Dallas Keuchel (L, 6-10) allowed just two runs in 7.2 innings of work allowing both Yankee runs and striking out five in the loss.
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“I’ve been doing everything I can and trying not to get frustrated”, he said. “We’ve been playing pretty well, we’re fighting right now and to be able to help us get a win feels good”. After a Marwin Gonzalez solo shot in the bottom of the first, the Astros struggled to pick up another hit until the fifth inning, a Carlos Gomez single. “I thought they called [Marisnick] out on the field”. Over his past six starts, the southpaw was 0-4 with a 7.46 ERA, allowing four-or-more earned runs in each of those outings. Andrew Miller, who assumes the closers role for NY after Aroldis Chapman was traded to the Chicago Cubs earlier in the afternoon, pitched a scoreless ninth for his eighth save.
“I’ll take my chances if it’s soft contact and believe his luck is gonna change”, manager Joe Girardi said after the last week’s disappointment at home. “Basically, I let my team down. It was execution. I left balls over the middle, and it wasn’t one of my better nights by any means”.
The Tigers have made their mark everywhere, from Ryan Schimpf making his Major League debut in June with the Padres after nine seasons in the minor leagues to Will Harris making his first career All-Star game.
One silver lining in Bregman’s offensive play from Monday night’s game was the fact that he was told to swing away in ninth inning instead of bunting even though there was a runner on first with no outs. The Astros had won 22 of 30 entering the series but will be looking to avoid dropping three in a row for the first time since a four-game skid from May 19-22. He was hitting. 333 with six home runs and 15 runs batted in 18 games with the Fresno squad. Headley led off the 8th with a single, and Austin Romine doubled him home to give the Yankees the lead.
Headley singled in the fifth to drive in Gregorius, tying it at 1.
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Valencia also had the first of three RBI doubles in a three-run third that gave the A’s a 5-1 lead. After McCann flew out, Teixeira walked, with Beltran moving up a base on a wild pitch. The first triple of the season for Aaron Hicks came next to score two more and chase Fister. (There were seven homegrown players in the lineup last night.) He did show some flash in the field, though, a good sign considering he played just 13 games at third base in the minors.
