Happ hides the ball well and has a sneaky fastball that he moves all around and can elevate to get strikeouts.
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Today the Blue Jays would look to bounce back against the New York Yankees in the second game of a three game set. We have hitters that put tough at-bats on pitchers and even if the pitcher is good that day, we still are able to get the pitch count up and get him out of there. Both instances with the Blue Jays have been in NY. Toronto is also 4-0 in Happ’s last four road starts and 4-0 in Happ’s last four starts on grass. The Blue Jays scored 12 -runs off them as quick as the rain disappeared in the Bronx and it shows the needs that GM Brian Cashman will be looking for in the off-season.
Martinez (11-7) pitched seven innings of three-hit ball, allowing a run and striking out seven. The Pirates trailed the Giants by 12 1/2 games on June 23. Jack Morris in 1992 and Pat Hentgen are the only other 20-game winners in Toronto history but all of those hurlers were right-handed. Manager John Gibbons said he did not feel any pain in those activities and could start a rehab assignment this weekend.
“You”ve got to know the speed of the runner,” Girardi said. He also had 12 strikeouts.
Happ was asked how he has finally managed to achieve such serenity on the mound after 10 years in the big leagues.
Such low prices begin for this Wednesday’s game against the Blue Jays. Clemens and Halladay share the record of 15 in 1998 and 2003 respectively while Dennis Lamp won 11 straight in 1985 and Clemens did so in 1997. It was Feldman’s first win with the Blue Jays since they acquired him from Houston at the August 1 trade deadline.
Michael Pineda (6-10, 5.07 ERA) and Marco Estrada (7-5, 2.95 ERA) are on the hill in the second of a three-game series between the New York Yankees (61-57) and the Toronto Blue Jays (67-52) at Yankee Stadium.
Trailing 6-0, the Toronto Blue Jays finished strongly, while the Los Angeles Dodgers and Tampa Bay Rays both hit 15 runs. His home run was his third game-tying or go-ahead home run in the eighth inning or later this season.
Former Yankee Russell Martin got into the act in the sixth, capping Toronto’s four-run rally with a solo shot.
Boone Logan (2-2) struck out Daniel Murphy and Bryce Harper to end the eighth before Scott Oberg allowed a solo home run to Chris Heisey before closing it out for his first save (see full recap).
Rodriguez spokesman Ron Berkowitz said in a statement Monday: “I want to put all this talk to rest about Alex playing for any team this season”. “When everybody gets that good feeling and is kind of anxious to get back up to the plate, it’s a good sign”. At least, not on that night as they won not only their third straight game, but won on Alex Rodriguez’s final game as a Yankee.
No matter what the rookie Gary Sanchez has accomplished in a few games, including his first of probably many more multi- home run games, the Yankees need to continue working on their pitching rotation and rebuild a bullpen that has to have more than Dellin Betances.
Working pitch counts does not apply only to starting pitchers.
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The Yankees will hope there are no more drastic turnarounds against them Wednesday and hope CC Sabathia can follow Pineda’s strong outing. The first six batters reached against Strasburg, Colorado sent 11 to the plate in the first and eight in the second to take a 9-2 lead. His big season is a continuation of his success down the stretch past year, when he went 7-2 with a 1.85 ERA in 11 starts after getting traded from Seattle to Pittsburgh.
