Carlos Beltran hit a three-run homer in the seventh as the Yankees tied the score, and Chase Headley also had a second-inning grand slam for NY. The advantage was made possible by Chase Headley’s grand slam.
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Even before turning his ankle, Sabathia did not show the sharpness displayed in his previous seven starts.
He said Wednesday that he thinks he’ll be able to make his next start.
NY scored the tying run later in that same inning when Brian McCann – who hit a left-on-left double off of Boone Logan with two outs – scored on Didi Gregorius single on an 0-2 offering from Miguel Castro. After Jordan Lyles, making his first relief appearance since 2013, retired Alex Rodriguez for the second out, former Yankee Boone Logan came on for the lefty-lefty matchup against Brian McCann.
Starlin’ my Darlin’ took a Jason Motte pitch into the seats in left for his tenth home run and RBI number 28. The blast allowed the Yankees (35-36) to exhale and get their fourth win in 10 contests while getting to within a game of.500 for the seventh time in the last month.
New York Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia adjusts his cap after giving up a base hit to Colorado Rockies’ Mark Reynolds during the fourth inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, June 22, 2016, in New York. “We need any kind of wins we can get at this point”. It jumped from 2.20 to 2.71 after he allowed five earned runs Wednesday – one more than he allowed in his previous seven starts combined.
A rainbow wreath was placed over home plate at Yankee Stadium by both managers before NY hosted the Colorado Rockies in remembrance of the shooting victims at a gay nightclub in Orlando.
“I thought he was struggling today”, Girardi said.
With the off-day Thursday, manager Joe Girardi went to Dellin Betances, Andrew Miller, and Aroldis Chapman for innings seven through nine. Chapman ended the ninth by striking out DJ LeMahieu on a pitch clocked at 102 and picked up his first win for the Yankees when Castro connected. They’ve now assured themselves of losing the season series to Colorado – they’re down 3-0 with one game left – and will have to wait until at least Friday and Saturday to climb back to and above.500, respectively. Manager Walt Weiss did not get a report on the outing but said he expects a positive result. “You should win that game”.
Steven Moya hit two home runs in the Detroit Tigers’ 5-1 victory against the Seattle Mariners, the Minnesota Twins’ 6-5 success consigned the Philadelphia Phillies to a eighth consecutive defeat and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Washington Nationals 4-3.
Cole Hamels won again for Texas on the same day it found out two of its other starting pitchers are going on the disabled list. “I’m sure part of his heart is in NY, as it should be”, Weiss said.
The star slugger had two hits and a walk, including a double off the center-field wall, but was removed in the sixth because of discomfort in his left wrist.
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“Hal has belief in this club, but you have to go out and do it”, manager Joe Girardi said.
