Ramirez is not scheduled to become a free agent until 2020 and will have plenty more seasons with the Red Sox.
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The Boston Red Sox concluded a four game sweep of the New York Yankees this Sunday, beating them 5-4 after being down 4-0. Then in the seventh Ramirez unloaded off Yankees reliever Tyler Clippard, sending the ball way out and over the Monster, an apt descriptor as well for Hanley in this series against the Yankees, as he went 9 for 16 at the plate, with four home runs, including the walk-off in game one, and he now has twelve home runs in his last twenty-one games, turning on the power at just the right time. Thursday night, they led 5-1 after four innings only to see their closer, Dellin Betances, blow it in a chaotic ninth inning. Bradd Ziegler, Robby Scott, and Joe Kelly all turned in strong work, leaving the Yankees looking at the same four runs they had after four. “We just weren’t able to shut them down”.
As did a nightmare week in which the Yankees went from contenders – they were a mere three games out of first place on September 10 – to descenders, now eight games back in the division and four back in the wild card with 13 games to play after losing seven of their last eight.
“I felt like we probably should have won three of those four, but they made the plays when they needed to, they stepped up when they needed to and it just didn’t go our way”, Mark Teixeira said.
Gregory Polanco also homered for Pittsburgh, which has won three of four after losing 12 of 14 to drop out of serious postseason contention. Worse, there are now five teams that the Yankees need to climb over to win the final Wild Card spot, and that includes the Mariners who came out of nowhere.
Yankees: Ellsbury stayed in for an inning before leaving the game. From there, it’s on to Toronto for a four-game set against the Blue Jays. And second baseman Starlin Castro and center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury may be joining right fielder Aaron Judge on the sidelines. “We’ve got to get hot in a hurry”. I think it’s a good time. He is 5-0 with a 2.41 ERA in eight starts since Pittsburgh got him in a trade with the Yankees.
Hanley Ramirez continues to kill the Yankees, blasting the go-ahead home run Sunday night. Xander Bogaerts was almost halfway to second, giving Sabathia a chance to complete an easy inning-ending double play. Xander Bogaerts was easily far enough off the bag at first an inning-ending double play, but Sabathia airmailed the throw to Billy Butler. Girardi said Ellsbury and Castro are going back to NY for MRIs. Sunday, Girardi left Sabathia to pitch the sixth inning after he allowed a laser-beam home run to Ramirez the previous inning.
Carlos Carrasco, Cleveland’s No. 2 starting pitcher, broke his right hand when hit by a line drive off the bat of Detroit’s Ian Kinsler on the second pitch of the Indians 1-0, 10-inning win over the Tigers.
Girardi kept Bryan Mitchell on a short leash in Saturday’s game, then maybe left Luis Severino in too long, but Adam Warren was just as much to blame for that loss. “So that doesn’t make any sense to me”.
Ender Inciarte was 3-for-4 with a double and a walk, scoring three times, as the Braves got to Nationals starter Gio Gonzalez for the victory.
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Red Sox ace David Price wasn’t great, giving up five earned runs off of nine hits in six innings, but he struck out seven batters and has been much better during the second half of the season. “Bogaerts put a pretty unbelievable swing on a ball in off the plate”. At the moment, the Yankees are struggling to keep even their heads above water.
