“And it’s been fun”.
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For the first time since August 12, the Blue Jays fell out of the top spot in the AL East.
The Yankees (73-65) also pulled within 3 ½ games of the suddenly floundering Blue Jays (77-62), who have lost six of eight, in the East. We have started to see Austin start to use his opposite field power, especially last night when he launched a home run into the right-field bleachers. “I don’t ever think much about statements because, I mean, you have to go out and win tomorrow, and do it the next day, and it depends on how you play”.
RAYS 7, ORIOLES 6: Corey Dickerson hit a go-ahead RBI double in the seventh inning to help Tampa Bay avoid a three-game sweep at home.
Following a nail-biting victory in game two as well as game one, the New York Yankees are set out to do something they have yet to do against any team this season, sweep a three-game series.
The New York Yankees have gone 9-4 in their last 13 games, but they’ve made up just 1.5 games in the wild-card standings during that span.
“We’re playing really good baseball”.
Mitchell (1-0) yielded four hits over five-plus innings in his fourth career start and first major league outing this year.The 25-year-old right-hander pitched in place of injured rookie Chad Green.
“(Mitchell) was a big loss, but he’s back now”, Girardi said before the game. Mitchell, who has mainly been used as a relief pitcher, made a case for New York’s now vacant fifth starter role.
After Mitchell allowed Devon Travis’ leadoff double in the sixth, Girardi brought on Severino, very bad as a starter this season (0-8 with a 8.58 ERA) but a stud out of the bullpen.
Yankees third. Brett Gardner pops out to shallow infield to Josh Donaldson. He fanned Jose Bautista to end the sixth and Melvin Upton Jr and had the Yankees exhaling when Encarnacion ended the eighth by hitting a fly ball to the right field warning track.
Tyler Clippard was the night’s closer because Dellin Betances was unavailable, having worked the previous three games. His only other save this season came with Arizona before he was traded back to NY.
Starlin Castro led the Bronx Bombers offensively with a solo home run in the third inning.
After yielding Castro’s 20th homer of the year, Stroman (9-7) gave up a double to Didi Gregorius and a walk to Teixeira before Brian McCann delivered an RBI single to right.
New York Yankees pitcher Luis Severino (40) rolls over Toronto Blue Jays’ Devon Travis after tagging out Travis in a rundown during the sixth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2016, in New York.
METS 6, REDS 3: Jose Reyes hit a leadoff home run, Noah Syndergaard lasted five shaky shutout innings and visiting NY won its fifth in a row overall and 14th straight over Cincinnati.
Clippard came in for the ninth and finished off the sweep, earning his second save of the season while becoming the eighth pitcher to save a game for the Yankees this year.
It will be Rick Porcello, Eduardo Rodriguez and Drew Pomeranz on the mound when they square off against the Blue Jays this weekend, and those three have been the team’s best starters of late.
On a side note for those who missed the game, Russell Martin noticeably struggled with what appears to be a knee injury when hitting on the night.
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Yankee clippings: Rookie catcher Gary Sanchez was given a healthy day off after starting the past 22 games in a row. “We loved where he was at in spring training”, Girardi said of Mitchell, who allowed only one run over 14.1 spring innings.
