Keuchel (15-6) held New York scoreless for the second time this season and became the first 15-game AL victor. The Yankees have to be anxious about his consistency in September and possibly the playoffs.
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Girardi told Gomez to “play the game the right way”.
I like to side with the home team on a short turnaround, as they get to sleep in their own bed and what not. I didn’t have a great feel for my curveball past year, and then I didn’t have the split.
New York scratched out a run in the ninth this time against Vince Velasquez.
The tiff caused benches to clear as New York manager Joe Girardi told Gomez to “play the game right”.
Carlos Beltran was the one mobbed on the field, and Andrew Miller got the win, but there was little doubt in the clubhouse who deserved the most credit for this one. According to Gomez, players were screaming at him and he felt disrespected.
Angels catcher Chris Iannetta lined a 2-2 pitch onto the chalk of the left field line as Verlander came up just shy of becoming the sixth pitcher in major league history to record at least three no-hitters.
New York Yankees’ Carlos Beltran catches a ball hit by Houston… Both benches and bullpens emptied, but the teams quickly went their respective ways without any pushing or shoving.
“I don’t know. Ask him”, Gomez said. “He’s an energetic guy”. I know you missed a pitch and you are frustrated by it. I just think it is a little too much.
His next time up, Gomez launched a three-run homer into the Yankees’ bullpen in right-center to cap a six-run seventh.
Gomez’s answers may have been unclear but his performance was definitive.
As far as getting Gomez’s testimony (answers) about what actually unfolded, it was a tough challenge after Houston’s 15-1 rout of the Yankees.
“Of course it’s on my mind, CC going down”, Eovaldi said. Not only did the Astros roll to the blowout win, Gomez hit a three-run home run in his next at-bat. Jorge Posada made his first career appearance at second base that game and got the game’s final out on a ground ball. I mean you see it, and I’ve always said hitting goes like this (motioning his hands in a up and down type movement) and right now we are down here (motioning down).
If anything, Gomez’s reaction should be a good thing, if we’re trying to adhere to the rules of the old fogeys who believe in baseball completely.
Bryan R. Smith /Bryan R. Smith Although he did hit a homer in the 6th, Didi Gregorius and the Yankee bats manage just five hits. We went off to the ninth with the Yankees still down four.
The Yankees look a lot different now than when Michael Pineda left them.
Carlos Gomez hit his 10th homer of the season in the rout, but eight of those came as a member of the Brewers, so he does not count in the total – though he absolutely does count in the threat level posed by the Houston lineup. “I want to help this team win games, especially this late in the season”. Shreve would finally get the last two outs after that, but it was now 5-0.
Houston has struggled a bit offensively recently, scoring 15 runs the last seven games, but they are 5-2 in those games overall. They had gone 20 straight innings without scoring at Yankee Stadium.
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“It’s a dynamic team”, said left-hander Scott Kazmir, who joined the Astros from the A’s in a July trade.
