“These are exciting games”.
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Also, with a 2009 world championship and plenty of playoff work on his résumé, “he’s the one guy who’s been through this and understands this”, Girardi said of the pennant pressure applied to the staff. “And I think his influence in the clubhouse is really important”.
All you need to do is take a ruler in one hand, a fine-point marker in the other and place the straightedge beneath the entry for the game Eovaldi pitched in Miami on June 16. On O.Perez’s wild pitch, Gardner to second. O.Perez pitching. Gardner walked. WIth first base open they elected to intentionally walk Arod to get to the next lefty, Brian McCann.
“They were saying, ‘Come on, Papi, do it”.
Beltran then gave Chad Qualls’ first pitch a ride to deep center field for New York’s third walk-off win this year.
Eovaldi was in the dugout for the top of the ninth when Miller watched McCann throw out pinch-runner Jake Marisnick on a pitch Luis Valbuena whiffed on for the inning’s first out.
Perhaps they’ll meet up in October, when a game such as Monday night’s thrilling 1-0 win against the AL West-leading Astros would stand as a night to remember.
Feldman matched Nathan Eovaldi, the hard-throwing right-hander from Houston, in a tense matchup.
Girardi said Sunday’s MRI showed no differences from previous ones and that Sabathia would rest and skip the upcoming trip to Atlanta and Boston before being re-assessed. “Just about anybody who we’ve been playing, they’re going to come at us with their “A” game so better to put up zeroes whenever you can”. He allowed six hits and struck out six without a walk.
The win gave Beltran his 12th career walk-off plate appearance. He extended his hitting streak to eight games with a seventh-inning single. “He did whatever he wanted tonight, and that was the game”.
Corey Sipkin/New York Daily News Nathan Eovaldi turns in his best performance of the season, tossing eight shutout innings while striking out seven to help the Yankees pull even with the Blue Jays in the AL East.
The Astros appeared to have their big break with one out in the eighth when third baseman Chase Headley’s throw on a ground ball by rookie shortstop Carlos Correa sailed over first baseman Greg Bird’s head. McCann tried to tag, but Gomez made a strong throw that reached catcher Conger on three skips. McCann was erased by a double play following his leadoff single in the fourth.
“It’s been maintenance all year long for us”, Girardi said. “It was good to see him on the field”, Hinch said. He will take batting practice again Tuesday and could start a rehab assignment next week….
Sidelined since for a week with a badly bruised right shin, Mark Teixeira was encouraged by his early afternoon hitting and fielding drills. We struggled a little bit tonight.
CC Sabathia has been placed on the 15-day disabled list with a right knee injury that could end his season. There’s no timetable for his return. Perez threw 15 pitches.
Tomorrow the Astros will send Dallas Keuchel to the mound to face the Yankees Ivan Nova at 6 pm Central time. He leads the majors with a groundball-to-flyball ratio of 4.53.
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Scott Feldman pitched eight scoreless innings, but was left with a no-decision as the Astros fell to the Yankees on Monday. He has been quite good over his last six starts, brandishing a 1.80 ERA.
