHugh allowed just two hits in seven stellar innings, Evan Gattis and Marwin Gonzalez both hit solo home runs and the Houston Astros beat Seattle 6-0 on Friday night to end the Mariners’ eight-game win streak.
That’s the problem. They haven’t been able to do that lately.
Robbie Ross Jr. replaced David Price in the seventh inning, after the starter had recorded seven strikeouts with nine hits, no walks and five runs over six innings.
Jacoby Ellsbury stayed down momentarily after crashing into the fence trying for the ball, and Severino was replaced by lefty Tommy Layne. The left-hander made quick work of the Yankees in the first inning, retiring them in order on just 10 pitches.
The Pirates loaded the bases against Tony Cingrani (2-5) with a walk and two infield hits before Mercer snapped a 6-6 tie with a single to left.
Craig Kimbrel got the final out of the eighth with the tying run at first base, then struck out the side in the ninth to earn his 27th save. Mercer singled home the tiebreaking run and scored on a two-run single by David Freese. “I’m on the team because I can catch”. I was blocking myself. The ball got away too far.
There’s no denying that David Price didn’t entirely have it today.
“Yankee fans, believe it or not, are the only fans that come to me straight-up and tell me, ‘Hey, I’m a Yankee fan, but I respect you.’ And I respect that”, Ortiz said. The bust label can be tossed aside, as we are now seeing the hitter we thought we were getting all along. The 15 runs were the most in a game by the Pirates against the Phillies since 1967. Sports’s Jeff Passan tweeted that multiple candidates had turned Minnesota down before the interview stage of the process, and at one point the Twins were looking at the head of player development for the Chicago Cubs, Jason McLeod – a trendy pick right now to be sure, given how good the Cubs are and with how much young talent, but not someone with a lot of experience show-running an entire organization. We lost all three.
The Rays used a pair of two-run homers for a 4-0 lead in the second inning but the Orioles bounced back thanks to homers from Pedro Alvarez and Chris Davis.
NY took a four-run lead after three innings and still led 5-1 when David Ortiz hit a solo homer in the eighth, the 537th of his career, passing Yankees Hall of Famer Mickey Mantle for 17th on baseball’s all-time list.
After a Hanley Ramirez single, the Red Sox found themselves with runners on second and third with two outs thanks to a ground out to first base by Travis Shaw.
“I didn’t do my job right there”, Romine said. It was just the third win of the season for the Braves over the National League East-leading Nationals in 18 games.
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“Yeah, he definitely swung, ” Girardi said. He dropped to 0-6 in seven starts since beating Cleveland on August 1 in his return from the minors.
